The Ice Storm

The Ice Storm

1997 · 112 min · EN · R · 6.8 (584 votes)
Dir. Ang Lee · Starring Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Jamey Sheridan, Christina Ricci, Tobey Maguire · Music Mychael Danna

It was 1973, and the climate was changing.

Drama

In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.

VIBE

A quietly devastating portrait of suburban ennui and fractured connections, it feels like a cold, reflective gaze into the awkwardness of burgeoning desires and the chill of domestic decay. The atmosphere is thick with unspoken tension and a palpable sense of emotional drift, all under a stark, wintry spell.

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