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Ice Castles

2010 · 95 min

A gentle, earnest sports romance that tugs at the heart as it follows a skater's rise, fall, and tentative comeback.

Directed by
Donald Wrye
Genres
Drama
Starring
Taylor Firth, Rob Mayes, Henry Czerny
Overview
Young, beautiful, talented Alexis Winston comes from nowhere to become a figure skating superstar. But her rise to stardom isn’t easy. She has to push herself, reinvent herself, and most painfully of all, leave her hometown boyfriend behind. When a tragic fall leaves her blind, she needs someone to believe in her, to love her; someone to convince her she has the strength to skate and dream again.

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Directed by
Donald Wrye
Genres
Drama
Starring
Taylor Firth, Rob Mayes, Henry Czerny
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • love
  • identity
  • healing
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

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Directed by
Donald Wrye
Written by
Karen Bloch Morse, Gary L. Baim, Donald Wrye
Starring
Taylor Firth, Rob Mayes, Henry Czerny, Morgan Kelly, Tattiawna Jones, Eve Crawford, Molly Oberstar, Michelle Kwan
Music
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Cinematography
Eric Cayla
Runtime
95 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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