Lakeboat

Lakeboat (2000)

  • 83% of critics liked it
    (42 reviews)

  • 61% of users liked it
    (869 ratings)

Renowned character actor Joe Mantegna makes his directorial debut with this film adaptation of one of David Mamet's first plays, boasting such onscreen talent as Peter Falk, Charles Durning, and Robert Forster. Based on Mamet's experiences of working on Great Lake freighters while a grad student,… More

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R, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By
Joe Mantegna
Written By
David Mamet
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Jun 1, 2000 Wide
On DVD
Sep 24, 2002
Oregon Trail Films

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, Variety

    Based on Mamet's experience as a freighter on the Great Lakes while a grad English lit student, Mantegna's screen version is so dramatically inert and artistically shapeless resulting in an uninvolving memory film.

  • Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel

    Watching it, you come to understand what it is that Mamet has been true to all these years.

  • Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

    A first-rate movie made from one of David Mamet's lesser plays.

  • Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News

    Where Mantegna succeeds is in providing a forum for some great acting.

  • Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

    Lakeboat requires its audiences to embrace it as lovingly as Mamet and Mantegna embrace its men, but it's a lot to ask.

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