The Lake House

When architect Alex Wyler moves into an unusual glass house on stilts over a lake, he discovers a note from the previous tenant in the mailbox--but no one's lived in the house for years. He replies and soon discovers that he's corresponding with a doctor named Kate Forster. Their correspondence, only through the 'magical' mailbox, turns romantic and their paths cross in unexpected ways, but when they try to truly connect, danger looms. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.

The Lake House drew a mostly skeptical critical response, with many finding its time-bending romantic premise more confusing than enchanting and the chemistry between its two leads unable to overcome the script's logical contortions. Audience reaction has been considerably warmer than critical opinion, suggesting the film works better as a quiet, melancholy mood piece for patient viewers than as a rigorously constructed love story.