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  • Lake Placid
  • Opened July 16, 1999 | Runtime:1 hr. 22 min.
  • R
    violent creature attacks and related gore, and for language
  • Two decades later, it's still not safe to go in the water. The latest descendant of Jaws is an oversized, man-eating, lake-dwelling crocodile. Tasked with stopping his insatiable appetite are a game warden (Pullman), a scientist (Fonda) and a Read More
  • Cast: Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Brendan Gleeson, Oliver Platt, Betty White
  • Director: Steve Miner
  • Genres: Horror Comedy, Natural Horror, Horror

Lake Placid Critic Reviews

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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    Salon.com | Andrew O'Hehir

    As irritating as Lake Placid sometimes is, it also has an easygoing sense of...

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    The strange thing is that for all of Fonda's whining, Pullman's wary squinting...

  • 50
    USA Today | Andy Seiler

    Amusingly macabre. [16 July 1999]

  • 40
    The New York Times | Elvis Mitchell

    Trouble is, while not trading quips, the characters actually go through the...

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