Lake Placid (1999)
“You'll never know what bit you.”
Movie19991h 22mEnglish
Our verdict
Decent one-time watch
Mixed-to-positive reactions; enjoyable if the genre is your thing.
Based on the TMDB audience score from 1,306 ratings.
Movie review: Lake Placid
Lake Placid is a film from 1999. It is catalogued under Horror, Comedy, Action. Its listed tagline is “You'll never know what bit you.”
Story
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
Audience reaction
TMDB records an audience rating of 6.0/10 based on 1,306 votes.
Production
Release date: July 15, 1999 · Runtime: 82 minutes · Original language: English · Reported budget: $27,000,000 · Reported revenue: $56,870,414
Official trailer
Cast
Bill Pullman
Bridget Fonda
Oliver Platt
Brendan Gleeson
Betty White
David James Lewis
Tim Dixon
Natassia Malthe
Mariska Hargitay
Meredith Salenger
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