Fatman 2020

'Tis the season to get even.

5.5 / 10   781 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, Chelsea Ellis Bloch, Thomas Sterling, Johnny Derango, Joseph J. Gillanders, Reid A. Dunlop, Ace McCallum, Lonnie Lapierre, Nicole Godwin, Sterling Thomas
Producers Jody Hill, David Gordon Green, Ryan R. Johnson, Buddy Patrick, Danny McBride, Michelle Misty Lang, Bill Bromiley, Alastair Burlingham, Lisa Wolofsky, Ben Rosenblatt, Brandon James, Robert Menzies, Jonathan Saba, Peter Touche, Nadine de Barros, Gary Raskin, Todd Courtney, Todd Courtney, Kyle Stroud, Samantha Allwinton, 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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