SummaryA 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 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 w... Read More
Directed By:Adam Green
Written By:Adam Green
Frozen
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43
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Metascore
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75
The best kind of horror film, about innocent people plunged into mind-boggling circumstances beyond their control.
63
The film moves along, in its paradoxically static way, at a pretty fair clip. I look forward to Green's follow-up.
User score
Mixed or Average
5.9
42% Positive
43 Ratings
43 Ratings
35% Mixed
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
23% Negative
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
Jul 24, 2011
10
The actors are all great. its the characters that are bland. I almost thought this film was stupid and then I realized its genius... this film is about how Americans are stupid and entitled and have no problem solving skills are basically uneducated and just react to fear. its like funny games. its a big metaphor for how most people in america are incapable of looking at a problem and coming up with solutions. just throw stuff at stuff or just jump is the best the characters can do. None of them have ever seen somebody climb down from a great height. none of them know anything about frost bite. they even have a lighter and don't try to makea signal fire or just to keep away the wolves. its amazing. its a perfect example of how Americans just mindlessly enter situations they feel they are entitled to and then just throw a tantrum when it doesn't work out. brilliant.
Jan 9, 2011
10
What sharks did for the movie Jaws ski lifts will do for this movie. It is plausible and implausible at the same time which makes it a good movie for conversation. The tension is high and the acting is good. It reminds me frequently earlier Spielberg films, such as one called Duel where the props are minimal, yet the viewer is left with heightened awareness. There is even a reference to Spielberg in the movie - won't spoil it but remember that and pay attention. Good date flick!
50
Frozen would get props for a novel plot, except that its storyline appears to be ski-lifted from the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" episode where Larry is stuck on a chairlift with an Orthodox Jewish woman who is terrified of being seen with a man after sunset.
40
It's difficult to get into its "What would I do?" vibe, though, through so thick and transparent a barrier of contrivances.
40
Green also can't maintain the suspension of disbelief necessary as we watch three charmlessly written characters bicker and attempt inane ideas. It's one thing to be scared with them, and quite another to feel trapped with them.
30
Adam Green's Frozen explores a tiny idea exhaustively, and I mean exhaustively.
20
Frozen is good for five minutes of "What would you do if?" games. Then it's just stiff as a board.
Nov 28, 2010
10
This was, without question, one of the most terrifying and suspenseful movies I have ever seen. I have rarely been this affected by a thriller. I am stupefied by the negative reviews here from professional and amateur critics alike. "Bad acting"? You have got to be kidding me; these actors were amazing. They made the dread, extreme fear, terror, and horror so real and so visceral that I had to take a few breaks while watching it because it was almost unendurable. Shot entirely on location, in freezing weather, this film literally made me feel as though I were going through what the characters were experiencing. There is only a small amount of gore, and it isn't gratuitous in the least; most of what's gory happens off-screen while the camera focuses on the reactions of the helpless others. Kudos to the entire cast and crew for doing spectacular work on what can only have been a challenging shoot, to say the least.
Mar 18, 2025
6
It's kind of a crappy movie but it's enjoyable to watch. Also, i like the premise. It gets your gears turning on how you would escape.
Feb 5, 2016
6
If I talk about the movie "Frozen " First I talk about this and not animated by the liveliest have to fly me to " The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" , but getting back to this film was a boring oco , but had a magnificent chilling tone.
Oct 24, 2022
3
The acting was terrible, terrible ending, the middle was the best part and was actually very suspenseful.
Aug 19, 2021
3
Three skiers stranded on a chairlift are forced to make life-or-death choices, which prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death. (3)
Production Company:
- A Bigger Boat
- ArieScope Pictures
- SK Global
Release Date:Feb 5, 2010
Duration:1 h 34 m
Rating:R
Tagline:No one knows you're up there.
Awards
Fright Meter Awards
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination





























