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Great suspense,great story,great cast,great everything.The only problem with it is there wasn't enough action.That's it.Other than that it was awesome.

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Posted aug 9, 2009 11:55 pm pt

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This movie was great! Great suspense, drama and performances. Patrick Wilson and that lady are pretty good but Samuel L. Jackson(one of my favorite actors ever) is brilliant as the racist cop.

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Posted aug 5, 2009 9:10 am pt

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I thought this movie was good. It felt like it was missing something, what I'am not sure.

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Posted oct 14, 2008 5:31 am pt

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When I heard of Samuel L. Jackson playing as a crazy neighbor I didn't see how this movie could go wrong, but after I saw it I realized that it did just that. My biggest problem with this movie is that it kept trying to be put action clips in,...
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When I heard of Samuel L. Jackson playing as a crazy neighbor I didn't see how this movie could go wrong, but after I saw it I realized that it did just that. My biggest problem with this movie is that it kept trying to be put action clips in, but they were too short lived to be entertaining. The movie overall was ok and left me wondering how a movie this bad managed to cast Samuel as the lead... Snakes on a Plane...

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Posted oct 13, 2008 2:00 am pt

nicknameless101

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When I saw this movie, I thought it was okay at first, but then, it made me feel scared. It got so violent that I became speechless. Also, I can't believe they showed one of the characters getting sick. I just can't stand it when anyone throws up,...
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When I saw this movie, I thought it was okay at first, but then, it made me feel scared. It got so violent that I became speechless. Also, I can't believe they showed one of the characters getting sick. I just can't stand it when anyone throws up, especially if vomit is actually shown. The ending didn't seem very happy, and I prefer movies with a happy ending. So, I rate this movie with a 2.5/5.

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Posted sep 27, 2008 2:55 pm pt

punisherwarzone

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this movie did not live up to its hipe but it did grip you but it let go it had some funny parts and so on but this movie is worth seeing once

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Posted sep 20, 2008 7:03 am pt

• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  100
  I find movies like this alive and provoking, and I'm exhilarated to have my thinking challenged at every step of the way.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  100
  Lakeview 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."

  by J.R. Jones | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
  80
  As a thriller it's solid three-star tension. As a Samuel L. Jackson showcase it proves a man can only coast through so many motherfuckin' or milquetoastin' turns before having to display his full and overpowering talent.

  by Kim Newman | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  75
  A conventional suspense thriller, but the details kick it up a notch.

  by Mick LaSalle | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
  70
  A pretty provocative film, that is until it implodes into standard formulaic Hollywood crap.

  by Don R. Lewis | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
  63
  Here's a vote of gratitude for Samuel L. Jackson, who has become a specialist in making mediocre movies far more entertaining than they should be.

  by Liam Lacey | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
  63
  Lakeview Terrace holds your interest, though the bad faith on all sides makes it something of an endurance test.

  by Kyle Smith | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  60
  Delivers fairly tense and engrossing drama before succumbing to thriller convention.

  by Dennis Harvey | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New Yorker
  
  50
  It's a shame, then, that the later stages of Lakeview Terrace should overheat and spill into silliness. The plot is compromised, not resolved, by the pulling of a gun.

  by Anthony Lane | Read Full Review »
• [+] Village Voice
  
  50
  Like a lot of better genre fare, Lakeview Terrace uses its predictable premise to mount a stealth attack on the audience's sensibilities.

  by Scott Foundas | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
  50
  In pandering to Hollywood standards about how stories like this should unfold, LaBute has lost his edge.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
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  One wishes LaBute, a bleak satirist and, at his best, a crudely compelling dramatist, had taken the script and made it his own sort of twisted comedy instead of a routine thriller

  by Michael Phillips | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  50
  Lakeview Terrace's pretense at exploring racial intolerance has been exposed for what it really is: a B-movie copout.

  by Steven Rea | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  50
  Jackson modulates Abel's internal turmoil and heated exchanges with enough shades of loneliness, steely generosity and wicked playfulness to give the actor firm control of our fascination and growing unease.

  by Robert Abele | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  50
  Anyone who has ever had an annoying neighbor will see their worst nightmares fulfilled in the overheated but entertaining Lakeview Terrace.

  by Claudia Puig | Read Full Review »