The Ice Storm (1997)
random000 3 points 6 months ago.

Pretty much near perfect film. Ang Lee is variable to all kinds of genres & gets good casting as well as attention to small detail & great photography. The pictures of the ice alone are lovely, but there are also boat tail Pontiacs with bubble glass, full-size GI Joes instead of those weird tiny ones, colorful modular furniture, fake rubber fruit, back-breaking water-beds, real tv sets & globes in bedrooms. Yet the cast offers a beautiful Sigourney Weaver, very cute young Cristina Ricci & Katie Holmes, Tobey & Elijah with Kevin Kline & Joan Allen. Never heard of a Key-Party going wrong, but the impossible happens here & it makes for a memorable climax.

grasshopper rex 3 points 6 months ago.

I rewatched this just last week. It’s on my annual list of dysfunctional holiday favorites.