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Name: Lakeview Terrace
Released: 2008-9-19
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Jay Hernandez

Lakeview Terrace

PG-13
1h 50m
2008

45%

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A young couple (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their relationship. A stern, single father, this tightly wound LAPD officer (Samuel L. Jackson) has appointed himself the watchdog of the neighborhood. His nightly foot patrols and overly watchful eyes bring comfort to some, but he becomes increasingly aggressive to the newlyweds. These persistent intrusions into their lives cause the couple to fight back.

Director:

Neil LaBute

Producer:

Will Smith, James Lassiter

Writer:

David Loughery, Howard Korder

Cast:

Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Jay Hernandez

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

45%

Critics Consensus: This thriller about a menacing cop wreaking havoc on his neighbors is tense enough but threatens absurdity when it enters into excessive potboiler territory.

Reviews

Deep Focus Review

Brian Eggert

Until the last fifteen minutes of the film when LaBute ceases to challenge us, but rather aggravates circumstances to the predictable nature of Hollywood potboilers, there’s much to admire.

Jackson portrays the primary antagonist with a truly gleeful menace.

Jackson is much more menacing when he is quietly insinuating than when he reaches for his gun, and Lakeview Terrace is much more disturbing before the film's corrosive racial resentment and hatred spills into actual violence.

December 19, 2020

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TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

A modestly entertaining action/thriller.

September 13, 2020

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Bowling Green Daily News

Micheal Compton

The material is right in LaBute's wheelhouse, but the director can't get the same sizzle he delivered in his previous work. As a result, the movie falls into a rut of one tedious confrontation after another.

October 15, 2019

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