Jack Frost

Jack Frost (1998)

  • 20% of critics liked it
    (55 reviews)

  • 46% of users liked it
    (63,593 ratings)

Michael Keaton stars in this special-effects-heavy Christmas film about a boy who discovers, after his father dies in a car accident, that his dad is still alive in the form of a snowman. Unlike the horror film of the same name, Jack Frost is a children's film designed to warm the soul during a… More

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In Theaters
Dec 11, 1998 Wide
Warner Bros. Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

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

  • Peter Brunette, Film.com

    Let it melt!

  • 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!

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    The snowman, which is the work of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, is the most glaring problem. It looks about as real as a man in a costume, and it's tough to suspend disbelief when you're trying to locate the zipper.

  • Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle

    Its heart is in the right place.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Directors C


    I loved Jack Frost as a kid. Now I just see it as satisfactory childrens christmas entertainment. Although uninspired it did however bring a smile to my face despite there being other, better christmas films.

  • Alexander D


    The 1998 version of JACK FROST is full of bad acting and is a waste of your precious Christmas moments.

  • Lucas M


    Too sentimental and bad writing. Rotten.

  • Michael E


    this movie was surprisingly good, i thought it was greatly boring during the first half an hour but after he turned into a snowman the film just became fantastic and the ending is one of the few moments to get me teary eyed in a film

  • KJ P


    I have no idea why this movie is rated bad! To me, this is one of the most heartwarming holiday movies ever made! The cast, the emption, and the ideas flowing through this film are fantastic!

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