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Lake Placid

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5.9/10 • 1.1K

1999-07-151h 22m

HorrorComedyActionScience FictionThriller

You'll never know what bit you.

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!

Directors
Steve Miner
Editors
Paul Hirsch

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Bill Pullman

    Bill Pullman

    Jack Wells

  2. Bridget Fonda

    Bridget Fonda

    Kelly Scott

  3. Oliver Platt

    Oliver Platt

    Hector Cyr

  4. Brendan Gleeson

    Brendan Gleeson

    Sheriff Hank Keough

  5. Betty White

    Betty White

    Mrs. Delores Bickerman

  6. David James Lewis

    David James Lewis

    Walt Lawson

  7. Tim Dixon

    Tim Dixon

    Stephen Daniels

  8. Natassia Malthe

    Natassia Malthe

    Janine

  9. Mariska Hargitay

    Mariska Hargitay

    Myra Okubo

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John Chard

Jun 20, 2016

7.5/10

Big Crocodile - Big Log - Big Fun. There's a gigantic crocodile loose in the waters of Maine. A number of local hicks and big city eccentrics converge to try and stop the beast... Wonderful! A modern day homage to the creature feature movies of lore. It's not a spoof, it's a fun packed tongue in cheek thriller, hell it may even have some literary worth as regards ecological concerns, while the cultural clashes that thrive are written with knowing skill. Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda and Brendan Gleeson are superbly underplaying things, but they all get usurped when at the 20 minute mark Oliver Platt flies in on his helicopter and promptly owns the film from that point on. The script crackles with choice wit and sarcasm (the Gleeson/Platt on going feud an absolute joy), while Stan Winston provides beastly graphics that are blended with genuine suspense courtesy of director Steve Miner. Oh and "Golden Girl" star Betty White turns in a support slot - with a potty mouth! Double view it with something like "Tremors", movies that know exactly what they want to homage. 8/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$27,000,000.00
Revenue
$56,870,414.00
Keywords
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