Lake Placid

Lake Placid (1999)

  • 39% of critics liked it
    (69 reviews)

  • 40% of users liked it
    (115,198 ratings)

So what's under the water in that lake deep in the Maine woods? No one is sure what it could be, but a dead and severely mutilated body was found near the shore, and the only clue is a large tooth which appears to be from a prehistoric animal resembling a huge crocodile. Jack Wells (Bill Pullman),… More

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R, 1 hr. 22 min.
Directed By
Steve Miner
Written By
David E. Kelley
Genres
Action & Adventure, Horror, Comedy
In Theaters
Jul 16, 1999 Wide
On DVD
Jan 11, 2000
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Robert Horton, Film.com

    A funny film!

  • Susan Stark, Detroit News

    The funniest film of the summer!

  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

    There's a special look that actors get - avid yet resigned - when the movie they're starring in is so bad it practically billboards their stalled careers.

  • Gemma Files, Film.com

    This is just a variant on ten thousand other huge-creature-tryin'-to-kill-me movies.

  • Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

    An almost mystifyingly bad movie!

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • moon r


    To begin with its not even Lake Placid, but some other lake, this one up in Maine ("the graveyard of horror!" ... I just said that. I don't know if its true. Like the sound of it though. London's maybe the real graveyard ... anyway ) and there's something… More

  • Jeff "


    Lake Placid I believe is a very underrated film. The film seems to be crucified by the fact it was written by Alley McBeal creator, David E. Kelly. If you can get past this fact, Lake Placid is a very entertaining horror comedy. The acting is decent at best and the scares are good… More

  • Ken S


    So much fun. Great cast, great script and the Citizen Kane of Croc movies.

  • Anthony L


    A stinky floater.

  • Jason O


    I don't see why "Lake Placid" didn't do better in theatres and isn't more popular than it is. Sure, it's not a classic like "Jaws" and it's not that scary, but it is a solid horror movie in its own right. Somehow, a crocodile has ended up… More

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