It's the off-season at the lonely Beauregard Hotel in Bournemoth, and only the long-term tenants are still in residence. Life is stirred up, however, when the beautiful Ann Shankland arrives to see her alcoholic ex-husband, John Malcolm, who is secretly engaged to Pat Cooper, the woman who runs the hotel. Meanwhile, snobbish Mrs Railton-Bell discovers that the kindly if rather doddering Major Pollock, played by David Niven, who won an Oscar for his performance, a retired officer who likes to find out more...

When Dr Kate Forster finally found love she knew it wouldn't be simple, but the romance of letters she shares with architect Alex Wyler is unfathomably separated by two years. Lake House is a thoughtful and intriguing romantic drama, which though flawed is an enjoyable and relatively original example of the genre. find out more...