Icebox
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 7, 2018
User Score
5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6

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  1. JLuis_001
    Dec 26, 2018
    6
    Probably more than one person can disagree with the story and the theme that this documentary touches but the film work is direct and authentic enough to enjoy it.

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Dec 7, 2018
    90
    A wrenching, harrowing movie about one Honduran boy's quest for asylum, and the conditions he faces after being apprehended in the United States. Acquired by HBO, the spare project from first-time writer-director Daniel Sawka weds the stark feel and look of a documentary with the emotional wallop that comes from drama.
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  2. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Dec 7, 2018
    67
    Tethered by Gonzalez’s authentic performance, Icebox doesn’t ask for sympathy, nor does it demonize the people Oscar comes in contact with as he tries to remain in the U.S.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    Dec 7, 2018
    80
    Save for Oscar’s convenient encounter with a reluctantly helpful outsider, Icebox is markedly free of contrivances while winding its way toward a resolution that is at once emotionally satisfying and unsentimentally honest..
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