Metacritic Movie Ratings
Lakeview Terrace Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  I find movies like this alive and provoking, and I'm exhilarated to have my thinking challenged at every step of the way.

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• 60

  out of 100

  VarietyDennis Harvey

  Delivers fairly tense and engrossing drama before succumbing to thriller convention.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  Jackson modulates Abel's internal turmoil and heated exchanges with enough shades of loneliness, steely generosity and wicked playfulness to give the actor firm control of our fascination and growing unease.

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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Anyone who has ever had an annoying neighbor will see their worst nightmares fulfilled in the overheated but entertaining Lakeview Terrace.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  A passable piece of hackwork, with some adequately suspenseful passages and a few mild shocks near the end. But the psychological dimensions of the story are so risible, and its supposed insights into race and class so wrongheaded and ugly, that irritation trumps enjoyment.

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• 42

  out of 100

  Entertainment Weekly

  Jackson is the best thing here.

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• 40

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  The film, absent a sense of place and populated by repellent or weak characters, soon devolves into an increasingly foul litany of events.

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• 10

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  Joyless and airless suspense thriller.

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