Roadshow Films | Release Date: December 11, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
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Begun by screenwriter Mark Steven Johnson (Grumpy Old Men), Jack Frost ended up taking four credited writers to finish - and still it's a derivative mess. [11 Dec 1998]
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The movie's opening half-hour is merely dull, but the final hour is brain-damaging. [11 Dec 1998]
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Portland OregonianStaff (Not Credited)
The story of a dead man (Keaton) who comes back to life as a snowman to befriend his troubled son (Cross) is played for laughs and tears despite its very creepy undertones. [11 Dec 1998, p.31]