The only solace we can find here is a vigorous Walton Goggins.

| Jul 20, 2023

We've had Bad Santa, but Fatman is often just plain bad.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 3, 2023

Definitively, neither charm nor grace in this forgettable film. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/10 | Feb 4, 2023

“Fatman” is more of a fun and playful genre-mashup with some enjoyable performances and a goofy enough story to be both funny and entertaining.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 20, 2022

Some movies inspire admiration, some movies inspire hatred, and then there are movies like “Fatman” that just inspire confusion.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Jul 6, 2022

The climax is satisfying enough, but ... it falls short of any sort of emotional reckoning for either character, much less any serious mayhem.

| Jun 5, 2021

Despite a scene-stealing Walton Goggins, Fatman doesn't quite succeed tonally. The ultra-dry humor lurks around the edges, in small ornamental details. Overall, the clever concept is better than the execution.

| Original Score: 5 | Feb 12, 2021

Such a worldview is as childishly dim as it is cruel-which, in turn, makes it feel in tune with its headliner.

| Feb 3, 2021

It's not completely ho-ho-ho-horrible, but if this Santa Claus comes to your town, you better watch out.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 29, 2021

Fatman is the kind of Christmas movie concept that brings fans of the genre plenty of cinematic cheer.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 29, 2021

A really great Christmas movie is a rare thing these days, and while Fatman doesn't quite hit the mark when it comes to delivering the holiday cheer, its unorthodox charm and a trio of terrific central performances should make it a festive favorite...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 28, 2021

A tonal mess.

| Original Score: C- | Jan 26, 2021

The movie's always taking these half-measures...it became very ambiguous...

| Jan 19, 2021

I actually liked this movie, it's fun and good if you watch it with the right people, but not enough to go to the theaters...

| Jan 19, 2021

[Writers and directors Eshom and Ian Nelms'] vision is somewhat disturbing, but... they bring out the best in their actors. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 19, 2021

Cringle suffers from a crisis of conscience and "a loathing for a world that's forgotten" him. In another cinematic universe, this might as well be Martin Riggs' final form.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 14, 2021

This best improbable holiday movie finds Mel Gibson as a late stage capitalism bad economy Santa forced to produce for the Pentagon. While revealing a seemingly penitent Gibson deferring to his perhaps reluctant feminist side and scolding spouse of color.

| Jan 1, 2021

Fatman is a tough story to penetrate and feel anything for any of the characters.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 28, 2020

When it comes right down to it, Fatman makes us work too hard for the laughs.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 25, 2020

But for lack of truly inspired ideas, it winds up seeming more mean-spirited than subversive, an over-calculated stab at arch outrageousness.

| Dec 23, 2020