The Lakehouse

            Can I just say that I really enjoyed this film a lot. Way more than I thought possible. Although I tend to like some chick flicks because I can appreciate the ones which are well made, and this one is really one of the best. Right up there with Just Like Heaven. The Lakehouse is a romantic comedy that is staged in a very powerful style which I love, and that is Magical Realism.

            The two main characters who need to fall in love live in different times, and live in the same house only 2 years apart. They soon discover that they can write letters to one another through the shared mailbox. Rather than questioning this supernatural event, it becomes a part of their landscape, and they begin to know eachother through their letters and shared though separate activities.

            Things get complicated when a series of events reveals to the girl (Sandra Bullock, Speed) that the guy (Keanu Reeves, Point Break) is actually a no show, and later she finds out that he is in fact, dead. Can she save him? Can they be together? Can they truly wait? The story in this is so beautiful and just really delightful, as it paints a deeper and deeper picture of the two, we watch them grow together over an uncrossable distance. 2.