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Jack Frost

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Jack Frost (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 47

Fresh: 7

Rotten:40

Average Rating: 3.8/10

Consensus: Sentimental schmaltz and uninspired storytelling sink this film.

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Keaton stars as a blues musician and family man who is killed in an auto accident. A chance twist of fate, however, allows his spirit to inhabit a large (computer animated) snowman on the year... Keaton stars as a blues musician and family man who is killed in an auto accident. A chance twist of fate, however, allows his spirit to inhabit a large (computer animated) snowman on the year anniversary of his accident so that he may make amends with the young son he never had enough time for. [More]

Starring: Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Joseph Cross, Mark Addy

Starring: Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Joseph Cross, Mark Addy, Andrew Lawrence, Benjamin Brock

Director: Troy Miller

Director: Troy Miller
Screenwriter: Mark Steven Johnson, Jonathan Roberts, Steve Bloom, Jeff Cesario
Producer: Mark Canton, Irving Azoff

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Nov 2, 1999

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12/01/08
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01/26/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

Every year the DVD will [be] displayed as though it's worthy of renting. But it's out because it takes place around the holidays, not because it belongs to be there.

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12/07/03
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views

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05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

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02/13/03
Mike McGranaghan
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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
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10/19/02
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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07/27/02
Scott Weinberg
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06/05/02
Mike Kerrigan
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03/19/02
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03/05/02
Amanda Lipman
Sight and Sound

It will no doubt appeal to eight-year-olds, but anyone older than that can pretty much be prepared to get to know their watchface very well.

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12/10/01
Widgett Walls
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04/17/01
Ben Falk
BBC
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02/14/01
Jack Mathews
Los Angeles Times
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It'll melt your heart!

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01/01/00
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01/01/00
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With all the realism of a muppet, the snowman tries to deliver the line, 'I love you.' PLEASE!

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01/01/00
Andrew Manning
Radio Free Entertainment

No story, not enough humor, a silly setup, and a guy in the snowman suit who looks like he didn't make the first cut at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

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01/01/00
Bob Fenster
Arizona Republic
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Its sentiment is rote, its truths are culled from a trip down the aisles of a greeting-card shop.

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01/01/00
Bruce Westbrook
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