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The Ice Storm
1997
It is Thanksgiving 1973, and the Carvers and the Hoods are two prototypical suburban families seemingly living the good life in New Canaan, Connecticut. Behind their New Age philosophies and polyester fashions, however, lies deep discontent. One husband carries on an unsatisfying affair with the other family's wife, while his .. Read more
| Starring | Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Allen, Henry Czerny |
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| Director | Ang Lee |
| Genres | Drama |
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The Ice Storm
It is Thanksgiving 1973, and the Carvers and the Hoods are two prototypical suburban families seemingly living the good life in New Canaan, Connecticut. Behind their New Age philosophies and polyester fashions, however, lies deep discontent. One husband carries on an unsatisfying affair with the other family's wife, while his teenage daughter experiments sexually with both of the neighbor's boys. When a winter storm descends upon their upper middle class neighborhood, buried resentments bubble over, leading to a tragedy neither family will ever forget.
An intense, well-acted drama based on the novel by Rick Moody, THE ICE STORM is a masterly depiction of the frigid emotional life of suburbia. Great care was made to accurately re-create the fashion, philosophy, and music of the 1970s without devolving into camp. Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, and Joan Allen all excel in their roles, but it is the younger actors (Christina Ricci, Tobey Maguire, Elijah Wood, Adam Hann-Byrd) who steal the show. For director Ang Lee, the film continues the subtle examination of family life that he began with THE WEDDING BANQUET and EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN.
| Starring | Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Allen, Henry Czerny, Adam Hann-Byrd, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Jamey Sheridan, Elijah Wood, Katie Holmes, Courtney Peldon, David Krumholtz, Michael Cumpsty, Allison Janney |
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| Director | Ang Lee |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 48 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1997 To Rent: DVD: 15 Jun 2006 |
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A cool and clever dissection of troubled people in confusing times, though its puritan connection between illicit sex and death seems forced.
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It’s Cold Outside
But it’s none too warm inside either in Ang Lee’s well crafted, elegant, but frosty exposition of cosy, suburban middle class Americana standing at ... read more »
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The ice storm
The acting was excellent, Ang Lee is superb and the plot is touching, funny at times with a very sad message. I loved the way it was described how they used to ... read more »
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The thawing of a marriage.....
Thanksgiving 1973 in Canaan, Connecticut is beautifully recreated by Ang Lee...with the cracks in a suburban marriage as big as the cracks in the ice outside.<... read more »
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Absolute Rubbish
I couldnt get into this film at all right from the very start. Tryed my best but to no avail
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The Ice Storm
It is Thanksgiving 1973, and the Carvers and the Hoods are two prototypical suburban families seemingly living the good life in New Canaan, Connecticut. Behind their New Age philosophies and polyester fashions, however, lies deep discontent. One husband carries on an unsatisfying affair with the ...
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