Truly Dreadful Film
... View MoreEasily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
... View MoreThe story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
... View MoreGreat movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
... View MoreTook a gamble on Jack Frost (1998: Michael Keaton et al) being a meaningless kiddie flick. Surprising satisfying and touching, a family film with a touch of magic and lots of humour. It also dared have one teen say that life without a dad sucked - political correctivism now demands we rubbish fatherhood in spite of the true sociology, and family life (thus marriage) in general. I guess in 1998 PCism wasn't so dominant. The dad, Jack Frost, combined his love of music with his love of family, trying to do the right thing amid some conflict of loves. Ironically he died by making the right choice, but (presumably) by the grace & humour of heaven next winter found himself in a snowman's body on his family's front lawn. Initially he only revealed himself to his son (Charlie) and sought to spend quality parent time with him to make up for lost time, even to the extent of risking his meltable body. As things warm up, he follows Charlie's scheme to keep his far from abominable snowman life going forever. As crunch time comes, Jack, believing that only his body will melt, realises that it's time to leave his widow (Gabby) and son to their mortal lives. Only at this end does Gabby meet Jack postmortem, and comes out with "my god" or "o God". Jack could have smilingly pointed upwards at this stage, since the film, being pro-marriage, pro-family, pro-fathers, pro-postmortem, could easily have gone just a little deeper into what C S Lewis called the Deeper Magic. A good family film of fun & frolic.
... View MoreI can't believe this film flopped at the box office. This movie is so great!!! I saw it when it originally came out in 1998 and when it finally came out on VCR, I watched this movie over and over and over and over and over and over again. It came on the Disney Channel last night and I freaked. I adored the film when I was a child, but now that I am older I appreciate the message and I cried twice. It is so adoring. A little boy is devastated by the loss of his father and he gets a few last days with him as a snow man. Both Charlie and Gabby get to say goodbye to Jack and really tell each other I love you and I am always with you. How can you not like this movie?! Some people say the acting is flat, but it's so real and raw to see a completely normal family and normal kids. I think it's great. And some think the dad coming back as a snowman is lame, but it's great how he gets to see his father again no matter what form he takes. "Snowdad is better than no dad." That is awesome. I highly recommend this movie for adults and children during the holidays and during the middle of the year. It is really GREAT!!!!
... View Morea family film. not great ambitions, maybe absurd in many parts but nice. nice for its generous message. and for the manner to use the second chance theme. far to be memorable, it is a title and it is not really important if you hate it or enjoy it. a film about family and values. nothing new and almost fake - the lead character seems not really inspired - but so absurd than becomes touching. a film about a child and his father. and about a meeting who saves the errors of past. that is all. and, after you criticizes it, you discover than it is the best formula. not for Chistmas period but for the days when you needs a romantic movie without he and she and love stories in different nuances but only a demonstration about what is real important to be free by the past chain.
... View MoreCharlie's father who passed away one year prior comes back to life as a snowman in 'Jack Frost'. Michael Keaton plays Jack Frost who is a talented musician that most of the time puts his career ahead of his wife and son. One stormy night as he races to get home for Christmas, his car skids off the road and he passes away leaving his son Charlie and wife Gabby devastated. A year passes, and it is clear that Charlie is still deeply affected by his father's death. He decides to make a snowman one evening, and dresses him in Jack's clothes. Playing his father's old harmonica magically brings the snowman to life! The snowman has Jack's voice and his personality/memories. Charlie is at first terrified of the talking snowman (for obvious reasons), but eventually realizes that his dad's spirit is inside of it. The only problem is that the weather is getting warmer, and we all know what that means for snowmen...I am really shocked at how low rated Jack Frost is on here. It wasn't the best Christmas movie ever made, but it's not a below average one either. I really thought that Jack Frost has a lot of heart. It can be very sad at times knowing that Jack was dead, but then they throw in some funny moments which really work. I think it was successful in pulling the audience's heartstrings. The acting was close to top-notch. Michael Keaton really only did voice overs in this film as the snowman, but that was well done. Kelly Preston as well as Mark Addy were convincing in their supporting roles, and Joseph Cross puts in a terrific performance as the young boy who lost his father.Jack Frost was a box office flop in 1998, but I honestly can't see why. It was a solid Christmas movie that throws a lot at it's viewers in terms of emotion. I know when I was a kid and I saw it in the theaters, I teared up! It may be a lot for a young child to take in (especially the sad ending), but in reality it's a good Christmas movie with good intentions and a very touching story to it.7/10
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