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The Ice Harvest

By Cynthia Fuchs, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 16+

Dark comedy about a mob lawyer who steals $2 mil.

Movie R 2005 88 minutes
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age 18+

Based on 1 parent review

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For all Charlie's running around -- in driving rain and icy road conditions, to boot -- the film never picks up speed. If Charlie appears energetic, if not exactly inspired, it's only because he's in constant, circular motion. Surrounded by antic dunderheads and furious bunglers, he responds as if mystified, though he understands and can manipulate such behavior. Charlie's positioned twice -- as conventional, self-aware hero and dim anti-hero, both sustained by the oddly convincing, refreshingly subtle, and relentlessly appealing Cusack.

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