Les disparus du lac

Original title: The People Across the Lake

TV Movie
1988
PG
1h 39m

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Valerie Harper, Tammy Lauren, Gerald McRaney, and Gregory Togel in Les disparus du lac (1988)

Chuck and Rachel Yoman, tired of the urban grime and crime, move with their kids to a quaint lakeside village where all seems like paradise - until corpses show up in the water. Will the Yom... Read allChuck and Rachel Yoman, tired of the urban grime and crime, move with their kids to a quaint lakeside village where all seems like paradise - until corpses show up in the water. Will the Yomans become the next victims?Chuck and Rachel Yoman, tired of the urban grime and crime, move with their kids to a quaint lakeside village where all seems like paradise - until corpses show up in the water. Will the Yomans become the next victims?

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5.4/10

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Trivia
Barry Corbin (Malcolm) and Dorothy Lyman (Ruth) later played Reba McEntire's parents in an episode of "Reba".

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Henry Link: Anyone ever gives you a choice to, say, sitting down to supper with a sargent's cadaver or feasting with a live general you sit with the sargent, 'cause he can't harm you.

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8/10

Better than I expected, for a tv flick

Well, this is an unusual little number. Other reviews range from 'okay' to 'not particularly glowing' to 'blah', but the plot sounded intriguing enough to me, and it's got a good cast.

Yes, it contains many of the standard made-for-tv melodrama features: sitcom stars Harper and McRaney--flipped from their usual light-hearted TV personas and quite convincing as a couple tired of the stress of city life; their winsome little kid and wiseacre teenager; and apparently enough money to go from their nice place in the city to a little slice of lakeside heaven.

As it progressed, I found that it went from average tv-movie quality to a pretty nifty (if unlikely) ending; the suspense in the last few scenes is especially good. The two leads are well matched and you root for them. Some viewers may guess who the heavy is but it's atmospheric--the lakeside locales are lovely -it moves along briskly, and is well acted. Worth a watch.