The Ice Harvest
2005 · Movie · R · 88 min · ★ 5.9 · 55% critics
On Christmas Eve, a crooked lawyer tries to pull off a risky cash grab from the local mob and lie low until it’s safe to leave town. With icy weather, shifting loyalties, and a string of tense encounters, the night turns into a darkly funny scramble to figure out who can be trusted.
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Details
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2005-11-23
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Critic score
- 55/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (334 votes)
- Box office
- $9,016,782
- Budget
- $16,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a wintry, Christmas-set crime story with dark laughs, tense double-crosses, and morally messy characters; Not for you if you need fast action or warm, feel-good holiday vibes like Fargo.
Pros: dark humor bite; twisty crime setup; strong cast energy | Cons: slow pacing; uneven comedy; hard-to-like characters
Themes
- escape
- gangster
- stripper
- strip club
- crook
- ice storm
- murder
- betrayal
- mobster
- killer
- alcohol abuse
- wichita kansas
- +3 more
Cast & crew
John Cusack
as Charlie
Billy Bob Thornton
as Vic
Connie Nielsen
as Renata Crest
Randy Quaid
as Bill Guerrard
Oliver Platt
as Pete Van Heuten
Mike Starr
as Roy Gelles
Ned Bellamy
as Sidney
T.J. Jagodowski
as Officer Tyler
David Pasquesi
as Councilman Williams
Lara Phillips
as Rusti
Directed by Harold Ramis