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A typical day on the slopes turns into a chilling nightmare for three snowboarders when they get stranded on the chairlift before their last run. As the ski patrol switches off the night lights, they ... read more read more...realize with growing panic that they've been left behind dangling high off the ground with no way down. With the resort closed until the following weekend and frostbite and hypothermia already setting in, the trio is forced to take desperate measures to escape off the mountain before they freeze to death. Once they make their move, they discover with horror that they have much more to fear than just the frigid cold. As they combat unexpected obstacles, they start to question if their will to survive is strong enough to overcome the worst ways to die?

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R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: Adam Green

Release Date: February 5, 2010

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  • stormyweather980
    October 22, 2011
    stormyweather980
    Just average to me. I'd never heard of this film, but it caught my eye on Netflix and when I read its description (3 people stuck on a chair lift during a storm), I knew I had to see it, and soon. To be a thriller, it just lacked the thrills and excitement for me...much like "127... read more Hours" did.
  • WrenchLT
    July 23, 2011
    WrenchLT
    'Man vs Nature' thriller about three young friends who find themselves abandoned on a ski-lift with no hope of rescue for 5 days. A real good tension building gripper. It's one that makes you think "what would I do", and a couple of times stupid choices are made but that adds mor... read moree edge-of-your-seat action. There's also a couple of nasty moments of injury detail from broken bones to frostbite. Definitely worth checking out.
  • helpahorse
    May 26, 2011
    helpahorse
    This movie is amazing. I really enjoyed it. The characters were a little underdeveloped, but that was okay. It still managed to work itself out.

    There was a lot of suspense in this movie that made it really thrilling. I haven't watched a good suspenseful movie in a while. Peo... read moreple are saying the script was awful, but I didn't notice so it mustn't have been too bad. The acting wasn't as great as it probably could have been. *SPOILER****** The one friend dies (and he's the girl's boyfriend and the other guy's best friend), and they scream/cry for a little bit, but it really wasn't convincing. The girl was like "that was the boy I was going to marry", but she cried a little bit only once. I was like that's not realistic. They didn't seem too disturbed that their friend just got eaten by a pack of wolves, you know? I'd be pretty traumatized after an incident like that. Speaking of wolves, that whole part was really unrealistic. Wolves would not be ferocious like that. Wolves don't generally eat people, plus what are a pack of wolves doing at a populated ski resort? Wouldn't the commotion of skiers/snowboarders scare them away? I mean even if it was nighttime and the people left, I still doubt wolves would go near it. Wolves definitely wouldn't eat that dude, even if he was injured. They wouldn't care about him at all. Just sayin'. Oh and the chairlift falling down definitely wouldn't happen either. That's a safety hazard and the ski resort could get sued for something like that. There's no way they would have cheap chairlifts especially since the college kids said it was "soooo expensive to ride". If it was expensive, than the resort had enough money to make quality chairlifts. Know what I'm sayin? This movie is a little flawed.

    But other than the flaws and the acting, I really really liked this film.
  • SirPant
    April 15, 2011
    SirPant
    Due to the majority of people on flixster giving this film a high rating, I thought I'd give it a go but I'm afraid I'm going to have to go against the grain on this one folks. I like the simple premise of the film, it is not original but it is still a good idea. However, when te... read morelling a simple story, with only three people in it and in a single location, the performances and the script have got to be top notch. In Frozen, neither the acting or script is very good at all, in fact both are terrible. If you don't care enough about the characters, why should you care if they live or die? I found the film unpleasant and a little dull, it's better than Adrift but if I were you I'd watch Open Water instead.
  • bhobbs1985
    April 10, 2011
    bhobbs1985
    Three college students are trapped on a Ski-lift with the frightening prospect of being stranded up there for five days which will obviously lead to their demise.

    It sounds like a pretty boring plot but in all honesty it was a great movie. It was fairly short which fit this mo... read morevie well for what it was, in the time that was offered though, it was extremely suspenseful, frightening, and had a way of playing with your emotions from beginning to end. It's a good way to remind you how quick things can go from good to bad to over in a split second.

