It'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.
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Village Voice
Village Voice
Like a lot of better genre fare, Lakeview Terrace uses its predictable premise to mount a stealth attack on the audience's sensibilities.
One 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
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Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Lakeview Terrace's pretense at exploring racial intolerance has been exposed for what it really is: a B-movie copout.