Lakeview Terrace

Lakeview Terrace (2008)

  • 46% of critics liked it
    (160 reviews)

  • 43% of users liked it
    (135,533 ratings)

An interracial couple moves into their California dream home, only to find themselves the target of their volatile next-door neighbor -- a racist LAPD officer -- in this tightly wound thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington. Newlyweds Chris and Lisa seem like they have the perfect… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed By
Neil LaBute
Written By
David Loughery, Howard Korder
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Drama
In Theaters
Sep 19, 2008 Wide
On DVD
Jan 27, 2009
Sony Pictures/Screen Gems

Critic Reviews

  • Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies

    The movie is directed by Neil LaBute, whose history suggests he's comfortable making his audience just uncomfortable enough to make a lasting impression.

  • Ben Lyons, At the Movies

    I found it scary at times and I was tense and I was on the edge of my seat, , but ultimately it did spiral out of control and get a little ridiculous.

  • Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

    The actors make it watchable, but with these incendiary themes, 'watchable' isn't exactly a wildfire.

  • Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

    Lakeview Terrace is a serviceable enough popcorn exercise in a few floundering Angelenos who can't just get along.

  • Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

    The movie's only mark of restraint is the absence of an earthquake.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Phil H


    Really well acted flick, everyone is really good in their roles and makes the film very believeable and worth while. Jackson is very good as a racist cop and pretty eerie too, you never know quite what he's gonna do. The whole look and feel of the film is good too, the hot… More

  • Jeff "


    Samuel; L. Jackson gives one of the best performances of his career in Lakeview Terrace. This is a well crafted thriller that will you keep you on the edge of your seat. Neil Labute, who previously directed the dreadful Wicker Man remake, doesn't do a bad here, which is… More

  • Jens S


    This thriller takes quite a new approach to the theme of racism, this time it is a black guy disliking his newly moved in mixed neighbor couple. And that set up makes for some wonderfully uncomfortable scenes and a somewhat eerie atmosphere, what with the forest fires slowly… More

  • xGary X


    A young married couple move into their new home and make an enemy of the overbearing and overprotective cop who lives next door. Lakeview Terrace is very much a mainstream Hollywood thriller that pretty much exists solely for Sam Jackson fans to get their jollies watching him act… More

  • J P


    Lakeview Terrace is a pretty bland movie. The film is basically about a married couple (with different ethnic backgrounds) who are being stalked/terrorized by their next door neighbor who is a police officer. There is no real action until the very last half hour or so. The plot of… More

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