Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Iceman end with hope?

Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Iceman easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Iceman

Name: Iceman
Genre: Science Fiction
Released: 1984
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, John Lone, Josef Sommer, David Strathairn

A stone age man in a space age world... ...All he wants is a friend.

Directed by Fred Schepisi

Produced by Universal Pictures

1984100 min6.2 / 10

A poignant science-fiction study of connection and understanding across an impossible gulf, centered on an anthropologist's attempt to befriend a prehistoric man awakened in the modern world.

A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to befriend the Iceman and learn about the man's past while Dr. Diane Brady and her surgical team want to discover the secret that will allow man to live in a frozen state.

Clusters

Mental Illness Caregiving Slow Character Dramas Reflective Life Stories Unlikely Caregiver Friendships Scientists and Archaeologists

Genres

Science Fiction

Keywords

Cold Language Barrier Glacier Arctic Polar Circle Region Anthropology Prehistory Cavemen Anthropologist Frozen Alive Discovery Neanderthal Biosphere

Questions people ask

Is Iceman sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.
Does Iceman end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.
Is Iceman easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Iceman violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Iceman scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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