Critic Reviews
Ice Harvest, The (2005) Rank 1 Reviews
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The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
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. ...read the complete Ice Harvest movie review at The New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
This Harvest yields nothing but chaff. ...read the complete Ice Harvest movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (Jonathan R. Perry)
Few cinematic experiences are more depressing than a black comedy that isn't funny. ...read the complete Ice Harvest movie review at Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (Jonathan R. Perry)
Fantastica Daily (Chuck O'Leary)
A comic noir that feels like a direct-to-DVD movie that could have easily starred Matthew Modine, Dennis Hopper and Gina Gershon. ...read the complete Ice Harvest movie review at Fantastica Daily (Chuck O'Leary)
Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)
A total (bomb), the wrong project for almost everyone involved. ...read the complete Ice Harvest movie review at Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)
This is a rancid lump of coal in the toe of the Christmas stocking of the holiday movie season. ...read the complete Ice Harvest movie review at Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)
San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
In my movie fridge, The Ice Harvest packs in far beneath Iceman , The Ice Storm and The Iceman Cometh . It suffers freezer burn even below Ice Palace and Ice Station Zebra . ...read the complete Ice Harvest movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Boulder Weekly (Thomas Delapa)
Another barren black comedy that skates a thin line between bad taste and gift-wrapped stupidity. ...read the complete Ice Harvest movie review at Boulder Weekly (Thomas Delapa)
San Francisco Chronicle (Neva Chonin)
Ice Harvest , sir, is no Groundhog Day . ...read the complete Ice Harvest movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Neva Chonin)
Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
As an exercise in neo-noir, the film is surprisingly inert, and as a dark comedy, it fails to offer many laughs. ...read the complete Ice Harvest movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Goes awry within moments and never gets on track. The scripters and director Harold Ramis have no idea whether to aim for cynical humor, film-noir romance or post-crime tension, so they miss all three targets completely. ...read the complete Ice Harvest movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
San Francisco Chronicle (Neva Chonin)
WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
In many ways, The Ice Harvest is like half of a movie. ...read the complete Ice Harvest movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Crammed with barflies, strippers and assorted reprobates, The Ice Harvest easily takes the honors as this holiday season's biggest and dirtiest lump of coal. ...read the complete Ice Harvest movie review at New York Times (Manohla Dargis)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
Neither funny enough nor black enough, The Ice Harvest is a lazy, haphazard picture that spins its wheels like a Kia on an icy road. ...read the complete Ice Harvest movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
User Reviews
by Karen S. Mccoy on October 07, 2008
I love this movie. John Cusack was great. I watch this a lot all the time. That was great. ...
by Dean J. Watkins on June 15, 2007
I caught 1/2 this movie on HBO. Got up went to Amazon and bought it! Great dark comedy. John Cusack is really good in this and Billy Bob is,, you know... Billy Bob!!! Simply put, it's a great movie. The outakes are even great. Billy Bob rehearsing a ...
by Anthony F. Gould on March 23, 2007
LOVE this movie. Great cast and great story and photography. ...
by Shirley A. Standr... on January 18, 2007
Very good movie. Keeps you guessing. Doesn't hurt that John Cusack is in it. Lots of drama, action, suspense and ...
by H. Schneider "Her... on September 12, 2006
Another kind of Christmas story, not the family kind. Two men steal money from the local mafia. The story covers about 12 hours from dusk of Christmas eve to dawn of Christmas morning. The weather is abysmal. The location is Wichita. Cusack is an ...
by Wayne C. Rogers on September 02, 2006
I've reached the point to where I seldom write reviews anymore, but with The Ice Harvest, I felt the need to come to its defense after seeing the extremely low rating. This turned out to be a film which surprised me in the most pleasant way with its ...
by D. Hammerbeck on June 12, 2006
If you don't like black comedy, why do you watch black comedies? With all of the unbelievable trash out there, how do you rate this little gem a 1 star movie? In the spirit of the great all time classic noir comedies, this is not as good as Grosse ...
by Joshua Miller "Jo... on May 09, 2006
The Ice Harvest is a dark comedy, that isn't really funny but is pretty damn entertaining. John Cusack plays Charlie, a lawyer for mobsters who has just stolen over two million dollars from one of his clients. His partner, Vic (Billy Bob Thornton) takes ...
by Mark It Zero on April 03, 2006
saying "this film didn't know what it wanted to be" would be like saying the same thing about Shaun of the Dead. both films totally knew what they were going for, and achieved it perfectly.
everyone in the cast turns out spectacular performances..from ...
by The Doctor on April 02, 2006
"As Wichita falls, so falls Wichita falls." What does it mean? Nothing really, and that's the point. As director Harold Ramis said, existentialists teach that life is meaningless, we're all going to die, but, we are responsible for our actions. This is, ...
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