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Thin Ice

Play trailer Poster for Thin Ice R 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 04/06/2012
2/4
It's just a little slow getting started. Go to Full Review
Ty Burr Boston Globe 04/05/2012
2/4
The movie never fully clicks. Go to Full Review
Joe Williams St. Louis Post-Dispatch 03/02/2012
3/4
As a caustic comedy, "Thin Ice" resides just slightly south of "Fargo." Go to Full Review
Jack Fleischer Battleship Pretension 03/24/2021
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. Go to Full Review
Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens 11/26/2019
Thin Ice is just too thin to keep from cracking and sinking...fast. Go to Full Review
Debbie Baldwin Ladue News 11/09/2018
8/10
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. Go to Full Review
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Lúcio Leonardo P 05/05/2024 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 See more 08/19/2018 Intermittently funny FARGO wannabe. See more 06/18/2018 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. See more 04/09/2015 lost interest after the first half hour. it was painful to watch See more 12/21/2014 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. See more 10/09/2014 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. See more Read all reviews
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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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