The Ice Storm Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ang Lee
Genres: Drama
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Set on Thanksgiving weekend of 1973, The Ice Storm looks into the lives of a wealthy Connecticut family who are calm and civil on the outside, but whose lives are quietly falling into chaos. Sixteen-year-old Paul Hood (Tobey_Maguire) is home for the holidays from prep school; he'd just as soon have stayed at school, given the usual level of tension around the house and his desire to win the affections of Casey (Katie_Holmes), a girl living in Manhattan. His 14-year-old sister, Wendy (Christina_Ricci), is already a hardened cynic obsessed with the ongoing Watergate investigation, and she has begun acting out sexually with a neighbor boy, Mikey (Elijah_Wood). Apparently, this runs in the family: Wendy's father, Ben (Kevin_Kline), is having an affair with Mikey's mother, Janey (Sigourney_Weaver), though Ben sees a future in the relationship and Janey does not. Elena (Joan_Allen), Ben's wife, knows something is wrong with her marriage and her life, but she has no idea what she should do about it. As the teenagers surreptitiously experiment with drugs and alcohol, and the adults drift into mate-swapping, a dangerous blanket of freezing rain begins to cover New Canaan. The Ice Storm was adapted from the acclaimed novel by Rick_Moody. Mark Deming, Rovi
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