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 ... Read allA 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.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.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations
- Christine Crawford
- (as Ellison Butler)
- Directors
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPrincipal photography occurred in the Ottawa Valley (Ontario & Quebec, Canada) and in the Towns of Carleton Place and Mississippi Mills in February 2020.
- GoofsChristine's science fair ribbon reads '1st Place,' and Billy's previous years' ribbons read 'Best of Show'. When Billy receives this year's winner's ribbon later, it reads 'Best of Show', not the '1st Place' that Christine had.
- Quotes
Skinny Man: I've come for your head, Fat Man!
Chris: You think you're the first? You think I got this job because I'm fat and jolly?
- ConnectionsReferenced in Half in the Bag: Quarantine Catch-up (part 4 of 2) (2020)
- SoundtracksDeck the Halls
Written by Thomas Oliphant
Arranged by Herman Beeftink
Performed by The Stellar Singers featuring Brooke Wilkes, Amber-Skye Skipps, Marc Marger, Tom Patrick Propofsky (as Tom Proprofsky)
Courtesy of Elite Source Music
"Fatman" was, for this viewer, an ingeniously twisted little tale that works hard to be edgy, and delivers some good dark comedy. Of course, it's far from being for all tastes, especially as we see that Billy is ready and willing to torture a schoolmate when she wins a science fair first prize that he feels should have been his. Fairly grim (but not overwhelmingly so), and very violent, the film also delivers some unexpected poignancy as Chris bemoans the state of the world today - and the bad attitudes of its children. Chris himself has fallen on such hard times that he enters into a temporary partnership with the U. S. military, where the elves will be making product other than toys.
Mel is in fine form, and he and the wonderful Marianne Jean-Baptiste make for a rather endearing Mr. And Mrs. Claus. Goggins is superb as the icy-cold, super-efficient hired killer who has his own reasons for wanting to bump off St. Nick. (One amusing character trait is that "Skinny Man"s' pet of choice is a hamster.) Young Hurstfield is very, very good at creating a child character so despicable that you hate him from the word go.
In general, whatever problems the movie has are made up for by the entertaining story that provides an off-the-beaten path experience for those viewers who may be tired of "feel good" fare.
Eight out of 10.
- Hey_Sweden
- Dec 1, 2021
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- Language
- Also known as
- Gã Mập
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $278,378
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $108,305
- Nov 15, 2020
- Gross worldwide
- $1,651,413
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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