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Oct 17, 1997 · "The Ice Storm" takes place as an early winter storm descends on Connecticut, casting over Thanksgiving a shroud of impending doom. In a wooded suburb, affluent adults stir restlessly in their split-level homes, depressed not only by their lives but by their entertainments, and even by their sins. Their teenage children have started experimenting with the same forms of escape: booze, pot and ...
The Ice Storm should be remembered for the simple yet thrilling sequences that could honestly happen to anyone. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 14, 2022. Family life -- the real focus of The Ice Storm -- is rendered as having something like the alienating density of prison; each solitary feels ...
'The Ice Storm' is an incredibly bleak and dark film set in the 70s about two connected families during the holiday break of Thanksgiving. The first family consists of Ben (Kevin Kline) and Elena (Joan Allen), and their two kids -- 16-year-old Paul (Tobey Maguire) just home from boarding school, and 14-year-old Wendy (Christina Ricci) a wannabe anti-war/anti-Nixon elitist who is coming to ...
Provocative, entertaining, and impeccably crafted. This emotional climax of the film, with its warring glints of despair and hope, typifies the stunning achievement of The Ice Storm and confirms Lee as a director of the first rank. Elegant and deeply disquieting drama. A harsh (though slightly toned down from Moody's book), deeply moving ...
May 25, 1997 · A well-observed and deftly performed examination of upper-middle-class emotional deep freeze, "The Ice Storm" is an intelligent, adult American film. Pic reps another insightful look at family and ...
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The Ice Storm: Directed by Ang Lee. With Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny. In suburban New Canaan, Connecticut, 1973, middle-class families experimenting with casual sex and substance abuse find their lives beyond their control.
