Jack Frost (1998)

Load of rubbish!!

Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

An action-packed slog

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Winter scenes, sleds and snowmen in a movie usually mean it's intended as a holiday film. Warner Brothers released "Jack Frost" the second week of December 1998, so it would be playing around the country over the Christmas school break. But all the trappings don't quite make this a Christmas film. Billed as a comedy, drama and family film, it is a combination bizarre fairy tale and dark cartoon. The parental guidance rating is appropriate. Any number of kids who have lost a parent, especially boys and their dads (to death, divorce or desertion) may find this film a little unsettling. No amount of attempted humor – especially in this bizarre way – can assuage the loss or hurt a child may live with because of a missing parent. The idea that a snowman can pass as a surrogate dad for a time is truly bizarre. The acting by Michael Keaton, Joseph Cross, Kelly Preston and others of the cast can't offset the morbid aspects of the plot. The animation work for the snowman, and special effects photography and CGI can't compensate for the off-color screenplay. The attempted humor fails for the most part, so all that remains leaves a bad taste in one's mouth. I didn't give it the lowest rating simply because of the skill and art work in the animation. This isn't a movie I'd recommend at any time, especially not during the Christmas-New Year's holiday.

a 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.

I mean seriously why the 4.9 rating?? I found nothing wrong with this movie. It had a nice story and the cast was great,I always liked Micheal Keaton from his Batman days and I thought he did a terrific job in this movie. The story is about a work-ethic musician named Jack Frost who dies of a car crash one winters night. So his son Charlie plays the harmonic that he gave him and he is magically reincarnated as a snowman. YES A SNOWMAN hilarious right?? So Jack in his new form spends the Christmas with Charlie and they spend some father/son time together.Yes its a bit stupid and silly in a way for having Micheal Keaton being reincarnated as a snowman and he should have been reincarnated as a human instead but still I loved the scenes that his son and himself spend together. John Travolta's wife Kelly Preston from The Last Song plays his wife who has had it with Jack and his band because he never spends the time with them. So why do I like this movie a lot. Well like I said the story was great and everything so why is it considered one of the most saddest movie of all time next to The Lion King and Marley & Me well you just have to watch the ending to find out. So grab those Kleenex Tissues and get your families together the next Christmas Season as you will be needing them.Im giving this movie an 8/10 because well I liked it and I still like this movie up to this very day. I must have seen it 20 times or more and it still makes me cry at the age of 22.

Jack Frost (1998) *** (out of 4) Musician Jack Frost (Michael Keaton) has neglected his kid Charlie (Joseph Cross) for years and one day before Christmas he's killed in a car wreck. Flash forward a year when Charlie builds a snowman who is magically taken over by the spirit of his father and two begin to spend some quality time together. You can read just about any review out there for this film and words such as disgusting, creepy, ugly, rude and traumatizing are going to be used. I must admit that there are times when I watch movies and I just can't see what people see in them and there are times when I view a movie where I can't see why people hate them so much. Look, I agree that this kids film has a rather ugly subject in regards to a kid losing his father but for the life of me I can't figure out why there's so much hatred thrown at this film. I thought the film was very sweet, featured some good performances and I think its heart is in the right place. I really don't understand why some are taking such a strong moral clause with this film and throwing a judgment on it as to what damage it might do to kids. Really? Countless Disney films have scared young children yet no one says a word about them. E.T. scared me to death as a child but no one bashes that film. Is JACK FROST in their level? Not even close but no matter the quality I don't see the need for the moral police. Again, I thought the film was innocent enough and had a good heart. I thought Keaton did a very good job early in the film when we actually see him and I thought his vocal work as the snowman was terrific. I found him to be fun to watch and I thought the relationship between him and the son was quite good. Is JACK FROST the next IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE? Of course not but I don't see the need for calling this movie child abuse.