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The Ice Storm (1997)
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Asian American director Ang Lee sums up America in the early 1970s by focusing on the arrival of the sexual revolution in the 'burbs. Isolationism within a family, consumerism, and selfishness are personified by a cast that captures the self-obsession within two New England families. As the children struggle awkwardly with adolescence, their parents stumble through sexual experimentation. In the days of Watergate and Vietnam, society is breaking boundaries and ignoring convention. Following suit, these families are eschewing polite barriers and social taboos, with disastrous results. The "ice storm" of the title refers not only to a natural...
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Imagining Peter Parker as a virgin is not hard, but I never suspected I would see Tobey Maguire taking bong hits.
But, that is just the beginning of the Ang Lee film that will surprise you.
Let's see: Paul's (Tobey Maguire) parents are Ben (Kevin Kline) and Elena (Joan Allen), and Ben is sleeping with Janey (Sigourney...
(complete The Ice Storm review by Movie Addict)
A moving story about the desperation that can grow within a marriage, within a family. This movie is true to anyone, as much as it is to me. I was not alive in the 70's, I have never been to Connecticut, but the emotions and circumstances are universal to our North American quiet desperation. With a dream cast (Kevin...
(complete The Ice Storm review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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