The Ice Storm (1997)

R09/27/1997Drama1h 53m
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It was 1973, and the climate was changing.

Overview

In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.

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    Kevin Kline

    Ben Hood

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    Joan Allen

    Elena Hood

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    Sigourney Weaver

    Janey Carver

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    Jamey Sheridan

    Jim Carver

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    Christina Ricci

    Wendy Hood

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    Tobey Maguire

    Paul Hood

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    Elijah Wood

    Mikey Carver

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    Adam Hann-Byrd

    Sandy Carver

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    Michael Cumpsty

    Philip Edwards

With both Thanksgiving and an ice storm approaching their early 70s Connecticut town, the “Hood” and “Carver” families are congregating for their celebrations in which you sense you might actually be safer if you were the turkey. We first meet the former family where dad “Ben” (Kevin Kline) is pretty much only going through the motions in his marriage to “Elena” (Joan Chen). Their loved up teenage son “Paul” (Tobey Maguire) has arrived from college in New York, and then there is daughter “Wendy” (Christina Ricci). The latter lot appear just as messy as “Jim” (Jamey Sheridan) and “Janey” (Sigou...