Film 2335 - Hot Frosty

Intro: Never in a million years I would have imagined this movie to be my first review of the year!

Film 2335: "Hot Frosty" (2024), Jerry Ciccoritti
Watched on: From the projector
Language: English
Watched with: Niamh
Thoughts: No need to go too deep into this movie, as I believe anyone can imagine that "Hot Frosty" isn't anything groundbreaking or even good. Plot-wise it makes no sense and, believe me, it is not becuase he's a snowman that turns into a human thanks to a magical scarf: there are so many inconsistencies in this screenplay, too many to list anyway. I'll just say this: he turns human and can understand the concept of love and death no problem with no need for explaination, but he struggles to grasp the meaning of the most basic words.
With that said, that doesn't take away from the fact that "Hot Frosty" is such a silly watch it's entertaining. As it makes lesser and lesser sense, it gets funnier and more upsurd and, if you're into these plotless silly Christams movies, than you're up for a tread because there's a lot to laught about!
Pretty iconic moment when Lacey Chabert sees a scene from "Mean Girls" and says that Lindsay Lohan's character reminds her of a girl from her school.
Also, worth mentioning that Dustin Milligan looks weirdly sick in this movie, ripped as ever before, yet somehow disturbingly skinny. This man here doesn't look like the same person from "Schitt's Creek" and it's strange.
Cast: Lacey Chabert, Dustin Milligan, Katy Mixon Greer, Lauren Holly, Chrishell Stause, Joe Lo Truglio, Craig Robinson.
Box Office: /
Worth a watch?: Netflix has been trying so hard to replace Hallmark's Christmas movies with its own for the past few years it's insane. And I think it's kinda working. To be added to the endless list of movies only good comes Christmas time, "Hot Frosty" isn't very good nor particularly compelling, yet there's something about it that makes it a great movie pick to watch with friends (and to laught about). And there's nothing wrong with it.
Awards: /
Key word: Red scarf.
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Film 1513 - A Bad Moms Christmas

Intro: I was looking forward of seeing this movie! And I had to wait a lot of time before I was able to download it, so no surprise when I say that I was really excited when we decided to watch it, finally!

Film 1513: "A Bad Moms Christmas" (2017), Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Watched: my laptop
Language: English
Watched with: Fre
Briefly: it's not easy to write and direct a sequel for a surprisingly profitable movie in less than a year. Jon Lucas and Scott Moore managed to do that, even though "A Bad Moms Christmas" isn't as funny or deliciously entertaining as the first "Bad Moms". And that's a shame. Maybe with a little more time spent on the script, it could have been a great outrageously guilty pleasure as the first movie is;
I appreciate the choice of Christmas time as the center of the story, still I can't really relate to all the struggling the moms have to go through here. Decorations and gifts apparently are a bigger deal than spending time together staying with your family, so it's kinda difficult for me to understand that kind of craziness and anxiety that comes from 'make everything perfect' for the Holidays;
Kunis, Bell and Hahn are again perfect for their roles, with Hahn being the scandalously weird sex addicted mom of the group. I really loved her here. Hines, Baranski and Sarandon are basically clones of their on-screen daughters, which is probably predictable, but no funny enough in my opinion;
"A Bad Moms Christmas" isn't good enough to justify its presence on the market. "Bad Moms" isn't perfect, but at least points out some true facts: moms are overstressed, they have to look after their families and probably go to work as well, they don't have a lot of time for themselves; also, aside from the mom point of view, the first movie shows that women can be delightfully outrageously funny as much as men can be, something the audience needs to be reminded of occasionally. "Bad Moms 2", instead, even though it tries to recreate the same shockingly dirty atmosphere of its predecessor, fails to deliver a message of female empowerment and unity that grows through friendship and self-awareness. What we get here is a comedy movie that delivers a few dirty laughs, but nothing more than that.
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Film 1513 - A Bad Moms Christmas
Cast: Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Cheryl Hines, Christine Baranski, Susan Sarandon, Jay Hernandez, Justin Hartley, Peter Gallagher, Oona Laurence, Emjay Anthony, Wanda Sykes, Christina Applegate.
Box Office: $130.6 milion
Worth watching?: Fans of the first film will probably like this one too, but still I think this is worst. Let's say it's a good choice if you want to spend your night watching a movie that doesn't requires any brain-related effort.
Awards: One Razzie Award nomination for Worst Supporting Actress (Sarandon).
Key word: Mother-daugher relationship.
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