So, there was a woman named Kate and a man named Alex. As with the majority of cinematic relationships, this one became involved. What separates this couple from every other sappy drama? Time. Two years to be exact. In the movie, the Lakehouse, Kate and Alex meet under technical circumstances. Her house is his house; at the same time. They find out that through the lake house mailbox, they can defy the two years that separate them and communicate with one another. Throughout the film, they must nurture and maintain their relationship in spite of their present complications along with this added dimension. Why does time make all the difference with this relationship?
Without the common space provided by the lake house, there wouldn’t even be a story. But once the lake house is a framework, time becomes a strong term. Kate and Alex’s relationship hinge on the means of communion the house initiated and offers. After creating the concept of their contact through the mailbox, the movie portrays a split screen whenever they are conversing. Space isn’t a problem, when Alex can meet at a park in November of 2004 with Kate who lives in October 2006. The lake house’s portal allows for space to be maneuvered. While traveling distance cannot solve their physical separation, letters can. Time, instead of distance keeps them from being in one setting together. When states separate you, there are many ways to stay connected. But when time interferes in this couple’s relationship, there is only one solution: the lake house.
Alex and Kate try overcoming time, of course, and in the first arranged meeting, Alex doesn’t show up. Does this mean his love will grow cold towards her? Should she keep talking to a man who may change in two years? The usual frustrations and assumptions that challenge man-woman relationships are amplified by the ambiguity of their separation. Patience is no longer a “good idea,” it’s a demand if the relationship is to survive. Towards the end of the movie, Kate realizes why Alex had stood her up: two years into their relationship, Alex had seen her in a plaza and got hit by a car while crossing the street to get to her. She has to use her correspondence to the past to stop him. “Wait for me…wait for me,” Kate warns as two more years pass for Alex and two minutes pass for her. As her heart beats in anticipation she hears an approaching car, proving his commitment and patience for her. Finally they embrace for the first time.
This movie isn’t about Kate and Alex; there personalities are rather flat. This movie isn’t about the place, the lake house; it could have been a yacht. This movie isn’t about the couple’s relationship development; it ended when they finally met. This movie is about the means these two people have to connect and the test of time’s travails. This relationship proves significant because of the pains they go through in order to keep it alive. Commitment is a resolve. Their success as a couple confirms their strength. Their relationship will last because it has endured through the years. Time, in this movie, asserts love.
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