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Frozen
2010 94 min United States of America R 18+
★6.0
Thriller
Director: Adam Green
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Description
When three skiers find themselves stranded on a chair lift at a New England ski resort that has closed for the next week, they are forced to make life or death choices that prove to be more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.
US Gross:
$246,176
Worldwide:
$3.07M
Starring
Shawn Ashmore
Actor
Emma Bell
Actor
Kevin Zegers
Actor
Awards
Saturn Awards 2010
— Best Horror Film
Key opinion
Frozen is a polarising survival thriller that succeeds for many as a visceral, anxiety-inducing experience, while others dismiss it due to perceived plot holes and unrealistic character decisions. The film is widely praised for its ability to generate intense dread through its isolated setting, despite criticisms regarding its screenplay and technical inaccuracies.
| Acting | The performances from the lead cast effectively convey authentic panic, fear, and desperation in the face of isolation. | |
| Cinematography | The cinematography successfully transforms the mountain environment from a beautiful landscape into a hostile, claustrophobic prison. | |
| Emotion | The film excels at building palpable, visceral dread through its simple, high-stakes premise rather than relying on cheap jump scares. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is viewed as a major point of contention: supporters appreciate the focus on psychological struggle, while critics condemn the dialogue as padded and the characters' reckless behavior as frustratingly illogical. | |
| Adaptation | Technical realism is divisive; some viewers find the survival scenario grounded and harrowing, while others are taken out of the experience by impossible physics and ski resort procedural errors. |