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'Lake City' is a 2008 American drama film directed by Perry Moore and Hunter Hill and starring Sissy Spacek, Troy Garity and Dave Matthews.
Plot
A mother reunites with her son after many years, who had left home as a result of a searing family tragedy.
Cast
*Sissy Spacek as Maggie
*Jason Davis as Shawn
*Troy Garity as Billy
*Dave Matthews as Red (as David Matthews)
*Rebecca Romijn as Jenny
*Keith Carradine as Royce
*Drea de Matteo as Hope
*Jeff Wincott as Leo
*Colin Ford as Clayton
Production
'Lake City' was shot in Virginia on a $4 million budget.
Release
'Lake City' had its world premiere at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival on April 25, 2008, and was released in a single theater on November 21, 2008.[
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Following the release, Screen Media Films acquired the rights to release the film on DVD.
Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 12% based on reviews from 26 critics, with an average rating of 3.6/10. The site's critics consensus states: "Lake City fails to make use of its accomplished cast, with the story unraveling amid the competing visions of its dual directors". On Metacritic, the film has a score of 29 out of a 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
Bill White of the 'Seattle Post-Intelligencer' wrote: "When Hill and Moore leave story and characters behind to veer off into suspenseless chases through cornfields, one wonders if the era of earnest American drama may be coming to a close".
Josh Rosenblatt of 'The Austin Chronicle' said "The only thing saving 'Lake City' from total ridiculousness is [Sissy] Spacek".
Stephen Holden reviewing for 'The New York Times' had criticized the lead actress, writing "When Sissy Spacek speaks her cliched lines in the mediocre screenplay of [the film], her delivery lends them a resonance that is not in the written words".
According to Mick LaSalle of the 'San Francisco Chronicle' "With all the high-profile movies blasting into theaters at this time of year, 'Lake City' will probably get lost in the shuffle. That won't be a tragedy".
Robert Koehler of 'The Christian Science Monitor' wrote "The astonishingly inept finish could serve as a primer in screenwriting classes on how not to wind up a family drama".
Lisa Schwarzbaum of 'Entertainment Weekly' said that "The story is as impersonal as it is labored", while Michelle Orange of 'The Village Voice' wrote "Add[ing] to the general torpidity and twangy tropes of this Southern family drama is the discomfort of watching a natural actor force it".
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