Fatman
Saban Films | Release Date: November 13, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
11
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzNov 24, 2020
For a movie about an assassin charged with killing Santa Claus (!) on the orders of a Richie Rich-like brat (!!), and starring Mel Gibson (!!!) as Kris Kringle himself, Fatman is astoundingly boring. Read full review
38
UproxxVince ManciniNov 12, 2020
It’s a conceptual joke in search of actual jokes. Like a C- term paper delivered on time, the most impressive thing about Fatman is that it’s finished. Read full review
38
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliNov 12, 2020
Most of their jokes miss the mark and the movie gets lost in action/thriller territory that’s anything but thrilling. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChuck BowenNov 9, 2020
If it weren’t so airless, it’d be easier to appreciate Fatman a character study of Santa’s midlife woes. Read full review
25
IndieWireDavid EhrlichNov 9, 2020
This bland stab at seasonal entertainment is too enamored by its own edgy revisionism to deliver on that promise, and after the 2020 that we’ve been having, everyone — young, old, Christian, and not — deserves something better in their stocking this year. Read full review
25
ConsequenceBlake GobleNov 9, 2020
Another lump of coal in Gibson’s rapidly declining filmography. Fatman has no gifts to speak of. It’s kind of cheap. It’s fairly cynical and/or mean-spirited. It’s not fun. No good. Lumpy in execution. Deeply archaic in its thinking. Ho ho ho-hum. Read full review
25
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiNov 9, 2020
Gibson’s got another strong performance in him, I think, but this Christmas crapola sure ain’t it. Read full review
0
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 9, 2020
As funny as a mass shooting at the North Pole, and relying on just such a finale to sell it, Fatman is one of the epic miscalculations of any cinematic holiday season. Read full review
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