Review of The Ice Harvest

or black ice if you prefer, the dangerous kind. Harold Ramis, a comedy director, brings you The Ice Harvest, a Noir wannabe. The weak points are the attempts that Ramis makes at making this a comedy and the mostly blah script that plays like The Usual Things To Do With Your Falcon While You Double On The Asphalt. There is the double crossing partner, the scheming woman, and the dead bodies to dispose of. The comedy isn't necessarily bad, but it is so marginalized that it isn't completely effective and once Billy Bob is gone, much of the comedy leaves with him. The high point is the cast. Billy Bob Thornton, Oliver Platt, and Connie Nielson all play type, but who cares when it's this much fun. Not a classic, but it isn't Lucky Numbers either.

Vic "You should have been there. He threatened to shoot Philys. I think he was counting on a level of love and devotion that just wasn't there."