Sometimes I really hate marketers. Especially when they put out trailers that aren't faithful to the movie they are promoting. That is an especially heinous act. They have one job and they purposely won't do it. If this movie wasn't especially good I think I would be more angry.
Okay so first of all, The Ice Harvest isn't a comedy. It's straight up film noir. Noone looking for only laughs ought to see this movie. There are funny parts but they're funny like the way Hitchcock is funny (Like an afterthought, but not the point). The point is film noir. The movie is suspense and murder and theft and femme fatales. Everyone drinks, everyone smokes. Not many people like each other and they inhabit sleazy strip clubs in the middle of a frozen over nowhere. The only man who seems to have some sort of decency is played by John Cusack. And he just stole 2 million dollars. The plot has twists and turns galore, and in many ways it's charm comes from how the characters pop in and pop out of the woodwork, staying just long enough for one to become interested but short enough for one not to get bored. (This movie is perfectly cast with large fat men who we all remember from previous movies as tall and skinny, and Connie Nielson as the oh-so-charming femme fatale.) One great part is given to Billy Bob Thornton, the friend of the thief. Or is he an enemy. Or is he his friend. Who knows, and you know what...when their crossing that bridge (you know where) the suspense was killing me.
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