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• Actors: Charlotte Avery, Sabra Williams, James Dreyfus, Clare Higgins, Ian McKellen
• Directors: Fiona Cunningham-Reid
• Writers: Fiona Cunningham-Reid, Geraldine Sherman
• Producers: Fiona Cunningham-Reid
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Wolfe Video
• VHS Release Date: October 26, 1999
• Run Time: 78 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630513832X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #359,155 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars She Forgot About the Roses !!!, June 25, 2000

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This review is from: Thin Ice [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Despite a microscopic budget, former cinematographer and documentation Reid has succeeded in creating an amazingly believable and angst-less lesbian coming out story.

When black photographer and amateur skater (Williams) loses her bed and skating partner shortly before competing in the 1994 Gay Games competition, she begins a desperate search for a suitable replacement. She thinks she finds one in Nathalie (Avery), a young "straight" woman and skating novice.

While the two fine-tune their technique on the ice, they also begin a romance that proves to be just as difficult to master. A heart-warming romantic comedy on ice skates.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 4.6, 4.7, 4.4, 4.3, 4.5, 4.3, 4.4..., March 9, 2002

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This review is from: Thin Ice [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Filmed on an obvious shoestring budget, director Fiona Cunningham Reid does the best she can with the hand with which she has been dealt. The premise of the film is simple. Steffi, a dynamic, bi-racial, lesbian ice skater, is dumped by her skating partner and lover, on practically the eve of the Gay Games same sex pairs ice skating competition for which they had been training. Steffi urgently needs a new partner, if she is to enter.

Enter shy Natalie, naive and unsure. She hasn't had a date in a long time, if ever. Living with her sister and her family, Natalie's home life is hell. Her older sister nags her and uses her as a maid and babysitter, while her brother-in-law slaps a make on her. They disparage her love of ice skating. Life is sure uncomfortable for Natalie, and skating seems to be her only solace.

Steffi and Natalie meet and beging skating together. Natalie becomes aware of her own budding sexuality, as she finds herself attracted to Steffi. They become lovers and seem ready to skate away together into the sunset, when Natalie discovers that Steffi has not been straight with her (pun intended). It looks like Steffi's dream of a gold medal at the Gay Games in New York in the same sex pairs ice skating competition is destined to remain just that. Does Natalie wake up and smell the coffee in time to skate back into Steffi's life? Watch the film and find out.