The Ice Harvest - Patti

If you blink, you might miss this lil' gem of a film. We saw it a few weeks ago, but some of it's humor is still lingering with us. I can't wait to watch it again. It is a dark, dark, funny movie.

The story is this: John Cusack plays a mob lawyer who decides one Christmas Eve to steal from the hand that feeds him. He isn't alone in this endeavor, though, and that's where the twists and turns start to unfold. Billy Bob Thornton plays his partner in crime, and an equally sleazy mob laywer. Connie Nielsen plays the seductive temptress that you're just never quite sure you can trust. Oliver Platt is scene-stealing hilarious as Cuasck's constantly drunk best friend. Randy Quaid is the devil himself, the big bossman.

Directed by Harold Ramis, this one has everything that you would come to expect from a dark comedy, inlcuding a well-written script and a fabulous cast. Go see it while you can in the theater....but only if you find betrayal, murder, and deceit amusing. If language or blood offends you, maybe pass. But you would really be missing out on something.

Did I mention it was dark?

VERDICT
WHO FELL ASLEEP: neither
WHO RECOMMENDS IT: both
BUY/RENT/SKIP: rent