Review of The Ice Harvest (2005) by Dierdre T — 20 Aug 2007

It is worth watching once. The movie left too many questions unaswered.

This review of The Ice Harvest (2005) was written by Dierdre T on 20 Aug 2007.

The Ice Harvest has generally received positive reviews.

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