The Ice Storm

(Fox)

It's New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1973, and the unsatisfied upper crust is just getting wind of the late-'60s sexual revolution. Ang Lee's adaptation of Rick Moody's sourly hip novel is cold, brittle, treacherous, and sometimes otherworldly -- this frigidly delicate film lacks only a little warmth. The mostly brilliant ensemble cast includes Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver as adulterous neighbors, Joan Allen as Kline's numbed-out wife, and Christina Ricci as their daughter.