Fatman Reviews
December 1, 2020
A satisfyingly twisted yuletide revenge thriller, laced with equal parts Christmas cheer and bloody violence, that giddily turns any number of holiday tropes on their head.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
November 30, 2020
The film can never commit to a tone, its attempts at social satire don't land, and it's never funny.
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| Original Score: 2/5
November 29, 2020
As a movie, you get a feeling that the makers spent up all the budget by the time they got to the climax.
November 29, 2020
The type of Christmas movie The Grinch would love.
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| Original Score: 3/5
November 28, 2020
What to my wondering eyes did appear, this flick turned into something wholly unexpected, yet still with the meaty side of the lurid.
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| Original Score: 3/5
November 27, 2020
"Fatman" is definitely not a Christmas movie for the family. In fact, we're not really sure of the target audience for this one.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
November 26, 2020
Fatman is outrageous on paper but surprisingly level-headed in execution.
November 26, 2020
Fatman's vision of Father Christmas is of the rough-and-tumble variety.
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
November 25, 2020
...an admittedly absurd premise that's employed to mostly (and incongruously) muted effect...
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
November 25, 2020
It's not quite as gonzo as the premise sounds, but embodying the spirit of Jolly Nick with a dash of his Lethal Weapon nutjob, Gibson does an admirable job of holding it all together.
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| Original Score: 3/4
November 24, 2020
It may not be the holiday movie we need. But it's the holiday movie we deserve.
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| Original Score: 80/100
November 24, 2020
Fatman is like getting a decent pair of socks under the tree. You're thankful for them, but they aren't gonna be the gifts you remember.
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| Original Score: 3/5
November 23, 2020
The Nelms want to say something about a world where a kid puts a hit on Santa and the old man himself is taking money from the military, but it's never quite clear what their message is or what tone they're aiming for.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
November 23, 2020
Fatman has a premise that sounds far more raucous on paper than it appears in execution.
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| Original Score: 5/10
November 21, 2020
This ridiculous premise works, when it works at all, off the unique presence that is Walton Goggins, but it's a genuine surprise that Mel Gibson is still able to transcend how tarnished his screen persons has been by his real life antics.
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| Original Score: 5/10
November 21, 2020
Fatman is one of the weirdest movies you will ever see...
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| Original Score: 1/5
November 21, 2020
Just picture the pitch meeting: Mel Gibson as not-so-jolly old Saint Nick. That's pretty much the gist of what passes for narrative invention in the action satire Fatman, a sour look at a very sweet holiday icon.
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| Original Score: 2/5
November 21, 2020
[Walton Goggins's] intensity amps up the hilarity of the situation. Too bad the movie around him doesn't rise to the same level.
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| Original Score: 2/5
November 20, 2020
Heavy on the realism. Light on the magical. Virtually nonexistent on the fun.
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| Original Score: 1/4
November 19, 2020
A glorious mashup of what we think of Christmas, twisted into a wildly funny and entertaining action comedy, with a very dedicated cast.
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| Original Score: B+