The lives, or at least the sex lives, of two small-town American
families. "The Ice Storm" is Ang Lee's brilliant adaptation, with, as
usual, a screenplay by James Schamus, of Rick Moody's novel. In the
wider world, Watergate is happening but only the 14-year-old daughter of
one of the families is interested. The parents are more interested in
their infidelities and in stopping their children from screwing around
while all the while the weather gets colder and wetter and more deadly.
This is the kind of smart, funny and adult film we don't see very often
these days and, of course, it's brilliantly acted and not just by the
older players, (a smug Kevin Kline, a wound-up Joan Allen, a sluttish
Sigourney Weaver), but by the youngsters as well, (Christina Ricci
showing real promise as well as Tobey Maguire and Elijah Wood).
Amazingly, the film didn't receive a single Oscar nod though Weaver did
win a BAFTA for her performance and it's still one of the best things
Lee has done.
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