Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Mark Addy

Jack Frost is a jazz musician who sometimes misses out on important events in his son Charlie's life as a result of his musical committments. One night he decides to cancel a gig in order to get home ...( read more  read more... )to his family, but he is killed in a car crash on the way home. A year later, he returns as a snowman to help Charlie come to terms with his father's death, and to try and make up for his absences in life.

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PG, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Troy Miller

Release Date: December 11, 1998

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DVD Release Date: November 2, 1999

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  • September 25, 2009
    So so sooooo bad. Who thinks up this crap and who the fuck funds it?
  • June 14, 2009
    A somewhat nice movie...
  • December 26, 2008
    Not sure what to make of this movie. Musician dad drives off a cliff one Christmas. A year later, he comes back as a snowman??? So he has until spring to make up for all his absences. So it is sappy, I still watched it.
  • March 7, 2008
    easily wiped clean from my consciousness until I met Flixster
  • November 20, 2007
    There are better Christmas movies out there but this one is ok. Not brilliant but ok.
  • September 28, 2009
    Con otro enfoque esta pelicula se trata, de un jack fros t bueno q mas bien la hace una comedia
  • September 15, 2009
    The plot by itself is dumb, but the way it is told is particularly cute...

    38/100
  • September 11, 2009
    what's the song that is playing when this film finishes ?
  • August 27, 2009
    omg this movie was soo cute! :3 made me cry
  • August 15, 2009
    "Jack Frost" is one of the best holiday movies of the past few years. A musician (Michael Keaton) is struggling with his family because he is about to make it big in the music business and it's taking away a lot of the time spent with his family. One day after he gets off early a...( read more)nd is on the way to spend some time with his wife (Kelly Preston) and his son, he has a tragic accident that kills him. However, he comes back alive as a snowman after his son calls for him. He has to prove to his son that even though he's a snowman, it's him. And he also has to keep from melting.
    "Jack Frost" is a good comedy/drama movie. A lot of the parts and lines in the movie are hilarious, but it also has a tender side to it. Both the comedy and drama parts in the movie are well done and well acted. I think "Jack Frost" is a good movie not only for the holidays, but for any time of the year. I recommend anybody to get it. NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2000. Rather farfetched, the idea of coming back to life as a snowman, but it was a cute movie.

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Now we have proof: It's possible for the Jim Henson folks and Industrial Light and Magic to put their heads together and come up with the most repulsive single creature in the history of special effects! full review

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  • bevan1996
    August 6, 2007
    yo i like you movie homs
  • Fortminier
    December 7, 2006
    This moive is the greatest movie to see if you have a dad you really love and would hate to see him leave you like Charlie did in this movie...Made me laugh, made me cry
    if you haven't seen this movie, WATCH IT, if you have see this and you didn't like it then well don't talk to me

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