They decide to go on “one last run” so the day’s not a total waste and commence trying to talk the lift operator into letting them on even though he’s in the process of shutting down for the night. With that as the setup, our threesome spend most of the day on the bunny slope of a New England ski resort due to Parker’s inexperience, and as evening approaches, Lynch’s annoyance and aggravation become more pronounced. Not that Lynch is an especially “bad” guy or anything like that - he’s just your typical third wheel kind of dude who likes to flirt with the ladies and give Dan a hard time about what he’s missing by being in a relationship. Dan has his hands full keeping both sides happy, but you can tell right away he’s one of the good guys and understand why Parker and Lynch are drawn to him. Sure, they hang out and do stuff together, as evidenced by the ski day that’s the foundation of the film, but despite their surface congeniality, it’s obvious there’s more than a little friction among them. Lynch (Ashmore) has been Dan’s best buddy since childhood, and he’s none too happy with the fact that Parker has replaced him as Dan’s BFF.
Parker (Bell) and Dan (Zegers) are a young college couple who have been dating for about a year. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s focus on Frozen‘s plot crunch.
We care about these kids because they could be us, our friends, or our children. Not only that, but it takes Open Water‘s couple dynamic and adds the complicated components of friendship and jealousy to the mix, resulting in a richer emotional journey that everybody can relate to. Yes, on its face, the six-word description of Frozen most of us have been hearing since the project was first announced - “ Open Water on a ski lift” - can be considered fairly legitimate, but it takes that jumping off point and ramps up the stakes and the tension because unlike its predecessor (where the outcome was a foregone conclusion known to everyone watching), Frozen keeps the audience guessing as to which, if any, of its three leads will live and how much its survivor(s) will be forced to endure along the way.
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