Reeves at 41

It's hard to believe that Keanu Reeves has been acting for two decades. He's willing to play strong silent romantic types (The Lake House opens Friday) as well as comedy and action. He's not afraid to throw in his lot with a Gus Van Sant (My Own Private Idaho) or some new indie director (Thumbsucker). Sometimes he's very good (Speed, the Matrix series, Little Buddha, Something's Gotta Give), sometimes he's horrid (Dangerous Liaisons, I Love You to Death, Much Ado About Nothing). Yet he's always interesting—even though offscreen, he never has much to say. That's OK. When preserving a little mystery, less is more.

Comments

[David]

The studio seems to be going out of its way to conceal the fact that the film is a remake of a huge Korean hit: http://www.mediacircus.net/ilmare.html. On the posters none of the Korean filmmakers are credited, only the blandly-named production company. Ebert and Roeper, who should know better, seemed to be crediting the Americans with the cleverness of the concept.