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.

It is a bit disjointed and takes a while to put the pieces together, but after you leave the theater, it grows on you. I took a 14 and 16 year old with me. They both loved it...well, the 14 year old girl did. The 16 year old boy had a bit of trouble figuring out which time they were in...it does flip back and forth a bit. Could have really done more with that. The cussing is minimal and mostly not by the main characters. No sex, which was great. It was good. I'll see it again when it comes out on video.

"The Lake House" introduces a new idea into the realm of romance movies, and personally, I liked it. Obviously, as most all romances go, the plot is rather predictable, but it is nice to see originality in a genre that had yet to have any for a long time. If you aren't the kind of person that analyzes a movie and notices things that can't happen (like Alex planting a tree for Kate and it being fully matured in only two years), then I reccommend this movie to anyone looking for some fresh ideas in a tired genre. As for content, I didn't think the language was bad, but I believe some parents will be horrified that they say "sh*t" in a PG movie-- so just a warning. But that's basically it for content.

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.

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.

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

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!