Thin Ice Reviews

To be honest, I really had no idea what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, unfortunately, it turned out to be rather disappointing and I really struggled to care about the damned thing. Basically, in my opinion, it was not much more than a rather weak 'Fargo' copycat. First of all, their first mistake was to make this insurance salesman a con artist which is such a cliché and, to make things worse, the guy was just such a lame loser, as a result, it was pretty much impossible to root for him. I mean, Greg Kinnear was actually a perfect choice to play the lead character but, pretty much like Saul Goodman, they should have shown him making some really smooth moves instead of constantly having him failing miserably in everything he did. Finally, right from the start, it was pretty obvious that a con was going on. I mean, it was obvious from the start that Bog Egan was conning the main character who should have never fallen for his schemes. Then, even though I have a huge weak spot for cons, this one was just too convoluted. I mean, 9 out of 10 characters were actually involved in this long con but that was  just too much because, a result, it meant that the main character pretty much lived in some fictional fantasy world making everything that happened rather meaningless. Apparently, Jill Sprecher (the director) has argued that the producers had butchered her movie during the post-production so that could explain why the end-result was rather weak, at least, I hope for her. Anyway, to conclude, even though the material had some potential, I don't think this movie is really worth a look after all.