The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Jack Frost
Comedy · Family · Drama · 1998
A father who can't keep his promises dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has one final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.
Movie details
Jack Frost
“He's the world's coolest dad and he's gonna prove it.”
1998 Comedy · Family · Drama 1h 41m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.0 / 10
Community rating
A father who can't keep his promises dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has one final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Jack Frost?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Troy Miller
Written by
Mark Steven Johnson · Jeff Cesario · Steve Bloom · Jonathan Roberts
Michael Keaton
Jack Frost
Kelly Preston
Gabby Frost
Joseph Cross
Charlie Frost
Mark Addy
Mac MacArthur
Andrew Lawrence
Tuck Gronic
Eli Marienthal
Spencer
Will Rothhaar
Dennis
Court is in session
Put Jack Frost on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.