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Post by ck100 on Jul 17, 2024 4:29:24 GMT
I've never seen it, but I know it was part of the wave of "animal attack" movies of the late 1990's - Anaconda, Deep Blue Sea, etc. Definitely seems like a fun-if-silly B-movie with a decent cast, and people remember Betty White appearing in it. Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review: Lake Placid (1999) - 2 out of 4 stars"The creature terrorizing a Maine lake (which is not Lake Placid, N.Y.) turns out to be a very large crocodile. Between arguments, paleontologist Fonda, game warden Pullman, sheriff Gleeson, and irritating, wealthy academic Platt try to figure out what to do about it. David E. Kelley, writing down to the material, provides lots of wisecracks, but few scares. Brief but tiresome film tries--but fails--to be a monster movie and environmentally correct at the same time. Adam Arkin appears unbilled. Followed by 2007 TV sequel and two DVD sequels, LAKE PLACID 3 and LAKE PLACID: THE FINAL CHAPTER. Panavision."
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jul 17, 2024 12:43:03 GMT
I remember it being enjoyable as a kid. A movie where Betty White is a deranged spouse killer feeding an evil crocodile can't be all bad, right? Short on kills, but the croc biting the dude's head off was pretty rad.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jul 17, 2024 16:38:45 GMT
Betty White was amusing for sure, but not enough to save it. I refer to the movie as Lake Flaccid.
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Post by janntosh on Jul 17, 2024 16:39:28 GMT
Opened just one week before the much better Deep Blue Sea
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