The Ice Harvest isn't quite cool enough or funny enough or even violent enough. It suffers from a "been there, seen that" syndrome with too many copycat performances from better films (Cusack from Grosse Point Blank and Thorton from Bandits). The movie is a blend of A Simple Plan, Bad Santa and The Ice Storm, and the blended recipe winds up watered down. The only real surprise here is Oliver Platt's over-the-top yet hilarious comic performance, complete with his pants getting ripped off. It is a shame that Platt gets lost for the entire middle of the movie, because his physical comedy (which he is not really known for) completely livens up the show.
Review of The Ice Harvest
