Fatman 2020

'Tis the season to get even.

5.535 / 10   788 vote(s)
R
Action Comedy Fantasy

A rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus is fighting to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12 year old, hires a hit man to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.

Homepage http://mammothent.com/fatman
Release Date 2020-10-19
Runtime 1h 40m
Directors Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms, Thomas Sterling, Joseph J. Gillanders, Reid A. Dunlop, Chelsea Ellis Bloch, Johnny Derango, Lonnie Lapierre, Nicole Godwin, Ace McCallum, Sterling Thomas
Producers David Gordon Green, Jody Hill, Danny McBride, Lisa Wolofsky, Nadine de Barros, Brandon James, Todd Courtney, Ben Rosenblatt, Gary Raskin, Michelle Misty Lang, Kyle Stroud, Jonathan Saba, Samantha Allwinton, Robert Menzies, Peter Touche, Bill Bromiley, Alastair Burlingham, Ryan R. Johnson, Buddy Patrick, Todd Courtney, Annette Lang, Anika Debroy
Writers Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms

Eshom and Ian Nelms' offbeat ambition makes them people to keep an eye on, but their plodding execution still needs some work. 'Fatman' could have been the 'Unforgiven' of Christmas cinema, unfortunately, it feels like the product of a pair of busy but unfocused imaginations. - Jake Watt

Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-fatman-meh-rry-christmas

SWITCH.

Fun dark Christmas movie featuring two great performances from Mel Gibson, making for a grisly and bitter Santa Claus, and Walton Goggins doing what he does best, playing a ruthless bad guy. Somewhere in the middle was getting concerned the movie wasn't reaching its full potential, but the ending pretty much made up for it. 3.5/5

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