I'd like to read some thoughts on what people liked about The Ice Storm
generally.  The reason for the 1973 setting seems unclear to me -- other
than to provide a different backdrop for a fairly familiar story of
alientation and familial dysfunction.  Political issues of the time seem to
have been collapsed into decorative but fairly meaningless props and sound
bites.  It's not that I didn't enjoy _watching_ the movie, but I'd like to
know what other people found particularly insightful about it.
Megan
 
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