Jack Frost (1998)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Troy Miller

Writers (WGA):

Mark Steven Johnson (story)
Mark Steven Johnson (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

11 December 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Jack Frost is getting a second chance to be the world's coolest dad... if he doesn't melt first.

Plot:

A father, who can't keep his promises, dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has the final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.

Plot Keywords:

Snowman | Car Accident | Singer | Promise | Friendship

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Michael Keaton	...	Jack Frost
Kelly Preston	...	Gabby Frost
Joseph Cross	...	Charlie Frost
Mark Addy	...	Mac MacArthur
Andrew Lawrence	...	Tuck Gronic (as Andy Lawrence)
Eli Marienthal	...	Spencer
Will Rothhaar	...	Dennis
Mika Boorem	...	Natalie
Benjamin Brock	...	Alexander
Taylor Handley	...	Rory Buck
Joe Rokicki	...	Mitch
Cameron Ferre	...	Pudge
Ahmet Zappa	...	Snowplow Driver
Paul F. Tompkins	...	Audience Member
Henry Rollins	...	Sid Gronic

Also Known As:

Frost

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby SR | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-6 | Iceland:L | USA:PG (certificate #36427) | South Korea:12 (original rating) | South Korea:All (re-rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (VCD rating) | France:U | Germany:o.Al. (w) | Portugal:M/6 (video premiere) | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Was released about two years after the identically titled Jack Frost (1996), a horror film featuring a mutant killer snowman.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Charlie is building the snowman, he places a "The Jack Frost Band" button onto him and we see the red scarf. In the next shot, Charlie is putting the scarf onto the snowman.

Quotes:

Charlie: You the man!
Jack: NO, I'm the SNOWMAN!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#22.11)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Hot in the City

What was the point?

I love Michael Keaton, and I thought the woman who played opposite of him was great. In fact, all the casting was good. I loved the setting ... But, why make a movie like that? I cried through 75% of the movie, and not a good cry either. It was sad and pointless. Not even kind of entertaining, and a stupid premise for a movie.

Don't we have enough parents who abandon their children in real life? I have news for people, if you suck as a parent, you don't get to come back as a snowman and make it all better.