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Lake Placid (1999). A light-hearted affair, Lake Placid is one of those flicks that is best entertained when one could use a little comic relief. From the get go, this is a blatant comic ripoff of Jaws and it knows it. More so, Lake Placid never tends towards serious aspirations as it assiduously attends to the business at hand, which is to make fun of itself. The cast all deliver their roles with the aplomb accorded their due. Oliver Platt and Betty White are top notch competitors for the agency of hilarity. The story itself takes a backseat to the fun here, and in doing so the willing viewer is bequeathed to some 88 minutes of creature feature joy. Merci beaucoup.
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