The Ice Harvest Movie Review 2005

It's Christmas Eve in Wichita, and mob lawyer Charlie (Cusack) still has a pretty long to-do list. But things got complicated when he and his partner Vic (Thornton) skimmed $2.2 million from crime lord Bill Guerrard (Quaid). Now, in the midst of an ice storm, Charlie has to dodge Bill's hit man Roy (Starr), withstand the dangerous charms of topless bar manager/femme fatale Renata (Nielson), baby-sit his drunken brother-in-law Pete (a hilariously over-the-top Platt), and finish his shopping. A lovely bit of screwball comedic film noir, but with a director like Ramis, things should have been funnier.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 88 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Law & Lawyers, Organized Crime, Christmas, Black Comedy

Screenplay

Richard Russo, Robert Benton

Cast

John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Randy Quaid, Oliver Platt

Cinematography

Alar Kivilo

Director

Harold Ramis

Music

David Kitay

Other

Scott D. Smith, Lee Percy, Susan Kaufmann, Patrizia Von Brandenstein

Producer

Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, Focus Features, Bona Fide, Focus Features, Pyramide Distribution