2010

I feel bad for the bleary-eyed parent who chose this title from On-Demand for their kids, then walked out of the room. It’s slightly unfortunate that the titles are the same and are two very different things. The Frozen with the singing snowman is actually more realistic.

The premise is that three college students (three idiotic, annoying, asshole college students) get stuck on a chair lift indefinitely at the highest point in the run at a fictional New England ski resort. Now I don’t know much about modern skiing, or modern idiots, but I’m 99% positive they have ski guards to check to make sure this doesn’t happen. They also have other employees who go up and down the mountains on off days to either groom or to make sure those dang hippies from the Berkshires haven’t set up yurts overnight.

Nevertheless, a series of unfortunate events (which these three are technically responsible for) leads them stuck up there. So now, they have to decide to risk leaving the chair or staying and possibly freezing to death. I’m okay with either outcome after about 4 minutes of the most white-privilege dialogue I have ever heard.

The three consist of two dudes and a blonde. One of the dudes is a new boyfriend to the blonde. The other dude is first dude’s best friend. Best friend did not want new girlfriend on this trip. And he’s probably right. She’s basically the reason they are stuck. It’s a lot of whining and freaking out and not thinking clearly, which continues to get all three of them into more trouble. The ending is slightly meh, but there are several wise thoughts to take away from this movie:

• A bribe can get you up the mountain, but not back down.
• The worst way to die is the one you haven’t thought of yet.
• Don’t hold on to a bar that won’t keep you warm.
• Just pay full price for your lift ticket, douche.