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

Fatman's vision of Father Christmas is of the rough-and-tumble variety.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 26, 2020

Fatman is one of the weirdest movies you will ever see...

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 21, 2020

These jingle bells rock.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 18, 2020

Like reindeer on an icy roof, this experiment in blending fantasy and felonies never finds its footing.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 14, 2020

This Bad Santa-like B-movie has its jollies, plus the inspired Oscar nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Mrs. Kringle. She blows warmth and good sense into a character who could have been merely a wig and an apron.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 13, 2020

For all of the work that the Nelms brothers put into figuring out the logistics of a real-world Santa ... it's more than a bit disappointing that it's all in service of something fundamentally routine.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 13, 2020

Fatman is so enamored of its central idea that it forgets to take that idea any further.

| Nov 13, 2020

Fatman has an oddly warm heart under its brutal exterior. Plus, if nothing else, watching Santa beating seven shades out of a sniper is a timely reminder to get off the naughty list.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 12, 2020

Hate Mel Gibson all you want for his vile outbursts, but if you have a liking for sick, "Bad Santa"-style Christmas movie satires, you still might want to give "Fatman" a try.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 12, 2020

Waffling between anger and pathos, dry humor and dead-eyed violence, "Fatman" feels tonally befuddled.

| Nov 12, 2020

You get the distinct feeling that the Nelms brothers think this is all a lot funnier, crazier, and more resonant than it is.

| Nov 12, 2020

This bland stab at seasonal entertainment is too enamored by its own edgy revisionism to deliver on that promise, and after the 2020 that we've been having, everyone deserves something better in their stocking this year.

| Original Score: D | Nov 10, 2020

Gibson's got another strong performance in him, I think, but this Christmas crapola sure ain't it.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Nov 9, 2020

If it weren't so airless, it'd be easier to appreciate the film as a character study of Santa's midlife woes.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 9, 2020

File "Fatman" in the missed opportunities file. It could have - should have - been fun. Instead, it's just a mess.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 9, 2020

Less gonzo than it sounds, for better and worse.

| Nov 9, 2020

It never makes it past the idea stage, unfortunately, since mixing these disparate genres together would require an absolute mastery of tone that the film can't quite muster.

| Nov 9, 2020