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Thin Ice

Play trailer Poster for Thin Ice R Released Feb 17, 2012 1h 34m Comedy Crime Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Events spiral out of control when a greedy insurance salesman (Greg Kinnear) tries to con an old farmer (Alan Arkin) out of a rare violin.
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Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post It's just a little slow getting started. Rated: 2/4 Apr 6, 2012 Full Review Ty Burr Boston Globe The movie never fully clicks. Rated: 2/4 Apr 5, 2012 Full Review Joe Williams St. Louis Post-Dispatch As a caustic comedy, "Thin Ice" resides just slightly south of "Fargo." Rated: 3/4 Mar 2, 2012 Full Review Jack Fleischer Battleship Pretension Thin Ice is a good movie, and depending on your tastes, this may even be a great movie. It's well written, well acted, well shot. Mar 24, 2021 Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Thin Ice is just too thin to keep from cracking and sinking...fast. Nov 26, 2019 Full Review Debbie Baldwin Ladue News Your bad guy needs to be really bad, and when he gets it in the end, it is so gratifying, it's all worth it. This movie delivers in spades. Rated: 8/10 Nov 9, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Lúcio Leonardo P This movie is great! With a simple story, but one that captures your attention. It's about ambition and how dangerous it can become. Always wanting to get along with lies, deceiving people, stealing what is rightfully owned by others... all of this can lead you down a path of no return or, everything you do here, you can pay in kind! Perfect performances, with a certain acid humor, with beautiful twists and a rounded script, this film is worth being on your list Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/05/24 Full Review Audience Member Intermittently funny FARGO wannabe. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member An interesting concept and the makings of what could have been a cool scam. If only it wasn't burdened by an extremely slow story that took way too long to get to its climax. Then, when it did, it only maintained it's interesting edge for about 10 minutes. The scam turned out pretty clever, but it simply too long to get there. My interest was LONG gone. Had it not been for some fantastic actors, I would have had a hard time giving it a single star. A plot like this deserved a lot better. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member lost interest after the first half hour. it was painful to watch Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Cunning con that detrimentally does not end when it should, needlessly applying an ending twist of DNA-helixlike proportions that left a sour taste in my mouth. A screenwriter should ask him/herself that if a movie works without a plot twist, then do the alterations improve it? Here the answer is a resounding NO, in fact causing me to deduct a half-star due to the resultant sheer implausibility. With that rant over, the rest of the movie is absorbing and believable with some great performances from Alan Arkin as a slightly addled loner and especially Billy Crudup as an unhinged ex-con prone to violent mood swings. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member An interesting concept and the makings of what could have been a cool scam. If only it wasn't burdened by an extremely slow story that took way too long to get to its climax. Then, when it did, it only maintained it's interesting edge for about 10 minutes. The scam turned out pretty clever, but it simply too long to get there. My interest was LONG gone. Had it not been for some fantastic actors, I would have had a hard time giving it a single star. A plot like this deserved a lot better. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Jill Sprecher

Director

Greg Kinnear

Mickey Prohaska

Alan Arkin

Gorvy Hauer

Billy Crudup

Randy Kinney

David Harbour

Bob Egan

Bob Balaban

Leonard Dahl

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Thin Ice

(L-R) Greg Kinnear as Mickey Prohaska and Billy Crudup as Randy in "Thin Ice." Lea Thompson as Jo Ann Prohaska in "Thin Ice." Bob Balaban as Leonard Dahl in "Thin Ice." (L-R) Greg Kinnear as Mickey Prohaska and Billy Crudup as Randy in "Thin Ice." Billy Crudup as Randy in "Thin Ice." Alan Arkin as Gorvy Hauer in "Thin Ice." (L-R) Greg Kinnear as Mickey Prohaska and Billy Crudup as Randy in "Thin Ice." (L-R) Greg Kinnear as Mickey Prohaska and Alan Arkin as Gorvy Hauer in "Thin Ice." View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Events spiral out of control when a greedy insurance salesman (Greg Kinnear) tries to con an old farmer (Alan Arkin) out of a rare violin.
Director
Jill Sprecher
Producer
Mary Frances Budig, Elizabeth Redleaf, Christine K. Walker
Screenwriter
Jill Sprecher, Karen Sprecher
Distributor
ATO Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Company
Production Co
ATO Pictures, Werc Werk Works
Rating
R (Brief Violent Content|Brief Sexual Content|Language)
Genre
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 17, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$789.8K
Runtime
1h 34m
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