The Ice Storm (1997)

Episode #81

January 30, 2023

643 1 minute read

20th Century Fox released The Ice Storm on September 27, 1997. Ang Lee directed the film starring Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, and Sigourney Weaver.

‘The Ice Storm’ 30-Second Summary

Suburban Connecticut, 1973. While Richard Nixon’s “I am not a crook” speech drones from the TV, the Hood and Carver families try to navigate a Thanksgiving break simmering with unspoken resentment, sexual tension, and cultural confusion. With clarity, subtlety, and a dose of wicked humor, Academy Award–winning director Ang Lee renders Rick Moody’s acclaimed novel of upper-middle-class American malaise as a trenchant, tragic cinematic portrait of lost souls.

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