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The Breaking Ice
Directed by
Anthony Chen
Not Rated
2023
1h 40m
Drama
,
Romance
6.5
91%
85%
6.4
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The blossoming relationship between three young adults in their twenties.
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Cast of The Breaking Ice
Zhou Dongyu
Nana
Liu Haoran
Hao Feng
Qu Chuxiao
Han Xiao
Ruguang Wei
Fugitive
Liu Baisha
Nana's Teammate
Zhao Wenhao
Coach Driver
Li Yusheng
The Groom
Anthony Chen
Director / Writer / Producer
Xie Meng
Producer
Du Luxi
Art Direction
Yu Jing-Pin
Director Of Photography
Li Hua
Costume Design
Hoping Chen
Editor
Soo Mun Thye
Editor
Kin Leonn
Original Music Composer
The Breaking Ice Ratings & Reviews
Breakfast All Day
Christy Lemire
I love the sense of place.
Breakfast All Day
Alonso Duralde
I think this is really gorgeous, and and I hope it finds an audience here.
Los Angeles Times
Sergio Burstein
The script by Chen manages to offer a coral look that allows us to get close to each central character and truly identify with them. [Full review in Spanish[
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
The payoff is a movie that, more than not, lyrically roams between states of being while skirting the need to explain itself. The experiment mostly works.
Moviepudding (Substack)
Elissa Suh
Redolent with longing and loosely tracing the edges of Jules and Jim (1960), Anthony Chen's menage a trois drama is an instantly familiar story which one can slip into with ease.
Spectrum Culture
Alan Zilberman
It evokes an unforced sense of authenticity. The central trio is eminently relatable, making you wistful for the past or reminding you of your current drinking buddies, and the final scenes give each of them a moment of clarity.
RogerEbert.com
Nell Minow
The visual poetry of the images keeps the tone lyrical, and by the time the tour guide herself becomes a tourist, even being prevented from seeing Heaven Lake by the weather, we share the characters' renewed belief in possibility.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
[I]n the story's simplicity, it's rather sad and lovely...
New York Times
Devika Girish
A film that, in its best moments, feels as light and refreshing as a cool breeze.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Lyrical, quietly moving and beautifully shot, but ultimately undercooked.
Slant Magazine
Gregory Nussen
The Breaking Ice is fixated on intense in-between states that work to separate people from each other and from themselves, as if to say self-acceptance and love aren't destinations so much as journeys, at once formidable and worthwhile.
Next Best Picture
Josh Parham
"The Breaking Ice" contains so much that is easily appreciated. Its method of diving into the chaotic mentality of these young people who yearn so much for a sense of connectivity within a splintered environment is an engrossing sentiment.
Awards Daily
Frank J. Avella
this gorgeously shot feature, set in the cold, wintry city of Yanji, on China's northern border is an engaging character study.
The Film Stage
Ethan Vestby
Ultimately as cold to the touch as its frozen setting, the lack of emotional catharsis speaks to a work high on words and ideas but low on a cohesive vision.
In Review Online
Sean Gilman
Thankfully, Chen just lets his three actors wander around, finding small bits of business for them to do... and the film is all the better for it.
Variety
Jessica Kiang
"The Breaking Ice" is sentimental, but it doesn't betray the essential fragility of these friendships by making them more than they are.
Vox
Alissa Wilkinson
The film borders on the sentimental, but never grows too cloying, in large part due to its light touch and charming performances.
TheWrap
Steve Pond
"The Breaking Ice" paints a rich picture of full lives using little more than pauses, glances and a frozen landscape that says volumes without speaking.
IndieWire
David Ehrlich
The Breaking Ice sticks with you because it doesn't lead its characters out of the maze, it just melts down the walls between them.
The Hollywood Reporter
David Rooney
A satisfying minor-key character study.
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