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- 2005
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 32 m
- 2005
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 32 m
Summary A wickedly funny thriller about thick thieves and thin ice. (Focus Features)
Directed By: Harold Ramis
Written By: Richard Russo, Robert Benton, Scott Phillips
- 2005
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 32 m
- 2005
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 32 m
The Ice Harvest
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9.1
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Summary A wickedly funny thriller about thick thieves and thin ice. (Focus Features)
Directed By: Harold Ramis
Written By: Richard Russo, Robert Benton, Scott Phillips
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
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28% Mixed
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9% Negative
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3 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
62
63% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
28% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
9% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
The Ice Harvest isn't a subversive piece of work; it's not making some grand statement about the dark side of the holiday spirit. But what it IS saying in its grimly funny way is that we can't always control the timing of our disasters.
This often macabre comedy allows us to doff such civilized traits as taste and decency. We're free to laugh at anything, and we do. Oh, the shame -- and the good time.
The Ice Harvest doesn't have much heft or resonance. But as an antidote to the sugary confections of the season, its hung-over cynicism works wonders.
It's a rhythmless, graceless piece of filmmaking. But if you have an ounce of misanthropy in your body, a picture like this can draw it to the surface the way a leech draws blood.
For a comedy, it isn't that funny. For a thriller, it isn't that thrilling. In short, it would have been a much better movie if focused on either/or.
Ice Harvest's plot sounds like an antidote to the season's holiday sweetness. And it's being touted as this year's Bad Santa. But the only similarities are the holiday season, the criminal milieu and Thornton.
Goes awry within moments and never gets on track. The scripters and director Harold Ramis have no idea whether to aim for cynical humor, film-noir romance or post-crime tension, so they miss all three targets completely.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 149 User Ratings
9.1
88% Positive
131 Ratings
131 Ratings
5% Mixed
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7% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 149 User Ratings
9.1
88% Positive
131 Ratings
131 Ratings
5% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
7% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
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Awards
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
• 1 Nomination
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
• 1 Nomination
