The Lake House: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released in 2006.

1. "This Never Happened Before
   This Never Happened Before
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   " - Paul McCartney
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2. "(I Can't Seem To) Make You Mine" - The Clientele
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3. "Time Has Told Me" - Nick Drake
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4. "Ant Farm" - Eels
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5. "It's Too Late" - Carole King
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6. "The Lakehouse" - Rachel Portman
   Rachel Portman
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7. "Pawprints" - Rachel Portman
8. "Tough Week" - Rachel Portman
9. "Mailbox" - Rachel Portman
10. "Sunsets" - Rachel Portman
11. "Alex's Father" - Rachel Portman
12. "Il Mare" - Rachel Portman
13. "Tell Me More" - Rachel Portman
14. "She's Gone" - Rachel Portman
15. "Wait For Me" - Rachel Portman
16. "You Waited" - Rachel Portman
17. "I Waited" - Rachel Portman

Songs appearing in the film, but not on the soundtrack include:

• "I Wish You Love
  I Wish You Love (song)
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  " - Rosemary Clooney
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• "There Will Never Be Another You
  There Will Never Be Another You
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  " - Rosemary Clooney
• "Pink Moon
  Pink Moon
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  " - Nick Drake
  Nick Drake
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• "La noyée" - Carla Bruni
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• "Sentimental Tattoo" - Jukebox Junkies
• "Chiamami Adesso" - Paolo Conte
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• "When It Rains" - Brad Mehldau
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• "Young at Heart" - Brad Mehldau
• "Almost Like Being In Love
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  " - Gerry Mulligan
  Gerry Mulligan
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• "O Pato" - Stan Getz
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• "A Man and A Woman" - Sir Julian
• "Bitter
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  " - Meshell Ndegeocello

The film trailer also features the song "Somewhere Only We Know

Somewhere Only We Know

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" by the band Keane. It is available on the album Hopes and Fears.

Box office

In its opening weekend, the film grossed a total of $13.6 million, ranking fourth in the United States box office

Box office

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. As of October 1, 2006, the movie has grossed $52,330,111 domestically, and $114,830,111 worldwide.

On September 26, 2006, the movie became the first to be simultaneously released on DVD

DVD

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, Blu-ray Disc

Blu-ray Disc

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 and HD DVD

HD DVD

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 (courtesy of Warner Home Video

Warner Home Video

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).

Critical reception

According to the website Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes

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, one third of the critics gave the movie a positive review. Many critics have expressed dissatisfaction in the plot's internal logic. Alex breaks Kate's timeline twice during the film, leading some to interpret events as a time paradox. Other critics have ignored those events or have found no reason to follow a single-timeline interpretation of events. Positive reviews concentrate on the film's cinematography, use of Chicago architecture, and the depiction of the characters' feelings of loneliness and separation.

USA Today

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critic Claudia Puig wrote, "The Lake House is one of the more befuddling movies of recent years. The premise makes no sense, no matter how you turn it around in your head."

Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert

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, while pointing out the movie's logical inconsistencies, wrote, "Never mind, I tell you, never mind!" Ebert gave a positive review (3.5 stars out of 4) noting, "What I respond to in the movie is its fundamental romantic impulse."

On August 18, 2006, Reeves and Bullock won a Teen Choice Award for "Choice Liplock" for The Lake House.