Adam Hann-Byrd, Allison Janney, Christina Ricci
1973, suburban Connecticut: middle class families experimenting with casual sex, drink, etc., find their lives out of control.
DVD Release Date: May 13, 1998
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November 23, 2008[playing with a soldier doll]
Wendy: "Well, looks like somebody got to his private parts before us."
Sandy: "Communist Viet Cong"
Wendy: "They left it in the jungle"
Really liked it, don't know why I hadn't heard of it before. With a dream cast and brilliant acting, it takes a c...( read more) -
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June 29, 2008Astounding drama, incredibly thought provoking and touching. The young cast and Older are nothing but amazing, visually stunning too
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October 1, 2009Adolescents and adolesce stories/tales.
Such as ; Towelhead by Alan Ball 2007 and Rising Victor Vargas by Peter Sollett 2002.
Meantime ; unbearable boredom of our ordinary life. -
September 26, 2009The Ice Storm is a film I heard of many times during the last decade but I didn't have the chance to see it before a few days ago. I must admit it truly deserves all the praises it received and that I wasn't expecting this at all. The performances are all magnificent, the music i...( read more)
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September 8, 2009Aug 2009 - Watched for the 3rd time and still amazed at how strong the story line is. An incredible view of the decadence of family in 70s. This time, I was also shocked that completely accidentally K and S were watching this exactly when H and I were.
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September 6, 2009It felt like Ang Lee was trying too hard to ground his film in 1970s America, with too many kitschy shots of toe socks or other period-referencing details. While the acting was excellent and the story of shifting sexual mores was interesting, the directing was at times heavy-hand...( read more)
Critic Reviews
May 11, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Despite its mordant undertones, the film is often satirical and frequently very funny, and quietly observant in its performances. full review
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January 4, 2007This film is extremely powerful and the way that it is filmed from the camera shots to the charachters adds to this controversial topic that all the charachters are going through... Sex
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