Jack Frost (1998)

Review It Yourself

Merry Christmas from Sean and Sarah!

Join them for an extended look into the 1998 Christmas Classic Jack Frost (1998). Sean and Sarah wonder why this film was decimated by critics but loved by audiences. They unusually look at the criticisms from around the time the film came out and address the ridiculous views of the critics.

Is Jack Frost (1998) really 'sloppy', 'repulsive', 'charm-less', 'preachy', 'manipulative' and does it 'prove that Hollywood is in the hands of the minions of Satan'?

Discussion Points:

-Sean and Sarah spend the first 30 minutes reading bad reviews.

-Sean destroys any chance of ever becoming a Rotten Tomatoes critic.

-Sarah and Sean compare the rating of Jack Frost (1998) and Captain Marvel (2019).

-Why people ignore 'professional critics' nowadays, in favour of Podcasters and YouTubers.

-Sean brings Luke from The Nerdstalgic Podcast opinion's into the discussion.

-Whether or not a film can be 'over-emotional'.

-The loss of a male role model.

-Sarah watches the film's trailer for the first time.

-Sarah and Sean discuss father and son/mother and son family dynamics.

-The quiet strength of Gabby Frost.

-Sean and Sarah discuss their traditional Christmas films.

Raised Questions:

-Which rating did Sarah think was "f*cking criminal"?

-Do the reviews about this film disgust you as much as they did to Sarah and Sean?

-Have you ever met anyone who is negative about this film?

-How many times does Sean take aim at how Americans spell English words?

-Do you think this film "ticks all the Christmas boxes"?

-How had Sarah never seen this before?

-Should Mac have been there at the end?

-Did you like that Charlie comes out fighting with a hairdryer?

-What do you think of Elf (2003)?

-Is the film "a little bit too Disney Channel' at times?

Random Film Recommendation:

-The Perfect Storm (2000).

Random Tangent:

-Lindt chocolate:

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