# The Lake House (2006)

> Two lonely strangers build an intimate romance through letters exchanged from the same Chicago lake house two years apart.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1400

## Facts

- Runtime: 99 min
- Genres: Romance, Drama, Fantasy
- Director: Alejandro Agresti
- Cast: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Dylan Walsh, Said Elassal, Shohreh Aghdashloo
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410297/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Mood: wistful, elegiac, tender, romantic movie night, quiet evening

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