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The Lake House
Rated PG for some language and a disturbing image;
They're strictly subordinate to a never-explained gimmick wherein she occupies 2006 and he 2004. Inexplicably caught in a time warp that keeps them unsynchronized by precisely two years, they correspond constantly.
They're linked by a dog, by mutual acquaintances and by their consecutive occupation -- she first -- of a mostly glass house that perches on stilts in a lake near Chicago.
Kate and Alex even met at least once earlier, although you'll need two scoreboard clocks and a skilled logician to figure out when and why it came to nothing.
Based on the Korean "Siworae" (2000), which never received U.S. distribution, "The Lake House" is empty, pleasant, contrived, totally dependent on serendipity, riddled with time-consuming detours and determined to keep the audience moaning, "Oh, noooo!"
- In wide release.
