
In California, Caucasian Chris Mattson and his African-American wife Lisa Mattson move into a house in a gated community. Their racist, dysfunctional next-door neighbor is the abusive LAPD Officer Abel Turner who feels uncomfortable with the relationship of the newcomers and transforms their lives into Hell on Earth.... (Full plot summary below)
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In California, Caucasian Chris Mattson and his African-American wife Lisa Mattson move into a house in a gated community. Their racist, dysfunctional next-door neighbor is the abusive LAPD Officer Abel Turner who feels uncomfortable with the relationship of the newcomers and transforms their lives into Hell on Earth.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertI find movies like this alive and provoking, and I'm exhilarated to have my thinking challenged at every step of the way. |
| Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesLakeview Terrace isn't literally about the riots, but it's still one of the toughest racial dramas to come out of Hollywood since the fires died down--much tougher, for instance, than Paul Haggis’s hand-wringing Oscar winner "Crash." |
| Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonA lurid finale and some late-game script weaknesses work to diminish a character that Jackson has worked hard to embellish. |
| Sacramento BeeCarla MeyerA would-be thriller lacking in suspense, Lakeview Terrace nonetheless commands attention throughout. |
| Tri-City HeraldGary WolcottCompared to other LaBute films, Lakeview Terrace is rather tame. That's probably true, but he still leaves you feeling as if you need to go home and take a hot, soapy shower. |
| Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)Linda CookYour annoying neighbor stories don't hold a candle to this tale of suspense in 'Lakeview Terrace,' a thriller from Neil LaBute. |
| Sin MagazineAustin KennedyThis is a b-grade thriller, but with A-list directing and acting. Jackson turns this routine thriller into something worth going to the theater for. |
| Washington TimesChristian TotoSurprise, surprise. Lakeview Terrace is smarter than its B-movie plot suggests. |
| HollywoodChicago.comAdam FendelmanAlready an important and controversial American playwright, Neil LaBute is looking to make the same individual mark as a director in films. His most recent effort is an incisive and poignant meditation on race, class and gender relations in America. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanAside from the weak final act, this is a movie about black and white that refreshingly focuses on the gray. |