47
Metascore
29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyDelivers fairly tense and engrossing drama before succumbing to thriller convention.
- 50The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneIt'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.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceLike a lot of better genre fare, Lakeview Terrace uses its predictable premise to mount a stealth attack on the audience's sensibilities.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIn pandering to Hollywood standards about how stories like this should unfold, LaBute has lost his edge.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsOne 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
- 50Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaLakeview Terrace's pretense at exploring racial intolerance has been exposed for what it really is: a B-movie copout.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyJackson is the best thing here.
- 42The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasUltimately, Lakeview Terrace isn't about race so much as it's about being a man, which has been LaBute's fallback theme from the start.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterThe film, absent a sense of place and populated by repellent or weak characters, soon devolves into an increasingly foul litany of events.
- Boilerplate stuff through and through.