Lakeview Terrace (Be Kind, Rewind Edition!)

<p>On <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes'>Rotten Tomatoes</a>, the film holds an approval rating of 44% based on 164 reviews, with an average rating of 5.45/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "This thriller about a menacing cop wreaking havoc on his neighbors is tense enough but threatens absurdity when it enters into excessive potboiler territory." On <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic'>Metacritic</a>, the film has an average weighted score of 47 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinemaScore'>CinemaScore</a> gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale.</p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert'>Roger Ebert</a> of the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times'>Chicago Sun-Times</a> gave the film a very positive review, awarding it his highest rating of four stars and saying: "Some will find it exciting. Some will find it an opportunity for an examination of conscience. Some will leave feeling vaguely uneasy. Some won't like it and will be absolutely sure why they don't, but their reasons will not agree. Some will hate elements that others can't even see. Some will only see a thriller. I find movies like this alive and provoking, and I'm exhilarated to have my thinking challenged at every step of the way."</p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_LaSalle'>Mick LaSalle</a> of the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle'>San Francisco Chronicle</a> also enjoyed the film, saying: "In its overall shape and message, Lakeview Terrace is a conventional suspense thriller, but the details kick it up a notch. ... The fun of Lakeview Terrace is not in what happens but in how it happens." J.R. Jones of the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Reader'>Chicago Reader</a> called the film "one of the toughest racial dramas to come out of Hollywood since the fires died down – much tougher, for instance,