# The Ice Harvest (2005)

> On a frozen Christmas Eve, a crooked Wichita Falls lawyer’s stolen fortune turns his planned escape with a nightclub owner into a darkly comic criminal gauntlet.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/4367

## Facts

- Runtime: 88 min
- Genres: Crime, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- Director: Harold Ramis
- Cast: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Randy Quaid, Oliver Platt, Mike Starr, Ned Bellamy, T.J. Jagodowski
- TMDB rating: 5.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400525/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: mordant, bleak, suspenseful, holiday movie night, winter evening

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