Icebox fingerprintNo humor.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up.
Serious throughout
Everyday modern life, politics, and society
Standout characters
Functional look and sound
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Icebox is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up.
Emotionally, it's moving and melancholic. Much of it is about growing up.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
Everyday modern life, politics, and society
Its world is built around everyday modern life, politics, and society.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Searching for freedom. Caught in the system.
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Icebox is included with a subscription to HBO Max and Bloodstream in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Bloodstream. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 85/100 (IMDb 6.2 and Rotten Tomatoes 100%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
1 h 26 min
Icebox runs 1 h 26 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Icebox higher (100) than audiences (70). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in Spanish, with some English. Produced in United States.
+124GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Icebox in 138 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 15 storytelling tropes for Icebox, including Bilingual Dialogue, Bittersweet Ending, The Bully.
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