The Ice Storm

  • 1998


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Positive Reviews 31
Negative reviews 3
Average Rating 4.1/5
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3.8
At its best, though, its an anthropological soap opera that casts a hushed, elegant spell. EW
5.0
Despite its mordant undertones, the film is often satirical and frequently very funny, and quietly observant in its performances. Rogerebert
3.8
Which isnt to say that we dont form a relationship with these creatures.
2.5
With The Ice Storm, Lee seems to have emphasized the details of cultural accuracy over the rudiments of telling a gripping drama.
2.5
This sweep is a lot for one movie to cover, and the weight of it all may have something to do with why The Ice Storm, despite good performances and fi .. San Francisco Chronicle
5.0
As expected, Ricci doesnt let us down her interpretation of Wendy is knowing, intense, and nuanced. ReelViews
3.2
Ang Lee is a terrific filmmaker, but his usually upbeat directing style is stilted by the angst Its a well crafted, but, ultimately, negative feeling ..
5.0
Oddly enough, the Taiwanese born Lee manages to capture the look and sound of the 70s better (at least more accurately) than Paul Thomas Anderson did .. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
4.4
A devastating film that will almost certainly leave you emotionally drained. Internet Reviews
4.5
The Ice Storm is a movie thats trapped under the ice, and itll leave you feeling the same way. Internet Reviews
4.0
Lee is adept at creating a vivid sense of place, using numerous establishing and tracking shots to make the wistful, forlorn atmosphere of New Canaan .. Internet Reviews
4.5
most effective at capturing the desperately hip attitude that seemed to hang like incense smoke around upper middle class/lower middle age adults in t .. Internet Reviews
5.0
An atmospheric, moody, and entertaining little morality play which never gets preachy or even boring. Internet Reviews
4.5
The Ice Storm proves that a movie can most effectively and entertainingly study the disintegration of a society without soap opera melodramatics or bl .. Internet Reviews
4.5
But hes also bored with his affair with Janey Carver (Alien Resurrections Sigourney Weaver).
3.5
Without a moral center, the movie drifts along until it reaches its predictably sad conclusion. Emanuellevy
5.0
Lee infuses the film with just enough humor to keep it from becoming unremittingly bleak, but the overall impact is harsh and caustic. Q Network
1.5
I dont know when Ive seen actors realize so many affecting moments in such a muddled conception. Lees aestheticized approach is its own kind of ice st .. Salon
4.5
This is a gem of observation in human behaviour, an intelligent film that will appeal to thoughtful audiences.
5.0
Beautifully nuanced, passionately performed, and terrifically realized piece of work. Mr Brown Movies
2.0
Its unfortunate that as capable a team as director Lee and screenwriter producer Schamus should have become fascinated with such unpromising material. Calendar Live
2.5
Rather than being moved or transfixed, you feel frozen and impartial, almost as disengaged as the characters themselves. Boxoffice Magazine
3.8
Ang Lees chilly, oddly distant look at unhappy suburbanites trying to make sense of the new morality and their miserable lives is an honorable film, b .. Movies Tv Guide
4.5
What struck me about it was the fluidity and discipline of Lees direction, the performances which captured so beautifully the confusion of that period .. Abc
4.5
The Ice Storm captures this place, this season, this garish and confused moment in history, with surgical precision...Its Lees sympathetic detachment .. News Week
4.0
aptly underscores the depressing gloom of the piece through the dark, blue tinted cinematography of the talented Frederick Elmes, and the nervously re .. Rochester Goes Out
1.5
Come back with us to those rolicking years of the 1970s and watch two dysfunctional families dysfunction! I know you want to sign up right now. Need Coffee
4.5
The key to The Ice Storms ambiguity and unexpected depth is that the events of the story mean wholly different things to different characters theres n .. OutWeek
5.0
A remarkable film that takes us straight into John Updike territory, duplicating on screen exactly what the writer achieves on the page. Globe and Mail
4.5
Adult hypocrisy and adolescent concupiscence in the suburbs is nothing new, but unlike the book, Lee and his actors overcome stereotype to find new hu .. Boston Phoenix
3.8
With good direction, and excellent acting, The Ice Storm paints a vibrant picture of suburban life in the early 70s. Cine Matter
4.4
Sketched with subtlety and refined detail worthy of Ingmar Bergman.
5.0
This is one of those films in which nothing seems to be happening, but in retrospect, when its over, everything seems to have happened. Sacramento Bee
4.5
Everyone is uptight, on the verge of breakdown, shrill and too aware of their various audiences. The film captures this sense of verge ness perfectly.
4.0
The dazzling ensemble perfectly captures every nuance in one of the finest acting showcases you could hope for. Empire Online
4.0
Spot on performances, some icicles that are pure visual poetry, and enough symbolism to fuel a thesis, make The Ice Storm anything but a gloomy ride. Empire Online
4.5
Family life the real focus of The Ice Storm is rendered as having something like the alienating density of prison; each solitary feels enclosed in his .. Esquire Magazine



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