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...slapstick drollery, nothing can save the hackneyed storyline of this too-dark comedy. Based on the novel by Scott Phillips and adapted for the screen by Richard Russo (“Twilight”) and Robert Benton (“Superman”), “The Ice Harvest?? reminds viewers of a darker “Grosse Pointe Blank.” Every 10 seconds, someone in Cusack’s latest film is shot or bludgeoned to death, with none of the gory details left out. But this time it’s not played...
...they shuffle one-by-one into the Beverly Hills Four Seasons conference room, the four stars of “The Ice Harvest?? reveal their personas—before they’ve even uttered a word. Oliver Platt (“The West Wing”) makes the splashiest entrance, answering his cell phone (“It’s my agent”) and fussily heading to grab some water bottles from the courtesy table. Connie Nielsen (“Gladiator”), all business, makes a bee-line for her chair, though her presence...
Luminescent grapes aside, this delight in ingredients is the spirit of the tasting event series, which brings in the vendors and growers that supply Harvest??s tables to give diners the inside story...
...waiters are circulating selections from the Dine at Nine bar menu—yes, people come here to drink, too. The idea of dropping $7-14 on bar snacks might seem a little absurd, even here, until you contemplate Harvest??s particular conception of what should be served to drunken rich people: chicken fried oysters with Napa slaw and French quarter remoulade; tempura of yellowfin tuna sashimi with wakame, Oregon wasabi and aged shoyu; duck confit quesadilla with jack cheese, scallion and avocado salsa. We manage to snag samples of the last two, though the delectable sashimi mysteriously...
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