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- 1984
- PG
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 40 m
- 1984
- PG
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 40 m
Summary A prehistoric Neanderthal man found frozen in ice is revived by an arctic exploration team, who then attempt to use him for their own scientific means.
Directed By: Fred Schepisi
Written By: Chip Proser, John Drimmer
- 1984
- PG
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 40 m
- 1984
- PG
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 40 m
Iceman
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Summary A prehistoric Neanderthal man found frozen in ice is revived by an arctic exploration team, who then attempt to use him for their own scientific means.
Directed By: Fred Schepisi
Written By: Chip Proser, John Drimmer
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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40% Positive
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60% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
62
40% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
60% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
This movie is spellbinding storytelling. It begins with such a simple premise and creates such a genuinely intriguing situation that we're not just entertained, we're drawn into the argument.
Crouse is stiff and Hutton's a bit sappy, but Lone's performance would melt an iceberg's heart. Despite a rubbery forehead and crude make-up work, Lone is convincing. With grunts, moans, howls and mime, he presents a stoic, depressed, trapped human being. [13 Apr 1984, p.21]
Iceman is often engaging and sometimes exciting, but despite its jumpy cross-cutting between the technological and natural worlds, it never crosses into the magical realm it reaches for so earnestly. [17 May 1984, p.27]
There's a certain ghoulish excitement to all this, but it is quickly dissipated.
Iceman proves an intriguing premise that is allowed or encouraged to go daftly astray. [13 Apr 1983, p.B10]
Schepisi and his writers don't get what they should have from the business of traumatic culture shock; they spend too much time on twaddle. [13 Apr 1984, p.D1]
The movie is a good idea, but a good idea does not always result in a good movie. The picture was miscast. Hutton is just too young to be believable as a man of science.
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Production Company
Universal Pictures
Release Date Apr 13, 1984
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating PG
Tagline HE'S 40,000 YEARS OLD. Deep within an Arctic glacier they found him, preserved by a miracle of nature, brought back to life by a miracle of science. Now medical science wants to exploit him in the name of research. One man wants to stop them...in the name of humanity. But he'll need more than a miracle to survive...he'll need a friend.
