
Shortly after the horrifying underwater attack in Maine's Black Lake, the local Fish and Game officer, Jack Wells, enlists the help of the New York City palaeontologist, Kelly Scott, to investigate. With only a mangled body as their starting point, Jack and Kelly embark on a dangerous mission to find the mysterious creature, as Sheriff Hank Keough, a mythology professor, and an eccentric inhabitant all want to locate the elusive predator first. But, something deadly is lurkin... (Full plot summary below)
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Shortly after the horrifying underwater attack in Maine's Black Lake, the local Fish and Game officer, Jack Wells, enlists the help of the New York City palaeontologist, Kelly Scott, to investigate. With only a mangled body as their starting point, Jack and Kelly embark on a dangerous mission to find the mysterious creature, as Sheriff Hank Keough, a mythology professor, and an eccentric inhabitant all want to locate the elusive predator first. But, something deadly is lurking beneath the silent pond, and it's already taken a liking to the juicy human flesh. What is the secret of Lake Placid?
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| Matinee MagazineChuck RudolphBriskly paced and snappily written, it's the only movie currently in theaters that is completely free of pretensions. |
| EmpireAndrew CollinsA straightforward camping-holiday nightmare, or a sly, ironic take on the same. It works deliciously as both. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenFilled with just the right measure of special effects; has talk which is clever, witty, sharp, edgy. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirAs irritating as Lake Placid sometimes is, it also has an easygoing sense of fun, along with one of the more memorable movie monsters of recent years. The mismatched ingredients blend into a blissfully, stupidly surreal summer cocktail. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsDavid N. ButterworthBest of all it's got Pullman, Fonda, Platt, and Gleeson and it's very, very funny. |
| Film Journal InternationalEd KelleherAn odd, derivative, but sporadically likeable film. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinLake Placid could easily have been made as a PG-13 movie, or perhaps even a PG. But the better to tempt teen-age audiences, it talks its way into an R. |
| Film ThreatRon WellsWhile we do get a bit of gore, the movie is really about this wacky bunch of people jumping on each other's nerves, kind of a zany hero's journey. |
| Kalamazoo GazetteJames SanfordInstead of wearing out its welcome with a dozen false endings like so many thrillers do, 'Lake Placid' simply shakes you up, lets you go and leaves you laughing. |
| Daily DeadHeather WixsonA light-hearted monster movie that offers up plenty of laughs, Lake Placid is still a really fun and well-made creature feature that doesn't ever treat its characters- or the audience- like morons. |