Jack Frost
Jack Frost
PG | 11 December 1998 (USA)
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A father, who can't keep his promises, dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has the final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.

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Hellen

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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GamerTab

That was an excellent one.

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Bob

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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Staci Frederick

Blistering performances.

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studioAT

This is one of those films that is always one every Christmas, but that doesn't mean it's any good.Michael Keaton does well in his roles, and it features a strong performance from Joseph Cross as the son, but this is a rather daft film, with some odd messages. We have to suspend our disbelief at several points, and forget that the experience of finding your father is now a snowman is heart-warming rather than traumatising.If you're really in the festive mood you may enjoy it, but I can't say it's a Christmas film I'd be keen to see again.

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ironhorse_iv

If I had to choice between watching the 1997's comedy horror movie 'Jack Frost' or seeing the 1998's family movie with the same name; I think, I would go see this movie. Only, because this movie has less, annoying things about it. Directed by Troy Miller, the movie tells the story of musician, Jack Frost (Michael Keaton) getting another chance of reconnecting with his son, Charlie (Joseph Cross) after death, when he comes back as a walking, talking snowman. While, Michael Keaton did a great job, acting as the rocker-dad, and voicing the snowman. It was the puppet from Jim Henson's Creature Shop that failed. Without spoiling the movie, too much; much of the reasons why this movie bomb at the office and cause Keaton to go into semi-retirement shortly afterwards it, was because how creepy, the snowman looked. It looks incredibly stiff and lifeless with a terrifying-looking face that moves in a jerky manner. It doesn't help that the puppet model was never made for Keaton's style of acting, as it was originally create for somebody else. Because of this, the puppeteers didn't have time to redesign their snowman animatronic from original actor, George Clooney's facial features to Keaton; and it really shows. The CGI model meanwhile, looks like something from a bygone era of computer effects. It really doesn't look, anywhere near realistic. You can really, tell the different between the real and the CGI snow, very clearly. Added to that mess, was the horrible pacing, cause by, way too many boring pointless rambling scenes with Jack and his cardboard wife, Gabby (Kelly Preston). While, the love affair, between them, seem real. It just needed to be sped up. Because of this, it takes 30 minutes until we, the audience get to see the snowman. Even the action scene were kinda slow. As much as I like the snow fight sequence and the following sled chase with the neighborhood bully, Rory Buck (Taylor Handley) it also really wasn't needed. The same goes with the hockey game with rockstar/punk artist, Henry Rollins as the coach. If anything, it just add more patting, in a movie, already full of patting. We needed more substance scenes. A good one, would had been; establishing the relationship, Charlie's mother had with MacArthur Michael (Mark Addy), than it seemly coming out of nowhere. Another problem of the film is the somewhat predictable plot. It's basically, 1969's TV Movie, 'Frosty the Snowman', with the melting parts. I wouldn't have a problem, if only it led something, but sadly, it doesn't. So, all of the work of the 3rd act by the characters to keep him, alive, seem to be time wasting. So, it was awful. Despite that, I did like how the movie risk, talking about death and loss. While, it wasn't as emotional as it should be, there were some heart-warming moments, throughout the film. The soundtrack by South African, 'Yes'-man, Trevor Rabin really does adds to that, putting out both new takes of the classics 'X-Mas' songs, as well, establishing their own brand of tunes. The music was very fantastic and somewhat touching at times. Another, great thing about this movie is the beautiful shots of the Rocky Mountains. All of the winter-full locations use in this movie, really add some grandeur. Great job from Hungarian cinematographer, László Kovács for pulling this off. It's just too bad that more thought and/or effort wasn't put into making the film, from the other departments. After all, this was a talking snowman movie. It could had been grand! Something similar to, 1982's 'the Snowman'. Now, that's a family friendly film built with a lot of heart to it! Instead, this PG movie felt like nothing really special. The humor was mostly juvenile, and flat, with most of the jokes, missing my funny bone. Honestly, if they went a little more tradition in the story, I think this movie would had work better. In the end, 'Jack Frost' starts off very promisingly, but turn out to be as fun as an icicle falling into your eyes. It will have a snowball's chance in the hell to ever reach, my best 'Christmas' movie list, but I can clearly say it's not as awful, as people make it, out to be.

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rbn_lrk-1

I just saw Nostlagia Critic review this movie.Like NC I will give him right that it was an alright movie.A man dies in a car accident, and comes back to visit his Family as a snowman.Some of the highlights are the snowman joining a snowball clash.At last the snowman must be taken up to the Mountains where he must say his goodbye to the Family.It's not any major Winter Holiday Classic, but worth a Watch anyway.The snowman is well made, and the locations are wonderful.There are thrills, drama and some laughs on the way.If you love drama and comedies from the 1990's go Watch this.So try your luck in Blockbuster or a flea market to find this movie.8/10

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Scarecrow-88

Truly bizarre WTF? plot aside, "Jack Frost" has a good cast willing to endure it for the sake of a family friendly experience for the right kind of audience who can look past the spirit of a musician/father entering the snowman outside in the yard of his wife and son. You get Michael Keaton doing voice work for the Frosty the Snowman look-a-like (there's even a funny moment where his son comes across the Frosty Christmas special on the tube much to Keaton's chagrin), but at least he had a chance to get in a good forty minutes work in his own skin as a dad struggling to get his Jack Frost Band (his name is actually, really Jack Frost!) a music deal after a lot of neglect to his boy. His son and wife have tolerated his missing the big goal in the little league hockey game and the snowball fights with the neighborhood bullies, so in the form of Frosty, Jack tries to make up for lost time. What does come out of the weird plot is the "dad gets a second chance to be there for his son in a winter bonding missed while in human form" and the leads do what they can to make it work. The snowball fight with the bullies as Jack comes to his son's aid, and the subsequent sledding escape from those snowboarding pricks could be perceived as highlights if they weren't so strange (I had a hard time suspending disbelief as Jack the Snowman uses his stick arms and muffin hands to hurl snowballs at an accelerating rate, and "skinnied" after squeezing between two close trees (and snowboarding when the sled splits in two for that matter)). When Jack and his son get away for one last adventure and Kelly Preston (as the mom) hears her husband's voice across the phone when he calls from their cabin, it is a really emotional moment that is actually poignant…give it to the cast to really take their parts seriously even though the plot is so ridiculously absurd. One scene has Jack the Snowman melting while watching his son playing hockey that, again, is kind of surreal but makes sense considering how the father was often absent when his boy wanted him there so badly. I think for many it will take a hell of a lot to shake the premise, but maybe if you can, then "Jack Frost" might just be an agreeable bit of whimsy that seems best watched during the Holidays.

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