The Ice Storm · LeviOsa

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The Ice Storm · LeviOsa

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It was 1973, and the climate was changing.

Drama1h 53m

🍅86%

🍅

86%

Tomatometer

🍿

82%

Popcornmeter

6.9

TMDB

Storyline

In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.

Trailers

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Mark Kermode reviews The Ice Storm (1997) | BFI Player

Mark Kermode reviews The Ice Storm (1997) | BFI Player

Casting the Locations

Casting the Locations

Details

DirectorAng Lee

ReleasedSep 27, 1997

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$18M

Revenue

$16M

Parental guideRUS

Studios

Canal+ Droits Audiovisuels

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Good Machine

Cast

Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline

Ben Hood

Joan Allen

Joan Allen

Elena Hood

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver

Janey Carver

Jamey Sheridan

Jamey Sheridan

Jim Carver

Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci

Wendy Hood

Tobey Maguire

Tobey Maguire

Paul Hood

Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood

Mikey Carver

Adam Hann-Byrd

Adam Hann-Byrd

Sandy Carver

Michael Cumpsty

Michael Cumpsty

Philip Edwards

Katie Holmes

Katie Holmes

Libbets Casey

Henry Czerny

Henry Czerny

George Clair

David Krumholtz

David Krumholtz

Francis Davenport

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Reviews

9 reviews · 7 critics · 1 fan

8 fresh · 0 rotten

Critics consensus

“Director Ang Lee revisits the ennui-laden decadence of 1970s suburban America with deft humor and gripping pathos.”

86% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

G

Guy Lodge

RTObserver (UK)Nov 25, 2025

It’s breath-catchingly pained and delicate in articulating estrangements and losses, aggravated by a November cold snap so tangibly felt in Frederick Elmes’s crisp, brittle cinematography and the icicle-tapping tones of Mychael Danna’s score.

G

Gene Siskel

RTChicago TribuneMar 28, 2019

Nothing less than one of the year's best pictures, a portrait of wealthy Connecticut suburbanites in the 1970s whose lives have no emotional or spiritual rudder.

D

David Ansen

RTNewsweekFeb 27, 2018

The Ice Storm captures this place, this season, this garish and confused moment in history, with surgical precision...It's Lee's sympathetic detachment that gives the movie its paradoxical power.

D

David Nusair

RTReel Film ReviewsMar 31, 2026

...a slow-moving yet mostly compelling drama that benefits from its stellar roster of players...

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Information

Title

The Ice Storm

Released

Sep 27, 1997

Rated

R

Region of Origin

France, United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 53m

Status

Released

Studios

Canal+ Droits Audiovisuels, Fox Searchlight Pictures

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