The Ice Harvest

A run of the mill crime caper: the nervous partner; the crazier, cagier partner; the "perfect" crime; and how it all unwinds. All of this you've seen dozens of times before. This one brings its own unique touches of bad execution--Billy Bob Thornton's character, who seems more interesting than John Cusack's nervous shlub, disappears for long stretches of the story--to complement the standard issue cliches. It has its moments, as any professionally made movie will, but mostly it just leaves the viewer cold.