THE ICE STORM -- Ang Lee, dir

©1997
studio: 20th Century Fox
production company: Canal+ Droits Audiovisuels, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Good Machine
director: Ang Lee
cast: Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Hnery Czerny, Tobey Maguire, Christine Ricci, Elijah Wood
screenplay: James Schamus, based on the novel by Rick Moody

1973, suburban Connecticut: middle class families experimenting with casual sex, drink, etc., find their lives out of control. [from IMDb]

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A dark, moving film, with an all-star cast. This is haunting, creepy, but all because of what goes on inside a human being, not because of some raging, tormenting killer. Here are suburban, middle-class families that are stuggling to identify themselves. While the adults experiment with all sorts of drugs, sex, alcohol, and even shop-lifting, their teenage children are stifled in their attempts to reach out and experiment. With these parents as role models, who could be surprised that the children are deviant?

There are problems with the script and with the direction, but over-all, this is one film that will make your skin crawl and possibly even turn you on at the same time.

Recommended.