However, Ben is having an affair with Janey, and The Ice Storm explores the social changes of the decade, as well as sexual experimentation, adultery, and alcoholism.
Released back in 1997, The Ice Storm is set in 1973 and revolves around two dysfunctional upper-class families from Connecticut.
As well as its pretty impressive ensemble cast, it was also directed by future two-time Academy Award winner Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain and Life Of Pi).
Ben (Kevin Kline) and Elena (Joan Allen) Hood have a 16-year old son Paul (Tobey Maguire) and a 14-year-old daughter (Christina Ricci), while their neighbors Jim (Jamey Sheridan) and Janey (Sigourney Weaver) Carver have their sons Mikey and Sandy.