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The Iceman Reviews

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James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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The Iceman offers a chronological view into the life of its title protagonist... and what a life it is.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | Original Score: 3/4

May 5, 2013
Robert Levin
amNewYork

The film is at its best when it navigates the contradiction at the heart of this man, generating interest and tension as it parallels his home life with his profession.

Full Review Source: amNewYork | Original Score: 3/4

May 5, 2013
Rob Vaux
Mania.com

Imperfect perhaps, but ultimately undeniable.

Full Review Source: Mania.com | Original Score: B-

May 3, 2013
Perry Seibert
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The script is so straight-ahead, and Shannon's performance is so forceful, that The Iceman doesn't offer any real insight into this monster, but if you just want to glimpse a character capable of genuine evil, it's effectively chilling.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Original Score: 2.5/4

May 3, 2013
Greg Evans
Bloomberg News

Michael Shannon's clenched jaw finds its ideal role in Ariel Vromen's taut hit-man saga "The Iceman."

Full Review Source: Bloomberg News

May 3, 2013
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
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There's not much style here, beyond the uniformly good acting, and even less of a point.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | Original Score: 2/4

May 3, 2013
Oliver Lyttelton
The Playlist

It's never a painful watch, more of a faintly dull, seen-it-all-before one. If nothing else, it's evidence that these days, being based on a true story isn't enough to elevate a film in a well-worn genre ahead of the pack.

Full Review Source: The Playlist | Original Score: C

May 3, 2013
Tony Medley
Tolucan Times

The film is well made and holds interest, but I deplore the delicate treatment and the shading of truth of this despicable beast. Watching Vroman's take, one almost feels sympathy for him.

Full Review Source: Tolucan Times | Original Score: 8/10

May 2, 2013
Betsy Sharkey
Los Angeles Times
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"The Iceman's" problem rests instead with the script, which the director wrote with Morgan Land, his collaborator on the "Rx" screenplay. It never gets underneath Kuklinski's skin in a way that illuminates the psychosis.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Original Score: 2/5

May 2, 2013
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Michael Shannon's mesmerizing portrayal of Richard Kuklinski, a notorious contract killer, has the paradoxical quality, peculiar to many great screen performances, of being unreadable and transparent.

Full Review Source: New York Times | Original Score: 5/5

May 2, 2013
Dana Stevens
Slate
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Shannon inhabits this character so completely that by the end of this hard-to-watch, hard-to-look-away-from movie you feel you can, if not understand Richie, at least wish he had found some redemption in life.

Full Review Source: Slate

May 2, 2013
Claudia Puig
USA Today
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Shannon is brilliantly unnerving as he callously dispenses with people, then returns home to maintain his façade of a loving husband and father.

Full Review Source: USA Today | Original Score: 3/4

May 2, 2013
Joe Neumaier
New York Daily News
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Michael Shannon moves through "The Iceman" like a shark.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | Original Score: 4/5

May 2, 2013
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

[A]n oft-told tale, though one that does come alive in a few places that make it worth a look. The always electrifying Michael Shannon... enjoys what may be the fullest expression of his smoldering onscreen rage yet.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher

May 2, 2013
Chris Barsanti
Film Racket

Vromen's period detail-slathered film (read: much unfortunate facial hair) exhausts itself trying to jam in as many cliches as possible.

Full Review Source: Film Racket | Original Score: 1.5/5

May 2, 2013
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
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Shannon could be looking at an Oscar nomination. His performance is that stone-cold good.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine

May 2, 2013
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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A sketchy, flatly directed biopic based on one of the most compelling true crime stories out of New Jersey ...

Full Review Source: New York Post | Original Score: 2/4

May 2, 2013
Ben Kenigsberg
AV Club

Alternating scenes of the psycho-as-family-man with an increasingly grisly and desperate series of hits, it makes for a surprisingly monotonous sit for a movie that also features a killer named Mr. Freezy.

Full Review Source: AV Club | Original Score: C+

May 2, 2013
Chris Nashawaty
Entertainment Weekly
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With his chiseled-from-granite brow and harrowing, coiled-spring intensity, Michael Shannon is one of those actors who can make just about any movie interesting. And he has his work cut out for him in The Iceman ...

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Original Score: B-

May 1, 2013
JimmyO
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

The Iceman is a tense dramatic thriller presenting a grim - yet seemingly more picturesque - portrayal of a cold and calculated killer, a role that is tailor made for the ferociously intense Michael Shannon.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | Original Score: 8/10

May 1, 2013
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