Ice Men

Whoever thought that this movie should be classified gay, should have their thinking process re-examined. In my opinion, the main plot or story of this movie is very heterosexual. Perhaps because there is a bed scene between two guys classifies it as gay, but it is mostly about guys bonding and their relationships since kids.The plot revolves about a weekend outing of five guys who grew up together somewhere in Canada. It is the 30th birthday of one of the guys. They go to a cabin in the woods, a place where they use to hang together as kids. The cabin is now owned by a very successful lawyer, who happens to have a brother who is invited by one of the other guys. This guy is a looser and hated by his brother.There is a songwriter (whose birthday is being celebrated), a gym instructor (who is acting straight but deep inside he is not), and a failing photographer (who is open gay and lets them all know at the reunion. At least he is honest about himself.) The photographer and the gym instructor go at it one night in bed. The gym instructor resents the fact that it happened, he claims he was drunk, the other guy doesn't think so.The story is basically about how screwed up these men lives are, whether they are successful or not. The two brothers lives are closely examined and there seems to be a lot of flashback scenes on one of them dealing with a deer hunting trip with their father, whether he was forced to kill a dove to prove to be a man.There is a lot drinking, inner soul searching, a lot of bickering and fighting among each other. A near drowning by the gambling brother (trying to commit suicide) brings them all back together at the end of the movie.The movie was not a total disappointment but it is not what I expected. This is a mixed movie. May be some gay men can associate with this kind of material.

Five self-indulgent p---- spend a weekend in the northen reaches of Canada. THERE IS NO STORY and there should be. The potential is here with good actors and an atmospheric location and cinematography. However, in spite of replaying certain scenes over to see if I missed something no solid story evolved and none of the frustratingly convoluted vignettes ever amounted to anything. This film fails to deliver. Worse still is the jumping into what should have been a powerful scene without any back story and no foreshadowing. For example: 1 The Sex Scene with Renee. Suddenly one of the five men is having sex with another guy's wife. But we have no idea if they even know one another let alone what lead up to the action. 2 The Through the Ice Scene. One character is found having fallen through the ice (was it suicide we don't know for sure, but we do know that the character was self destructive?) the solidly frozen lake, where hours before five men had played ice hockey in a cleared portion, is suddenly seen an ice melt even though it is late in the day presumably freezing hard. 3 The Tantalizing Flashback Scene(s) from a child's POV, an adult hunting and carrying a rifle -- the father perhaps - but we are never told what happened or why it is important and how it affected the family. Too many lose ends and five characters that despite a wide variety of circumstances are unable to enlist any enthusiasm or pity or even laughter.

I am a huge Hewett fan from his Stargate days and his own films. Great cast..liked the look of the film and I enjoyed it. Did it offer anything new to this type of storyline? Probably not but I liked it anyway. I like the idea of childhood friends getting together reminiscing...but I find I am not that person I was in my teens. Worth watching a couple of times in my opinion.

Put four hunky friends together for a remote cabin weekend and throw in a fifth to stir up trouble and emotions and it's easy to get carried away with each ones own story. This movie and its characters are finely crafted. Excellent acting, lots of drama and a few scenes that might well hit home with many of us and you've got an excellent film with believeable characters in an incredible setting. Excellent!

if you want to see what happens when you surpress things and don't see what is realy going on then watch it if not then don't this dvd shows you how messed up some families can be and that you do not always have to do things the way they were done in the past.

Excellent script, dialog, cast, etc. The characters were fully believable and it's too bad the actors only had a two hour movie to explore them. Martin Cummins and David Hewlett were especially good as the up-tight, controlling Yuppie and the hapless musical screwup respectively. Maybe there'll be a sequel or something similar?I'm just happy they set the story in Canada and then did NOT pretend it was Michigan or up-state New York.Kudos.

it had a storyline but could have been so much more.There are 2 stroylines within that could have been developed more.

Long but good movie

I liked the film, although I could only watch on my computer, as my DVD recorder was the wrong region. It was well acted.

For the most part, this is a well written and well acted story about four friends and a rogue sibling who get together for a weekend of partying, hockey, hunting and a lot of self discovery. Each of the characters carries at least one demon from his past and as the story unfolds those demons are systematically dragged out of the closet to be attacked, defended, laughed at and occasionally cried over.If I had one criticism of this movie, it would be in the way the character of the ex-wife is dealt with. This is a story about five guys on a weekend getaway in the woods. Even though the issues surrounding the ex-wife are pertinent to the story, I would have liked to see her character dealt with as part of a flashback (a technique commonly used in this movie) rather than have her suddenly appear at the cabin. It was almost as though her appearance was an afterthought and for me at least, it seemed to disrupt the flow of the movie.This is a Canadian 'flick' as evidenced by the customary close up of a license plate (I wonder why we do that?) and the use of well known Canadian actors like Ian Tracey (Is there a Canadian production he hasn't been in?), but nonetheless, I is a darned good Canadian flick! Heck, it's a darned good flick period!

Un film intéressant, très bien filmé et très bien joué. Le scénario est très bien écrit ainsi que les dialogues et l'ensemble est très cohérent. Les personnages sont bien fouillés psychologiquement et l'ensemble tient bien la route. On ne tombe pas dans la caricature et la facilité. J'ai eu autant de plaisir à le voir une deuxième fois. J'ai eu raison de ne pas trop me fier au synopsis qui ne donnait pas trop envie d'acheter le film.On passe un bon moment. Ce qui n'est pas si souvent.

E' un film lentissimo, monotono, noioso, con troppi dialoghi e pochissima azione, con personaggi poco simpatici. Non siamo riusciti a vederlo fino in fondo!!!!

Bon film gay mais que vous dire d'autre à part de le regarder et vous vous ferez votre propre opinion.