Jack Frost

Dir: Troy Miller

1998

*

1998's Jack Frost is one of Hollywood's greatest enigmas. A truly puzzling feat in film making and creative writing, and when I say puzzling I mean really quite awful. A young boy loses his father in a tragic car accident, a terrible thing to happen to anyone, young or old. To help the young boy with his grief, his father decides to come back to life one year later, choosing the boy's newly assembled Snowman as the most suitable vessel. A ridiculous notion, if it weren't for a magic harmonica. Cue snowman father and son having fun and getting into hijinks in the snow. No prizes for guess what happens in the end. You'd have to be on some pretty potent drugs to enjoy and think this was a good story. All three of Frank Zappa's children have cameo roles. The million dollar question isn't really 'Who the hell wrote this?' but 'who the hell green-lit and funded this?' Someone spent time and money on this film! Michael Keaton did this instead of Batman Forever! Batman Forever is a masterpiece in comparison.