    The only complaint I had was the ending was a little sudden, it was the end of their ordeal, but I would have liked to see a little bit more expansion on what happened. Over all, a fun movie (sort of) to check out on a bored night. It wasn't a masterpiece, but it was entertaining enough.
  • kenstachnik
    February 16, 2011
    kenstachnik
    Not as good as Buried or 127 Hours but Frozen still packs a nice punch.
  • puffchunk
    January 12, 2011
    puffchunk
    I went into this thinking it would be a throw away thriller movie, but I ended up liking it a lot. It was suspensful, realistically frightening, and had some reaaally gross parts. However, I think I could have solved their problems in about one minute: take off your clothes and... read more make a rope out of them, have one guy climb down, pull your clothes back up and everyone get redressed and warm. Go get help. The end. However, it was pretty darn fun anyways. The only part I started to frown at was the lift breaking off...what are the odds of that really? Of all the bad stuff happening to them I didn't think throwing in something totally unlikely was adding to the reality of the story.
  • roygutteridge
    December 31, 2010
    roygutteridge
    Three teenagers stranded on a ski lift doesn't sound like the most enthralling concept for a thriller, but writer/director Adam Green (Hatchet) takes the idea to nail-chomping heights.
  • jlewis07
    December 30, 2010
    jlewis07
    A tense and frightening experience that had me clutching several times at my seat. It's got a terrific premise that truly is horrifying to even think about, and despite a few bumps in the road (cheesy dialogue, suspension of disbelief a little higher than the norm) it works. It d... read moreoesn't quite have enough material for 90 minutes (I mean seriously, what can you do with characters being trapped on a ski lift when no one else is around?), but despite dragging on a little too long I thought it was a heck of an experience. Recent horror films have desensitized me to blood and gore because that is basically all they are about, but this one has characters worth rooting for and makes the blood and gore more than just effects to gross people out. I was genuinely terrified while watching and that's one of the best compliments I can give a horror film.
  • neverteaseaweasel
    December 25, 2010
    neverteaseaweasel
    It's funny that everyone is comparing this film to Open Water. I haven't seen Open Water, but I remember seeing the posters when the film was first released and they scared the hell out of me. That really doesn't have anything at all to do with Frozen, but I thought I'd throw it ... read moreout there. The film is flawed, there's no way around it, but there is also no denying that this is gripping stuff. It's the type of thing where your stomach clenches and you momentarily stop breathing. One of my big complaints, though, is that it appears throughout most of the film that it is headed one direction and then does something completely different towards the end. In the right situation, this could be a good thing, but here the actual conclusion isn't nearly as interesting as the conclusion that seemed to be coming. What's the phrase about the gun in the first act again? Anyway, I think it's worth watching. It's a horror movie and is truly terrifying at times. What more do you need really?

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Critic Reviews

A.O. Scott
February 8, 2010
A.O. Scott, At the Movies

There's not enough here for 90 minutes. Full Review

Joe Neumaier
February 5, 2010
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News

Frozen is good for five minutes of "What would you do if?" games. Then it's just stiff as a board. Full Review

Cliff Doerksen
February 5, 2010
Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader

A stuck chairlift just doesn't exert the same primal terror as a roiling sea, and to make up the difference, Green would need a better cast and sharper dialogue than he has here. Full Review

Stephen Cole
February 5, 2010
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail

Another date movie-horror flick designed to scare tentative couples into each other's arms. Full Review

Lisa Kennedy
February 5, 2010
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

Tthe script is clunky, the acting strained. Too bad. Underlying the life-and-death thriller are notions about the ways coupledom changes and challenges friendships. Full Review

Lou Lumenick
February 5, 2010
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

The performances and what passes for dialogue -- mostly extended bickering and screaming -- are so lackluster that it's hard to care about the fate of this trio for long. Full Review

Peter Howell
February 5, 2010
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

Taking a dramatic turn from the slasher hilarity of his breakthrough feature Hatchet, writer/director Green plays it straight with a script that has the virtue of simplicity. Full Review

Joe Morgenstern
February 5, 2010
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

Adam Green's Frozen explores a tiny idea exhaustively, and I mean exhaustively. Full Review

Jeannette Catsoulis
February 5, 2010
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

A nifty little chiller that balances its cold terrain with an unexpectedly warm heart. Full Review

Cary Darling
February 5, 2010
Cary Darling, Dallas Morning News

The threesome's constant conversation amid the building unease helps establish them as characters with which the audience can identify. Full Review

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