Jack Frost - Movie Review

Jack Frost is about a dad, who named Jack, and what he abandons the real world for stardom in the music scene. This is a story of a father who meets a terrible car accident and comes back to visit his son Charlie one year after, being a snowman. Thanks to being a snowman, the main character, Jack, goes on a journey where he and the main protagonist start making their relationship from scratch and make some memorable moments together. This is a rather creative storyline focusing on a family with the hints at the redemption and love for one another. It is lighthearted but at the same time sad, giving it a bit of maturity and tender emotion at some points. The movie is a fantasy which presents the chance of a magical reborn life to see if people love relationships or not and how in any case, it is always important to embrace whatever time one has been given with the loved ones.

Michael Keaton plays the role of Jack and he does that very perfectly assuring and convincing. His acting performance is perfect, shows emotions of both, a rockstar father and a snowman giving a beautiful message of a broken man named Jack who deserve another chance. Both, Kelly Preston and Joseph Cross gave heavy emotional support- the sense of loss and forgiveness that can be seen in their eyes.

As far as cinematography is concerned, the film smoothly transition between the real and magical worlds, directed by Troy Miller. Miller writes a warm love story under the bizarre circumstances in which loss of memory is not only a sign of a dangerous mental disorder but is also a chance to turn a person’s life upside down; every now and then, a little inert – the book alternates a focused pace with slow-moving segments. His stylistics emphasise the magical realism the movie is based on, giving everyone a comfortable atmosphere for this beautiful story.

The music and rock numbers complement the characterization of Jack. Every song here is as selected to give the progress of the story and [to create emotions] as well as the happy and sad scenes [are portrayed].

The shooting depicts the winter and snowy scenery as magical as in the fairy tales. These visuals are an enchanting background to the story and help raise the tones of romance and seriousness of the relations between Jack and Charlie.

Thus, the locations turn the setting of a winter town into the world where magic genuinely exists. Overall, such a concept of Jack, a snowman, is rather pleasantly unforgettable and contributes to the creation of a fantastic universe of the film.

The snowman animation is also best viewed as illustrating how the creators imagined Jack and how they worked to implement it. Even though some of the effects might look a little dated, they work well in the context of the movie’s magic-oriented plot.

Switch between realistic and fantastic setting is smooth and well thought-out, however, sometimes the pacing of the movie is inconsistent. There might be some scenes that stay on the viewer’s screen for longer than is good for the general flow of events.

Despite the fact that the film is quite rhythmic, it is sometimes weak in the pacing in the middle of critical scenes. Such unbearableness might disrupt the movie viewing experience, but, at the same time, it does not take much away from the movie’s ability to elicit emotions from viewers.

The dialogues depict strong feelings between the characters. The conversation that Jack had with Charlie is moving, and many of the dialogues are somewhat reconciliation and love oriented. These moments give genuine feel to their blossoming relationship.

While being filled with romantic and tender moments, Jack Frost failed at times with pacing and quite dated in visuals. However, its feelings of the viewers are still warm and cannot remain indifferent leaving some thoughts in the audience.

Despite it is a fairy tale about Jack Frost which belongs to the fantasy genre, its focus on the family drama does not let audiences stay indifferent. Even if I have mentioned its weaknesses, the movie is worth watching because of the passion which it was done. A real Christmas cliché.