During the 1973 Thanksgiving weekend, the Hoods are - relationship-wise, skidding out-of-control, isolated from each other; Benjamin reels from drink-to-drink, His wife, Elena's losing patience with Ben's incessant lies. Home for the holidays, their son, Paul, heads into Manhattan, in search of a rich girl from his prep school. Wendy, the teenage daughter, roams the neighborhood, exploring the liquor and lingerie of her friends' parents, looking for something - anything - new... (Full plot summary below)
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During the 1973 Thanksgiving weekend, the Hoods are - relationship-wise, skidding out-of-control, isolated from each other; Benjamin reels from drink-to-drink, His wife, Elena's losing patience with Ben's incessant lies. Home for the holidays, their son, Paul, heads into Manhattan, in search of a rich girl from his prep school. Wendy, the teenage daughter, roams the neighborhood, exploring the liquor and lingerie of her friends' parents, looking for something - anything - new. Then, an ice storm hits, and their problems seem inconsequential, and nothing will ever be the same.
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| New York TimesJanet MaslinLee daringly chooses to keep his story's motivational mysteries unexplained, leaving this richly observed film open to the viewer's assessments. Yet the sense of imbalance is ever-present and strong. |
| NUVO NewsweeklyEdward Johnson-OttLee is adept at creating a vivid sense of place, using numerous establishing and tracking shots to make the wistful, forlorn atmosphere of New Canaan come alive. |
| Sacramento BeeJoe BaltakeThis is one of those films in which nothing seems to be 'happening,' but in retrospect, when it's over, everything seems to have happened. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsTed PriggeAn atmospheric, moody, and entertaining little morality play which never gets preachy or even boring. |
| The New RepublicStanley KauffmannOver and over again in Austen, [Lee's] framing, his course of action, his editing suited and amplified the essence of the scene. But here everything in his directing, absolutely everything, is banal. |
| ViceJason BaileyAmong its many virtues, 'The Ice Storm' keenly captures the sheer, visceral terror of puberty-of grappling with these urges, trying to do what you think you're supposed to, and lashing out when you can't. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaBeautifully nuanced, passionately performed, and terrifically realized piece of work. |
| At the Movies (Australia)David StrattonI think one of the things [Ang Lee] really specializes in is ensemble pieces like this one. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThis remarkable analysis of a decade when American society lost its moral compass is both brutally honest and lyrically compassionate. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversThis emotional climax of the film, with its warring glints of despair and hope, typifies the stunning achievement of The Ice Storm and confirms Lee as a director of the first rank. |
