Keaton has had a storied career. He actually started on Mr. Roger\u2019s Neighborhood<\/em> of all places, and slowly worked his way into bigger films, and has played all sorts of characters from Batman <\/em>to Birdman<\/em>, as well as Mr. Mom<\/em> and Beetlejuice<\/em>. But what about the time he played a dead guy coming back to life as a snowman? Yeah, it sounds like a hokey concept for sure, but certainly, a good writer and director could get something good out of the concept, right? Let\u2019s find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jack Frost<\/em> is about a rock musician named Jack Frost (played by Michael Keaton), who is constantly away from his wife and son due to constantly performing and recording songs. When he decides to drive home for Christmas during a snowstorm, he dies in a car accident. One year later, his son is understandably depressed that his father is dead, so he builds a snowman in his father\u2019s memory. Then through some Hallmark-level holiday magic or something, his father comes back to life in the form of the snowman, to finally spend time with his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m split when it comes to this movie.<\/p>\n\n\n I can\u2019t decide if the premise is heartwarming or lame. On one hand, you got something of a touching story here between a father and his son. Practically, the first third of the film establishes the fact that the father is never around for his kid. They certainly have a loving relationship, but he just can\u2019t stand still. Then the father dies, and the film does a good enough job establishing how his death has affected the kid, and now you got this plot where the father comes back from the dead. He\u2019s finally spending time with him. It\u2019s certainly touching in a way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On the other hand, he comes back to life as a snowman, and his character\u2019s name is literally Jack Frost. A concept that even the character in the film says isn\u2019t even clever. It doesn\u2019t sound like the plot for a big screen film; it sounds more like the plot you\u2019d get for a Disney Channel Original Movie or Hallmark film from when I was a kid. It\u2019s dumb, schmaltzy and full of lame jokes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n An example of one of the lames is a scene where the Snowman falls, is pushed against a snow plow and is split into three parts, and has to literally put himself back together. When he sees what\u2019s happened to his body he says, \u201cTalk about your separation anxiety.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s even a momentary pause for the audience to laugh. Of course, I didn\u2019t laugh. After he puts himself back together he says, \u201cBoy, I\u2019ve had to put myself back together after a few rough nights, but this is ridiculous.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Just imagine a bunch more jokes like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not an appealing-looking creature to come back from the dead as. As a side note, the original Jack Frost costume is currently on display in the Hutchinson Salt mine.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As with the plot, the special effects are also in a similar boat. I can\u2019t say for certain if they\u2019re decent or awful. The Snowman effects were a mix between CGI and puppetry. The CGI is late 90s CGI and is not up to par with the current standards of CGI and looks awful. No question. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The puppetry was done by Jim Henson\u2019s Creature Shop. A top-tier effects studio, but they turned in a mid-tier product. Some people say the snowman looks unsettling, but I\u2019m not sure if there\u2019s a way to create a live-action snowman and not have it look like how it does in the movie. As for the puppet effects themselves, it\u2019s hard to describe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I think when you see the film on pause it looks ok, but when the scenes are in motion and you see this supposedly magical creature, he doesn\u2019t look magical. In my opinion, he just looks like a dumb fake puppet. Or like he wants to eat you, like what some viewers say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On to some positive thoughts on the movie, I think it\u2019s a nice looking film. The story is set in a Rocky Mountain town during a winter storm, so it gives off this small-town American Christmas vibe. It gave me a somewhat nostalgic feeling since the small town portrayed in the film felt somewhat like the town I grew up in during the winter, except I didn\u2019t grow up in the Rockies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I feel as though most of the cast do a good job with a lazy script. Most of the actors give a decent enough performance. Michael Keaton does a nice enough job, but the script just doesn\u2019t give him much to shine as either a comedic or dramatic actor. The actor who played the kid, Joseph Cross, did a good job with his scenes depicting his grief over the loss of his father. Cross, who’s still somewhat active in the film industry, graduated from child roles to more adult roles in films like Flags of Our Fathers<\/em>, Lincoln<\/em>, and Mank<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall though, this is what I refer to as a nothing film, and as you read, my thoughts are short on it. It isn\u2019t something that I would ever come back to watch at a later date. It\u2019s a film I\u2019ll probably forget about soon, and if I ever remember, I\u2019ll probably just regard it as a footnote in Michael Keaton\u2019s career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have kids, it\u2019ll definitely distract them. It certainly does its job to basically wave its keys begging for a child\u2019s attention, but it gives very little to look for adults. There are certainly better holiday films to watch. In any case, stay tuned for more weird films in the future\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jack-Frost-1.png?resize=384%2C205\")
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