Ice Harvest, The (2005)
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Synopsis
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Cast
- John Cusack
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Connie Nielsen
- Oliver Platt
- Randy Quaid
- T.J. Jagodowski
- Mike Starr
- Ned Bellamy
- Lara Phillips
- Jenny Wade
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- Dec 16, 2020
Leave it to Harold Ramis to make this bleak, violent story about giving up in despair totally hilarious. Discussed on Episode 51 of The Suspense is Killing Us.
matt lynchOct 20, 2014Harold Ramis's "The Ice Harvest" is a bleak, black comedy full of unsavory characters caught in unsavory schemes. With an appealing cast, touch of chilly style, and dark sense of humor, the film rates as a solid and humorous crime film. Taking place over an icy,…
Travis LytleJan 17, 2022I'd have never guessed comfy old Harold Ramis would have this seedy little Christmas crime-thriller up his sleeve. That's exactly what The Ice Harvest is. The coloured neon-lit strip clubs, ice rain, whiskey shots, triple-crossings, severed fingers, disastrous family…
RhodesMovie - Nov 10, 2024
impressively nihilistic for a studio produced holiday comedy, leaning as much on tried and true elements of noir as the darkest of black comedies, with more than one gag ending in bloodshed -- drunk Oliver Platt as MVP
Justin LaLibertyDec 17, 2024I didn't realize Ramis directed Year One, having believed this this dark, cynical "comedy" was his final film. I've read that one sucks but I do think, despite having seemingly not one redeeming character including (and especially) Cusack's "crooked mob lawyer" (Platt's…
Scarecrow88Oct 29, 2019main takeaway: Wichita’s got a helluva lot of strip joints. and they’re all open on Christmas Eve.
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This is a pretty standard and serviceable neo-noir, but elevated with thoughtful ruminations on regret and responsibility; it's interesting how the heist narrative takes a backseat in the first half of the film while the two hapless main characters navigate the wreckage of…
nomenclatureDec 24, 2025most underrated holiday movie of ALL TIME
BenDavid GrabinskiMay 8, 2020It does feel a little tonally confused at times and I do wish it was a little funnier, "The Ice Harvest" is still a really entertaining and breezy watch. John Cusack and Billy Bob Thorton are both really great here and the story actually goes in some directions that I…
Connor Carey
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It's a dark lark, no more and no less, a caper comedy full of enough kinky jokes to remind the audience that, indeed, you're supposed to laugh at it every now and again.
Robert Wilonsky
Dallas Observer
A droll, dark Christmas treat for adults, a delightful alternative to the usual holiday-themed fare.
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
There is very little fun in The Ice Harvest, which wouldn't pose a problem if the film had some fleshed-out ideas to go along with the booze, the booty and the recycled plot points.
Manohla Dargis
The New York Times
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