| Have you been searching for a romantic story | | | | have lovers come and go, one has a father who |
| that shows how an extremely self reliant | | | | dies, and even many birthdays pass. As the |
| woman and a self-made independent man can | | | | film progresses, life keeps throwing twists |
| fall deeply in love? Even if they are really | | | | and turns at them, making their best layed |
| out of sync with each another? If so, then | | | | plans to meet each other in person always |
| the film "Lake House" is one that you will | | | | slip just beyond their reach. |
| love to watch. Set in northern Illinois on | | | | |
| the Lake Michigan shore, the setting makes a | | | | Sandra Bullock plays the role of a hospital |
| beautiful place for two people to figure out | | | | doctor, with long hours whose only roomate is |
| their isolated lives and how to deal with | | | | a cat to play chess with. She plays her role |
| their frustrating jobs. | | | | brilliantly, showing a relentless caring |
| | | | nature and a very easy going humor. The film |
| Starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves, | | | | covers the time in her life from a period in |
| this touching drama is actually based on a | | | | college, through her having a relationship |
| story retold from a Korean movie titled | | | | with another man other than Reeves, to the |
| "Siworae". The film is skillfully directed by | | | | point where her career become not only |
| Alejandro Atresti as it reveals a mystery | | | | hectic, but extremely lonely. |
| centered around a mailbox in front of a house | | | | |
| on Lake Michigan that somehow is able to | | | | Keanu Reeves brings his own brand of finesse |
| bridge time between the two strangers. | | | | by playing a very talented architect who |
| | | | endures the disapproval of his famous |
| Several years after she has moved away from | | | | architect elderly father. In the film, Reeves |
| her lakeside house, a loveless and lonely | | | | also has a brother which dreams of opening a |
| physician played by Bullock, begins to answer | | | | business with him. However, their father has |
| letters to a frustrated architect, played by | | | | always intervened to prevent them from |
| Reeves, who currently lives in the same | | | | forming their own business. In the middle of |
| lakeside home, only two years into the | | | | all this, Reeves displays his role's great |
| future. After exchanging a long line of | | | | desire to have someone to love that will |
| letters, both eventually learn that they are | | | | share his creative dreams and passion for |
| living in different times. | | | | life. |
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| Through numerous life alternating events, the | | | | In the beginning of the film, neither roles |
| two devoted pen pals are only able to | | | | played by Reeves and Bullock like each other. |
| exchange letters with each other by writing | | | | But as they share their letters in the magic |
| letters to each other and putting them into | | | | mailbox, they eventually get more and more |
| the magical mailbox. Their happiness, anger, | | | | wrapped up in each other's life and slowly |
| laughter, tragedies, and hopes are shared in | | | | develop a deep, lasting love the only grows |
| their letters, which over time, turn them | | | | stronger as the years pass by. |
| into close friends. As time goes on, they | | | | |