Written by Russell Hainline
Directed by Jerry Ciccoritti
Kathy: "I'm getting grief counselling from a snowman."
It's November so Netflix are a month behind on Hallmark's Christmas movie assault but that doesn't mean they can't generate the bigger headlines with some of their choices. Like this one for example.
If you were dying to see a sexy Jack Frost, well then, this one will be for you. The titular character, simply going by Jack (Dustin Milligan) got brought to life once single girl of the story Kathy Barrett (Lacey Chabert) placed a scarf on the sexy snowman and brought him to life.
From there on in, this movie played exactly as you expected to, almost beat for beat. Jack immediately found Kathy and in spite of her scepticism about being a snowman, she couldn't resist getting involved with him.
Of course it's not just Kathy taken in by Jack's charms. The ladies of Hope Springs have no problem with his lack of attire or shirt in certain scenes while even Deputy Sherriff Ed Schatz (Joe Lo Truglio) found himself charmed by Jack. The whole community loved the guy on the spot.
Of course there was at least one exception to the rule. There was Sheriff Nathaniel Hunter (Craig Robinson). He was overzealous in wanting to uphold the law and even Jack had to pay for some minor crimes he commited when he first came to life.
By the end of this movie, Jack was in danger of doing what snowmen must do and that was to melt away. Of course, true love had other plans and he became human instead. Come on, the kind of movie this was, there was no way it was going to end like The Snowman. It's a cute ending though.
- You get the feeling this movie was originally aimed for Hallmark before they decided that Lacey Chabert had aged out of their market range.
- There's a nice (but not subtle) Mean Girls reference as well as a reference to another Netflix Christmas movie. Two words: Lindsay Lohan.
- Standout music: The usual classics, in particular Jingle Bells Rock.
- Chronology: Christmas time in the lovely fictional town of Hope Springs.
I don't watch a lot of these movies but when I do, I'll admit in spite of their overtime cheesiness, they're usually inoffensive fun. Hot Frosty did feel a bit more polished compared to it's Hallmark counterparts but it's fun with believable chemistry between the leads. It did what it needed to and succeeded with it.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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