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Frozen

2010 · 94 min

A queasy, claustrophobic ordeal of dangling helplessness that stretches every minute into cold, agonizing dread.

Directed by
Adam Green
Genres
Thriller
Starring
Emma Bell, Shawn Ashmore, Kevin Zegers
Tagline
No one knows you're up there.
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Adam Green
Genres
Thriller
Starring
Emma Bell, Shawn Ashmore, Kevin Zegers
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • grief
  • death
  • friendship
Places
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror6.5
Humour1.5
Realism7
Romance2
Tension8.5
Darkness7.5
Complexity3
Emotional weight7

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Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
94 min
Country
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Languages
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