Parents' Guide to

The Iceman

By Jeffrey Anderson, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 17+

Extremely violent portrait of unrepentant real-life killer.

Movie R 2013 106 minutes
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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this movie.

Community Reviews

age 14+

Based on 3 parent reviews

age 13+

Iceman TV Show Review by Tucker Martin

Violence (3/5): Comic book action. Romance (1/5): One kiss. Language (3/5): Infrequent uses of "bulls--t," "goddamn," "d--k," "a--hole," "hell," and one "f--k."
age 13+

Iceman TV Show Review by Tucker Martin

Violence (3/5): Comic book action. Romance (1/5): One kiss. Language (3/5): Infrequent uses of "bulls--t," "goddamn," "d--k," "a--hole," "hell," and one "f--k."

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (3):
Kids say (1):

Based on real events, the story of Richard Kuklinski is definitely an odd one. He supposedly killed more than 100 people while remaining a loving husband and father to two girls, and they never knew what he was up to. It would be difficult to mess up a story like this. So it's somewhat underwhelming that director Ariel Vromen chooses to film it in a fairly straightforward way, using the well-worn, standard-issue biopic formula that has won many awards.

While most of the movie feels rather ordinary, the tried-and-true biopic formula does usually allow for at least one great performance, and we get that from Shannon in the lead role. He's already a fearsome actor with a warm patch of humanity, and no one else could have played the role so completely. Likewise, Ryder expertly re-invents herself for her role and is nearly unrecognizable.

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