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The Lake House
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Not age appropriate for kids under 10, age appropriate for kids over 12; suggested age 12. -
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Common Sense says
Corny romance will bore kids.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 12 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About The Lake House
Parents need to know that the movie includes some sad spots where the wannabe romantic partners can't meet for years, only exchange letters. A young man fights with his father, then the father dies, which makes the son cry. A bus accident kills a pedestrian (you hear crash and see prone body afterwards) and upsets a female doctor who's on the scene. Characters drink in bars and at parties. A woman kisses a man who's not her fiancé, who's upset when he catches them.
Read our full review by Cynthia Fuchs
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the idea of falling in love through letters (or online!): what sorts of things do you learn about someone else through writing that you often don't learn face to face? What traits make Kate and Alex appealing to one another, even though they haven't seen each other? How can waiting and patience make relationships, whether romantic or familial, seem more worthwhile?
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
i don't understand why they called this movie corny!
this is a very sweet, one-of-a-kind movie. there is no sex, violence, or strong language, and the main characters are good people. but most kids (and some adults) may find it long and dull. interesting and visual; not for the whole family.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
I cried and I thought
I loved this movie, from beginning to end. It's beautiful and poetic, I wish romance was more fairytalish like this movie. Its unbelievable how their love is, its unique and deep and everyone doesnt get chances like this (ever) and love is rare to find and finding love that way is even rarer than finding love its self. I hope that my love will be more like the one in this movie, it has become apart of my late night loveless classic movies. One of my all time favorites, this movie makes me cry because i haven't found love like this and that there could be a possible love like it somewhere for everyone.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
we're smarter than you think...
Reading some of the adult reviews, I was really surprised to see that they think it should be for an older age group because "kids won't get it". I don't think a lot of people would be tooo confused - kids sometimes understand this stuff better than adults. I sometimes like to watch stuff that makes me think!
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Great!
One of the best movies I've ever seen! I loved unraveling the plot, and the story was magnificent. give this movie a chance.
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
A very nice movie about a very romantic relationship
With this movie i beleive that this kind of thing is not an issue: drugs violence etc. Trust me your kids have seen worse. The fact that "common sense" said that it would bore kids i believe is an unfair assumption. My 13 year old neice loved it, saying it was a very good movie and that she wanted to quote "see it again, like with all of [her] friends" this was a great movie
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
odd
The movie was different than all those other romance movies it was very hard to understand what and when everything was happining.
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
A refreshingly clean, mellow, pretty, 'think about it' movie
My daughters, almost 9 & 14, and I watched this. We all enjoyed it! It was sad and happy. I call it 'mellow' but not 'boring' (to us anyway). We thought this was refreshing and relaxing to view. This director of photography did a great job on this one. I must add that we really like both main actors. I appreciate a good story to follow w/o the junk that Hollywood assumes we like and is constantly feeding us.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Heartwarming
This movie was great, even though they actually said "s--t" TWICE. I was suprised by the PG rating because of this, but it evened out with nothing else that's questionable.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
I say.....
Cutsie so-so romance. A clean flick for gals 10 and up and waant to watch a "mature grown up movie". Its to bad though that the idea for the movie was better than the movie itself.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Definetly aimed towards sensitives!]
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Experiencing Life
It was a great film of different time periods. A great film of relationships.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
Surprisingly Tame
While this movie does drag a bit and will bore the younger set, my 11-YO daughter found the concept of "love across time" to be quite interesting. Of course this is as corny a movie as you might imagine, but it was nice to be able to watch a movie without having to worry about inappropriate behavior by adults.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
Great love story
This is a great story, and if you like Somewhere In Time with Jane Seymore and Christopher Reeve, you'll probably like this one better. It has some great twists, but sometimes they are predictable. Still, a great movie with no sex!
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
great movie!!!!!!!!
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
A romance for your mind.
I was a little iffy about seeing this movie until my girlfriend (19) swayed my opinion about it and took me to the theater (I paid!). At first I thought this was going to be a too-serious, heart-wrenching movie about a long distance relationship- only it wasn't. It was almost the opposite. There were no drugs, sex, or anything objectable in this movie in my opinion; the drinking was far less than any child would witness at a family get-together (assuming wine or any other alcoholic beverage is present.) The reason I WOULD NOT recommend this to ages <13, or even <18 for that matter, is not because of objectionable content, but only because of the storyline. If I had 13 year old children, they most probably -wouldn't get it.- I have rated it PG-13. The space-time concept in this film challenged my mind more than the romance challenged my heart, and as a result, I would even recommend this movie to guy friends of mine. This is a simple love story with an incredible time twist that will keep you thinking and saying "what if?" hours after the ending credits.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
I looooooooved this movie!
It was really good and there wasn't aanything bad in it. I don't know why someone put yellow for sexual content, cause there wasn't any.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
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