Celebrating its world-premiere earlier this year at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, Lake George marks the return to feature film directing for veteran TV director Jeffrey Reiner (Fargo, Friday Night Lights). Led by Shea Whigham and Carrie Coon, the film follows two people as they attempt to steal money from a group of mobsters who plans to kill them.
In addition to Whigham and Coon, Lake George stars Max Casella, Glenn Fleshler, Ashley Fink, Troy Metcalf, Joey Oglesby, Derek Phillips, and Keri Safran.
Release Date
Directed by Jeffrey Reiner, Lake George opens in select US theaters and on VOD on December 6, 2024.
Synopsis
Tasked by mobsters with putting an end to Phyllis’ life, Don is unable to pull the trigger, and instead, the two set off on a road trip that evolves into something much more. Phyllis has designs of her own and proposes a little tag team action to Don: combine forces with the aim to steal all the money from the people who want her dead.
“Flipping through the channels as a lonely, bored teenager, I stumbled upon an airing of The Killers, directed by Don Siegel and starring Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, and Ronald Reagan. The film was dark, dangerous, violent, sexy, and funny, the characters unconventional, and immediately I was seduced. From that day forward, I made it my mission to watch every noir crime film I could find,” said director Jeffrey Reiner on his inspiration for the film. “Lake George is a redemption story about people being knocked down, finding the strength to get up, overcome their guilt, and live the rest of their lives without looking over their shoulders.”
Reviews
Damon Wise in a Deadline review praised the performance in the film, writing, “Coon is magnetic as always, but this is Whigham’s show, and this performance might yet take him to awards season as one of the year’s best.”
Abe Friedtanzer in a Cinema Daily US review gave the film a score of B+, writing, “The setup here is rather simplistic but the plot takes on a life of its own as its two protagonists meet and reluctantly realize than they may be the key to each other’s survival. It’s a film that includes sharp dialogue and a few clever twists, improving upon a genre that’s all too often prone to predictable developments and an expected direction by pumping a healthy dose of freshness into it.”
Official Trailer
Watch the official trailer for Lake George