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Summary: WHY WASN'T THIS UP FOR ANY OSCARS?
Review: A very powerful film! One of the greatest I've ever seen. Why this film was over looked at the oscars I don't know. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN NAMED BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR! Kline is having an affair with Weaver. Maquire has fallen head over heels for Holmes. Ricci is looking FOR ANYBODY! And Allen is having doubts about her marriage to Kline. SO IT'S JUST YOUR TYPICAL FAMILY! Ang Lee(Who is a director I never heard of before this film)does a great job here. The writing is terrific! Everything in this film is completely believable! Maybe YOU will find yourself relating to one of the characters! I certainly did! I'm always shocked when I see in movie I can say is great in this day and age. So much is just junk. IF YOUR SICK OF WATCHING BIG STUDIO PICTURES WITH AWFUL ACTING AND DIRECTING AND INSANE STORYLINES...DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND WATCH THIS!
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Summary: Not Enough Score
Review: As I was watching the film the music of Mychael Danna's fantastic score began to come through and talk to the audience. Danna's music was telling us what the characters were not saying, but unfortunately the CD only contains two tracks of his work. Though there are nice songs for nostalgia, the CD could have been a great deal better with more of Danna's haunting, somewhat spiritual, music.
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Summary: The Ice Storm is very chilling
Review: A chilling ending, that's all I have to say. This sex-saturated film has an all star cast, Weaver, Allen, Kline, Ricci, Maguire, and Wood, that all portray their charecters wonderfully. The message is powerful, although confusing, and some parts drag. I found myself fast fowarding to the good parts (there were MANY good parts) and it mainly had me at the edge of my seat. The direction is good, and the diolaouge is better than in SOME movies. I could relate to some of the charecters perfectly. I really liked this movie. It's good to watch more than once.
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Summary: I want to see this on DVD
Review: Where's the DVD release of this excellent movie? Come on, wake up: VHS is obsolete, we need the DVD! This is one of the best movies of the 90's and it should be kept in the personal archives in DVD format.
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Summary: Icy Hot
Review: For those of us who spent at least part of our youth in the bell-bottomed, wide lapelled '70s, The Ice Storm is sure to provide some nostalgia. But lest you think this stark, wistful film is all about memories, let me add that its themes of betrayal, acceptance, and familial love extend far beyond a mere time capsule.The acting is brilliant every step of the way. Sigourney Weaver, in a small but essential role as Ben dragon lady lover, evokes the insipid self-centeredness of the "me" decade better than a whole slew of Bee Gees videos ever could. There's a powerful almost Scandinavian chilliness to The Ice Storm. Ironically, instead of freezing your emotions, its writing, acting, and directing draws you in, and in its final moments warms you to the core.
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Summary: The under belly of suburban life at its best.
Review: I think Ang Lee did an exeptional job with The Ice Storm. I, for one, am tired of seeing the same thing over and over again. This movie changed that. We get to see the under belly of suburban life in the 1970s, how it really was. Lee shows us the lives of to dysfunctional familes. Kevin Kline and Joan Allen have a daughter, Ricci, who experiments sex on their parents friends, Weaver and this other guy's son. What Allen and Weaver's husband doesn't know is that Kline and Sigorney are having an affair. This movie has great preformances from: Kline, Weaver, Allen, Ricci, and Wood. I would suggest this movie for anyone who liked Blue Velvet or American Beauty. See this movie. You won't be dissapointed.
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Summary: An all too realistic look at disfunctional families.
Review: Ang Lee departs from the benevolent tone of his previous film, Sense and Sensibility, to direct a film that is not afraid to show what life was really like. Beautiful cinematography of bleak, barren suburbia that really works well in junction with the characters and the story. Terrific oscar-worthy performances by Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, and Joan Allen with great support from Toby Maguire, Elijah Wood, and Christina Ricci. This movie is for people who appreciate a little artistic vision. A terrific, yet tragic, ending that really sends a powerful message. A must see for all movie lovers.
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Summary: The Ice Storm
Review: Director Ang Lee turns in a compelling drama based on Rick Moody's novel of the same name. Set in an upscale 1973 Conneticut township, this is not a "feel good" or "warm" film, quite willfully. Instead, we're treated to an all-too-brief peek into the the depressive world of two families. While Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, and Sigourney Weaver excel in their performances as lost, unhappy and dysfunctional parents, we never quite get to know them enough to truly care. Despite its shortcomings, "The Ice Storm" concludes on a moving, powerful note.
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Summary: Very well acted and extremely interesting movie
Review: The Ice Storm is one of the best movies I have seen in recent years, and probably one of the most intelligent movies I've ever seen. Despite the emotional distance of the characters from one another (and from the camera), we sense their human vulnerabilities and compassion. Ang Lee is a fantastic director of human empathy.
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Summary: .
Review: Strange, cold, and somehow subtley disturbing drama. Unfortunately, most of the characters, and their actions, are too abstract to allow the viewer (or me, anyhow), any feeling of particular empathy or identification with them. It's just sort of odd, and I would've like to have seen these characters explored in more detail, so that we could understand them a little better. The only truly enjoyable thread of the tale is the one revolving around ... um ... the main kid ... forget his name ... the elder son of the main family. The rest of the movie is just sort of strange, which generally speaking would be fine with me, but in this case, it was a brand of "strange" that I just didn't know what to do with. I was rather bored with the film at points. However, somehow, despite the cold and alienated feel generated (onto the viewer, mind you) by the brunt of the movie, the end manages to be extremely moving. After an hour-and-a-half of relative indifference to the film, it somehow left me in tears. Go figure. Not really a great movie, but maybe worthwhile, and it'll probably linger with me for a bit.
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