The Ice Storm

i might be too generous by 1/2 a star, bc there's undeniably some sauce missing here. it's well made, though, and nails that particular flavor of suburban despair where things are fine/good on the surface but the foundation is rotten, or in this case... icy. not as good as similarly themed movies that do more with the material. stuff like american beauty and election come to mind, but it has its own unique stuff going on to make it feel like it earns its place in that crowd.