Hot Frosty (2024)
Starring : Lacey Chabert, Dustin Milligan, Craig Robinson, Joe Lo Truglio Directed by : Jerry Ciccorriti Chances are, if you’re planning on watching ‘Hot Frosty’, you know what to expect. Netflix has been aping Hallmark for a few years now, releasing several saccharine, treacly holiday-pap-fears disguised as original movies in November and December. They all seem to be connected, too, which is completely needless, yet fun (my friends and I call it the ‘NCU’ Netflix Christmas Universe). This film is very much one of those - honestly even dumber than the vast majority of them. But it’s also utterly harmless and not without its charms. The story as it stands: Lacey Chabert plays Kathy - stop me if you’ve heard this before - a small town widower who has given up on love and has lost the Christmas spirit. That all changes when (here’s the catch) a magic scarf she is gifted by a friend of hers who runs a second hand clothing shop ends up turning a very attractive snowman (dude literall...