Lake Placid | 
| Director: Steve Miner
Actors: Bridget Fonda, Bill Pullman, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  227 reviews
Sales Rank: 18008
Format: Color, Dvd, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 82 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 2003774
UPC: 024543037743
EAN: 0024543037743
ASIN: B0006HC014
Theatrical Release Date: July 16, 1999
Release Date: December 14, 2004
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Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 09/09/2008 Run time: 82 minutes Rating: R
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Lake Placid is total trash--and, as a result, fairly entertaining. Yet another entry in the horror subgenre of giant animals running amok, Lake Placid features a giant crocodile that has somehow found its way to an isolated lake in Maine. The absurdity of crocodiles in Maine sets the tone for the entire movie, which has no ambitions beyond mixing a little fright with a little humor. Bridget Fonda (Point of No Return, Jackie Brown) plays a paleontologist sent to investigate a large tooth; Bill Pullman (Independence Day, Lost Highway) is a fish and game warden just trying to keep the peace; Oliver Platt (Funny Bones, Flatliners) plays a loose-cannon mythology professor who swims with crocodiles for sport; and Brendan Gleeson (an excellent but little-known actor, most noted for The General) is a local sheriff with a short temper and a big gun. Add a few gruesome dismemberments, Betty White as a cantankerous old broad who may have murdered her husband, and a cow hanging from a helicopter, and there you have it: Lake Placid. (Curiously, this concoction was put together by David E. Kelley, better known as the creator of TV's Ally McBeal and The Practice.) --Bret Fetzer
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 A HOLE BUNCH OF LAUGHS... June 22, 2009
Roose (NEW YORK)
LAKE PLACID IS REALLY A FUN MOVIE. THE CHARACTERS ARE JUST PERFECT. BETTY WHITE AND BRIDGETT FONDA IS HILARIOUS. "SO IS THE SHERIFF". THIS FLICK IS WORTH HAVING IN ANYONE'S COLLECTION. SUSPENSFUL, FUNNY AND A BIG CROC-A-DUEL! LOL
A humorous monster movie June 15, 2009
R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
I got the feeling this was a made for Bridget Fonda movie.
A giant crocodile takes up eating the wrong food... people
when a fish and game beaver bander is killed.
Fonda plays a paleontologist sent to identify a tooth taken from the body.
An unlikely reason for her to be camping on the lakeside with the local sheriff, an handsome fish and game fellow and
a crocodile hunter. From there is goes downward with a cursing
Betty White as a local resident whose "pet" the croc is.
The result is besides the gore of people getting their heads eaten
kind of funny, but no really good laughs.
 Lake Placid Movie June 13, 2009
J. A. Huestis (Colchester,Vermont)
Kind of a funky movie but as the cover says parts are scary and others are pretty funny. A fun movie to watch every once in a while. Betty White is a riot in this.
Now that's one big crocodile! April 11, 2009
Eric S. Kim (Southern California)
The plot is pretty simple: An Asian Pacific Crocodile has made Black Lake, Maine, his new home, and has killed a few people during its stay. Now it must be taken back into its original territory before it starts to kill again. This film is pretty entertaining if you're in the mood for a mix of ferocious When-Animals-Attack blood & guts and some good black humor. The crocodile itself is the true star here, though Pullman and Fonda and Platt give very good performances. The special effects are very impressive, though the Bear's demise looks a bit unrealistic.
Not one of the best horror-comedy films of all, but it's worth watching. Grade: B+
Ally McBeal almost eaten by Jaws January 7, 2009
David Lim (Hobart, Tasmania)
There - I've said it. The script was written by David E. Kelley, the creator of Ally McBeal. Which means the film's biggest problem is also it's sole saving grace - it's an odd blend of highbrow McBeal-style comedy with B-Grade monster-chomping action.
Bridget Fonda plays the Ally McBeal...no, stuff that, to all intents and purposes she is Ally McBeal. Bill Pullman plays the straight man Park Ranger. Brendan Gleason (aka Mad-Eye Moody from Harry Potter) plays the sarcastic and cynical sheriff. And Oliver Platt steals the show as Hector Cyr, a crazy Crocodile expert.
The film picks up for me 20 minutes in, when Oliver Platt makes his first appearance. He instinctively realizes exactly what this film is aiming for, and understands his role perfectly. The best moments in the film is his hilarious by-play with Brendan Gleeson. "Is this the man who was killed?". "He seemed taller.". It's the sole reason to see this film, if I'm honest with myself.
So yeah - don't go into this film expecting a monster-gore fest. It's an odd-mix of comedy and monster-action that doesn't always work. The best reason to see this film is Oliver Platt.
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