Lakeboat (2000)

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Andy Garcia, Charles Durning, Denis Leary, George Wendt, J.J. Johnston ... (see more)

Academy Award nominee and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, State and Main, Heist) brings his own life experiences as a young man to the screen in this film adaptation of his play. Grad student Dale Katzman (Tony Mamet) lands a summer job on a Great Lakes freighter. Sho... (read more)

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60% liked it

806 ratings

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83% liked it

41 critics

R, 98 min.
Directed by: Joe Mantegna
Release Date: Jun 01, 2000
DVD Release Date: Sep 24, 2002

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96 days ago

Scott K

MANTEGNA: Hey David, I'm thinking of trying my hand at directing. Can you write something for me?
MAMET: Sure Joe. PFFFFFFTTTTTT!!!!!! Here ya go!
MANTEGNA: Thanks.

(Despite my rating, there is a small possibility this movie is great)

785 days ago

Stephen Thompson

This movie is awesome! nothing but pure hardcore swearing for the whole movie! Starts Denis Leary, Peter Falk and George Wendt. Plus i know the old guy at the end of the movie.

933 days ago

A must for anyone who ever went to sea.

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2923 days ago

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

As drama, it's not much; as a meditation on language and storytelling, it's a treat.

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2951 days ago

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

A first-rate movie made from one of David Mamet's lesser plays.

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3140 days ago

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

I once taught a class on Mamet's films. I wish I could have opened it with this one, because for Mamet, it all starts here.

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3183 days ago

A.O. Scott, The New York Times

The film's chief pleasure, a considerable one, is in hearing Mr. Mamet's characteristic idiom ... so close to its real-world source.

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3184 days ago

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

The piece is a theatrical curio, but no less fascinating for that.

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