LaBute rejects the bland formulaics of many "from hell" flicks, informing his warring factions with an individual sense of vision and history that feels fleshed-out, and his film with visual panache and composed atmosphere. Lakeview Terrace still wants for all-around greatness (it's too implausible perhaps) but is worlds beyond the likes of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and Fatal Attraction - films that don't seem to understand the worlds their characters inhabit.

Some occasional plot holes and bad plot devices, but Samuel L. Jackson is great and Patrick Wilson isn't too bad either. The plot around the holes is good and the directing is solid.

-10 for letting me believe there was an actual good reason for SLJ's actions.

this movie is a decent thriller, the interaction between the characters was ok....but this movie has so many racial overtones and is so blantally racist..that it turned me off...if they toned it down I would have loved this movie but as a whole it gets so bogged down

Jackson gives it his all, but he almost always does. Wilson also does a decent job, but the movie is just silly.

Pointless

I can't in good conscience give this a passing grade, because in many ways, this is a terrible, terrible film. And yet, somehow, both in spite of and because of its badness, it is so compulsively watchable. The cast gathered for this awful script is actually pretty good, and they elevate the material somewhat. They do struggle at times, with unintentionally hilarious results. SLJ's character changes his motivations on the fly, but it's doesn't make him seem unpredictable, just poorly written.

"Are we really supposed to stomach a thriller in which the root of all evil is intelligent black men in power who can't stomach, to the point of going full-on psychotic, the sight of a white man married to a black woman?" - Nick Schager

Boring; annoyed that I've seen this.

It's important to clearly state that Jackson and LaBute's cynical routines in Lakeview Terrace offend human decency, but I'm brushing their dirt off my shoulder.

I liked Lakeview Terrace. For once, the trailer for the film actually made me want to watch it. I wasn't disappointed with what I saw. Well, okay, the ending left a little to be desired, but when the rest of the product is as strong as it is, that can easily be forgiven. Lakeview Terrace is a solid thriller, one that, despite focusing heavily on the issue of racism, doesn't cross the line when it comes to that topic.

Lakeview Terrace is far from the movie you'd expect, and ultimately ends an enjoyable experience in large part of the performances by Sam Jackson and Patrick Wilson.

Sam Jackson is brilliant, the ideas are there, just not explosive enough.

I'll give it humorous, but this movie quickly surpasses self-parody and wraps around to ludicrous, which isn't my cup of tea. Jackson shows up for another paycheck, and plays the same character he does in every other film. Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington are uninspired, and Ron Glass has all of two scenes. More Book, less Snakes on a Plane mashed with Die Hard 3, please.

very very boring and slow tired plot