Fatman Reviews
February 12, 2021
Despite a scene-stealing Walton Goggins, Fatman doesn't quite succeed tonally. The ultra-dry humor lurks around the edges, in small ornamental details. Overall, the clever concept is better than the execution.
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| Original Score: 5
February 3, 2021
Such a worldview is as childishly dim as it is cruel-which, in turn, makes it feel in tune with its headliner.
January 29, 2021
It's not completely ho-ho-ho-horrible, but if this Santa Claus comes to your town, you better watch out.
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| Original Score: 2/5
January 29, 2021
Fatman is the kind of Christmas movie concept that brings fans of the genre plenty of cinematic cheer.
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| Original Score: 3/4
January 28, 2021
A really great Christmas movie is a rare thing these days, and while Fatman doesn't quite hit the mark when it comes to delivering the holiday cheer, its unorthodox charm and a trio of terrific central performances should make it a festive favorite...
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| Original Score: 4/5
January 26, 2021
A tonal mess.
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| Original Score: C-
January 19, 2021
The movie's always taking these half-measures...it became very ambiguous...
January 19, 2021
I actually liked this movie, it's fun and good if you watch it with the right people, but not enough to go to the theaters...
January 19, 2021
[Writers and directors Eshom and Ian Nelms'] vision is somewhat disturbing, but... they bring out the best in their actors. [Full review in Spanish]
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| Original Score: 4/5
January 14, 2021
Cringle suffers from a crisis of conscience and "a loathing for a world that's forgotten" him. In another cinematic universe, this might as well be Martin Riggs' final form.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
January 1, 2021
This best improbable holiday movie finds Mel Gibson as a late stage capitalism bad economy Santa forced to produce for the Pentagon. While revealing a seemingly penitent Gibson deferring to his perhaps reluctant feminist side and scolding spouse of color.
December 28, 2020
Fatman is a tough story to penetrate and feel anything for any of the characters.
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| Original Score: 2/4
December 25, 2020
When it comes right down to it, Fatman makes us work too hard for the laughs.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
December 23, 2020
But for lack of truly inspired ideas, it winds up seeming more mean-spirited than subversive, an over-calculated stab at arch outrageousness.
December 12, 2020
I don't know what i was expecting, but I was not expecting to say Fatman is a good time.
December 10, 2020
Just like the bad gift that [one of the movie's characters] gets in Fatman, the movie is like a Christmas present that looks enticing on the outside, but once you unwrap it, you find out it's really just a disappointing and useless piece of coal.
December 9, 2020
Fatman is an exhausting, vile, depressingly boring movie which might have been kinda funny as a skit or short.
December 7, 2020
Mel Gibson plays a non-traditional Santa Claus in this R-rated dark comedy and I was here for it.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
December 6, 2020
The movie very quickly becomes a big mistake, with no wit apparent and a repugnant ultra-violent streak that should have been tamed.
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| Original Score: 1.5/5
December 6, 2020
Aren't most people expecting a campy action film with a wink at the camera? Not a mean spirited gritty Santa action movie like Fatman is? No thanks.
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| Original Score: 3/10