Thin Ice (2012)

Actors: Greg Kinnear, John Paul Gamoke, David Harbour, Jennifer Edwards-Hughes, Scott Crouch, Peter Moore, Michelle Hutchison, James Detmar, Michael Paul Levin, Kathryn Lawrey, Joe Minjares, Michelle Arthur, Peter Thoemke, Alan Arkin, Lea Thompson

Synopsis: Mickey Prohaska (Greg Kinnear) is a small-time insurance agent looking for a way to jump-start his business, reunite with his estranged wife (Lea Thompson) and escape the frigid Wisconsin weather. This self-proclaimed master of spin believes that salesmanship is about selling a story — all he needs is a sucker willing to buy it. He hits pay dirt with a lonely retired farmer (Alan Arkin) who is sitting on something much bigger than an insurance commission. But Mickey’s attempt to con the old man spins out of control when a nosy, unstable locksmith (Billy Crudup) with a volatile temper dramatically ups the stakes, trapping him in a spiral of danger, deceit and double-crossing. Blending dark comedy and delirious Midwestern noir, THIN ICE reaches a breaking point that no one — least of all Mickey Prohaska — could ever see coming.