Thin Ice

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  • Opened February 17, 2012 
  • 1 hr 49 min
  • R | Brief Sexual Content, Language and Brief Violent Content

  • Mickey Prohaska (Greg Kinnear) is a small-time insurance agent looking for a way to jump-start his business, reunite with his estranged wife (Lea Thompson) and escape the frigid Wisconsin weather. This self-proclaimed master of spin believes that salesmanship is about selling a story — all he needs is a sucker willing to buy it. He hits pay dirt with a lonely retired farmer (Alan Arkin) who is sitting on something much bigger than an insurance commission. But Mickey’s attempt to con the old man spins out of control when a nosy, unstable locksmith (Billy Crudup) with a volatile temper dramatically ups the stakes, trapping him in a spiral of danger, deceit and double-crossing. Blending dark comedy and delirious Midwestern noir, THIN ICE reaches a breaking point that no one — least of all Mickey Prohaska — could ever see coming. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Billy Crudup, Bob Balaban, Lea Thompson, David Harbour, Michelle Arthur
  • Director: Jill Sprecher
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign

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THIN ICE

by TheBlackEbert

I caught the matinee of Thin Ice today and I was really pleased! What I thought would be a straight comedy turned out to be a flick with a better plot and twist than most of the mystery suspense...

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Thin Ice

by Peneflix

Just for the fun of it put this one on your list. Greg Kinnear is exhilarating as a conniving insurance agent "Mickey Prohaska" slowly succumbing to moral and financial turpitude; looking for the big...

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Thin Ice ~ Great Story, Suspenseful, Intense and awesome!

by tootsie

I left this movie with such a great feeling! This movie has an all-star cast, the acting is great, the story line was well thought out and written, and the acting was impeccable! It's been a while...

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Critic Reviews

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

Throw in a nagging divorce settlement, an unplanned murder, and Billy Crudup - hilarious! - as a raging security man, and Jill Sprecher's film enjoyably fuses cleverness and sheer desperation. Read full review

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
| Joe Williams

Thin Ice resides just slightly south of "Fargo." Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

Writing with her sister, Karen, Jill Sprecher rigs up an elaborate cause-and-effect comedy of errors, with Kinnear's predatory protagonist as both perp and victim. I won't say more than that, but Thin Ice is deeper than it first appears. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

This is a devilishly ingenious screenplay by the sisters Jill and Karen Sprecher. Read full review

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Bob Balaban as Leonard Dahl in ``Thin Ice.''