Jack Frost

PG

Released Dec 11, 1998

1 hr. 35 min.

Kids & Family

Holiday

Fantasy

Comedy

Drama

List

19%

58 Reviews

Tomatometer

40%

50,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

As a touring musician clinging to dreams of stardom, aging rocker Jack Frost (Michael Keaton) never had much time for his wife, Gabby (Kelly Preston), and young son, Charlie (Joseph Cross). A year after Jack's tragic death in a car accident on Christmas Day, Charlie plays a mournful tune on his father's harmonica. Much to his surprise, the elder Frost is magically brought to life as a snowman on the family lawn. Given a second chance, Charlie and Jack struggle to make up for lost time.

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Critics Consensus

Sentimental schmaltz and uninspired storytelling sink this film.

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Teddy B

The design of Jack, himself, drags the entire film experience down further than it already would be if the design was more palatable and thought-out.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/24

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Jesse W

10/10 holiday movie. What are these reviews? If it was a superhero movie the critics would love it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/25/23

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Taylor H

Jack Frost is a dud in FX, story, and performance.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/25/23

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John A

The live snowman special effects aren't bad (especially for 1998) and even with Michael Keaton at the center, this absolutely mishandled family flick manages to be a bit incoherent, boring and slightly agitating with it's mechanical reliance on sentimentality.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/23/23

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Michael P

Actors try their best here to make a silk purse out of a sows ear. Characters are flat. A twist on kid loses parent. There just isn't enough story nor character development to even make the audience care, or really feel anything. They wanted to make a picture about a snowman; they did it. No one asked. It just feels like a studio trying to make a cash grab during Christmas, turning to their shelf of C level scripts collecting dust, pulling this from the bottom of the pile, and saying, oh yeah, kids will drag their parents to the theater to see THIS!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/23/23

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Jonathan M

This is CHRISTMAS! Critics get ur head out Of ur butts n lighten up!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/22/23

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Troy Miller

Director

Michael Keaton

Jack Frost

Kelly Preston

Gabby Frost

Mark Addy

Mac MacArthur

Joseph Cross

Charlie Frost

Scott Kraft

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It's a modern fairytale, complete with a magic harmonica that brings the snowman to life and a picture-postcard setting, featuring row upon row of twinkling Christmas lights and endless snowy vistas.

Jun 18, 2012

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Jack Frost is so treacly and fake it makes you feel like you're trapped in a winter-wonderland paperweight.

Rated: D+

Sep 7, 2011

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Susan Stark

Detroit News

Rated: 1/4

Oct 19, 2002

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Rachel Wagner

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My least favorite Michael Keaton role

Oct 24, 2020

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

It took four screenwriters to come up with dialogue so horrendous, it could have single-handedly ushered in a new era of silent cinema. "You the man!" "No, you the man!" "No, I'm the snowman!"

Rated: 1/4

Dec 29, 2018

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

It took a lot to be the worst reincarnation fantasy titled Jack Frost from the second half of the 1990s, but by golly, they found a way.

Rated: 2/10

Jul 19, 2014

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Synopsis

As a touring musician clinging to dreams of stardom, aging rocker Jack Frost (Michael Keaton) never had much time for his wife, Gabby (Kelly Preston), and young son, Charlie (Joseph Cross). A year after Jack's tragic death in a car accident on Christmas Day, Charlie plays a mournful tune on his father's harmonica. Much to his surprise, the elder Frost is magically brought to life as a snowman on the family lawn. Given a second chance, Charlie and Jack struggle to make up for lost time.

Director: Troy Miller
Executive Producer: Matthew Baer, Jeff Berry, Richard Goldsmith, Michael Tadross
Screenwriter: Mark Steven Johnson, Steve Bloom, Jonathan Roberts, Jeff Cesario
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Brothers, Canton Company
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Holiday, Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 11, 1998, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 23, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $34.5M
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby SR, DTS, Surround

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