Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Scotty Burke It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

SteverB SPOILERS ahead because it seems necessary. The people here that rated this film 4 or less did so because they couldn't follow the plot of this film. Of course the acting was stilted. Of course the characters were undeveloped. Of course there were uncomfortably long stretches between lines. The entire movie is a story that the main character, Mary, a freelance writer, is writing in her head while waiting for her husband and family to arrive at their new home.There was no ice cream truck or ice cream man. She didn't have sex with Max in the park. Max isn't killed by the ice cream man who doesn't exist. Max's girlfriend isn't killed either. Nor are Max's friend and his girlfriend. The film represents the first draft of a new story/novel that Mary is working on. The only true thing that may have happened is the creepy, ridiculous moving man. He shows up in the real world at the film's end. Hardly anything else is real.This is a good film to waste 2 hours with on a Saturday afternoon or evening. It's not "The Shawshank Redemption", but it's not this horrible film that some are making it out to be. No, it's not a typical slasher film and that's good because most of that stuff is pure dreck. It's an interesting film with an interesting storyline and I thoroughly enjoyed it.IMDb should have deleted the user review section and left the comments forum alone. At least then people who can't follow a simple film could be corrected without having to write a review to do so.

lumpnboy An interesting low-budget film with, as I mentioned, a notably good and well-written central character/performance, beyond those of most horror of whatever budget, and generally good acting. Continues concerns in the writer-director's previous REBOUND, though with less of the quasi-Pinteresque awkwardness in interactions which was so prominent in giving that film its particular quality, and notable way of portraying a particular woman's perception of men.'The Ice Cream Truck' also has a particularly nice and effective retro-'Halloween' feel to the opening titles (most reminiscent of the final neighborhood shots of 'Halloween', but this time setting up our entry into the suburb). This somewhat homage-y feel works for the film, though, rather than just being placed there to copy a previous movie. This particular invocation is repeated in some later scenes and in the score for those scenes, and this too works, especially in the context of (sort-of SPOILER but not really) a conclusion that re- frames the narrative if one is willing to think about it a little, making the film still coherent and still creepy in actually more plausible and less generic ways. Retrospectively giving a different meaning to the shift to now-conventional generic tropes.I've seen a couple of people say they didn't understand the conclusion, but that seems like people being really lazy about thinking about the film, or prisoner of particular generic expectations.I've given it a 7. Maybe a six and a half would better reflect its quality, or at worst a six, but some people seem determined to underrate this film when far crappier movies are given so much more lee-way, so I am very slightly upping my rating to very moderately make up for their absurdly low scores.

rtc-40337 The Ice Cream Truck brings back style into the genre by allowing old school horror back onto the screen. The film has an 80s homage feel with excellent build up. The film does a remarkable job of capturing life in suburbia and the essence of how scary it can really be. Actor Emil Johnson portrays the ice cream man, a vicious character brought to life with his stylish-retro uniform and creepy vintage truck. Director & Writer Megan Freels Johnston will not disappoint with The Ice Cream Truck, check it out!

hybrdsgma From the opening, the score and the cinematography tell you this is not going to be your typical low budget paint-by-numbers film. The pacing is not great, but easily forgotten as you take in each awkward scene. The awkwardness is really what makes this film so creepy. The score grates on your nerves and the pregnant pauses punctuating the labored dialogue give yous a sense of being disconnected from reality. It's a clever and really original way of creating the ominous horror undertones your seeking in a scary movie. The ending twist came as a surprise - but if you stop and think about it, there were quite a few hints. In all, I really liked this film. There are so many crappy horror movies out there that rely and cheep jump scenes and a twist that is wholly irrelevant to the plot. If you're looking for something a little different, give this movie a try.