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On Thin Ice

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A widow, Patsy McCartle (Diane Keaton), struggles to support herself and her two sons on her meager wages as a waitress. To make matters worse, she ends up losing that job, which at least allowed her to buy her son's asthma medication. Growing increasingly desperate under the strain of debt, Patsy resorts to selling crystal meth for a local drug cartel. She is finally able to provide a decent living for her family, but all of that is threatened when she becomes addicted to her product.
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Cc R This might be the dumbest movie I've ever seen. Completely unbelievable premise. They do not turn off your heat in the winter in the state of illinois. If your husband gets killed working on a utility line you get compensated. She could have sued for a million dollars if she had a good lawyer. And a meth dealer does not insist that you sample the product. Her son's asthma would have been covered by medicare. When her diner closed down she would have gotten unemployment. The writing is abysmal and casting Diane Keaton in this part made no sense. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/23/25 Full Review Ruby R Dianne Keaton was abysmal in this role.. why the director didn’t recast her after the first scene is beyond me. She screams like a lunatic the entire movie. Horrible film. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/10/25 Full Review Pamela H 2 hours of Diane Keaton shrieking. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/03/24 Full Review Lori H With an interesting and gritty storyline, it's difficult to watch. The biggest hurdle in this movie is casting Diane Keaton, with her too put-together adorable wardrobe and her perfectly highlighted and trimmed hair, perfect makeup, you just absolutely don't buy her as a starving poor mother turning to drugs. The casting is really awful here, I kept hoping for someone more like Kelly Reilly (who is versatile enough to portray a drug addict as she did in Flight and a rich socialite as in Pride and Prejudice.) There are also some conversation exchanges that missed the mark, like her son quitting basketball because she missed too many games, the way she's abusive and hard on her kids would be harder to watch if it felt more real. And showing a dead child was completely unnecessary and cinematically poorly handled. I just don't buy these characters at all and the way it unraveled was unsatisfying. It never grabbed me. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/29/24 Full Review Audience Member One of the worst movies of all time! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member It was difficult to watch the heroine go through the descent into addiction, neglect of her kids, and the process of kicking the crystal meth habit. Yet I couldn't tear my eyes away. Diane Keaton is still Diane Keaton, but she does a credible job of portraying someone whose life gets totally and dangerously out of control. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A widow, Patsy McCartle (Diane Keaton), struggles to support herself and her two sons on her meager wages as a waitress. To make matters worse, she ends up losing that job, which at least allowed her to buy her son's asthma medication. Growing increasingly desperate under the strain of debt, Patsy resorts to selling crystal meth for a local drug cartel. She is finally able to provide a decent living for her family, but all of that is threatened when she becomes addicted to her product.
Director
David Attwood
Producer
Josette Perrotta
Screenwriter
Wesley Bishop
Production Co
Once Upon a Time Films
Rating
TV-14 (V|L)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 6, 2011
Runtime
1h 36m
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