The devil Mr. Frost
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The devil Mr. Frost |
| Original title | Mister Frost |
| Country of production | France , Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1990 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Philippe Setbon |
| script |
Derry Hall Brad Lynch Philippe Setbon Louise Vincent |
| production | Xavier Gélin Michael Holzman Stéphane Marsil Claude Ravier |
| music | Steve Levine |
| camera | Dominique Brenguier |
| cut | Ray Lovejoy |
| occupation | |
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The devilish Mr. Frost (English Mister Frost ) is a Franco-British thriller from 1990. The director was Philippe Setbon , the lead role played Jeff Goldblum . The film, which was shot in Paris , was released in French cinemas on April 11, 1990.
action
Police, alerted by two intruders, found 24 bodies on Mr. Frost's property. Mr. Frost is arrested and taken to a mental health facility.
In two years, Sarah Day becomes the first psychiatrist Mr. Frost speaks to. He claims to be the devil who wants to restore the balance between good and bad. Mr. Frost asks the psychiatrist to kill him. As a result, numerous murders occur in the vicinity of the people who have to do with Mr. Frost. The head of the clinic tries to jump off the roof. Frost appears to Sarah as a hallucination sitting in the back seat of her car. She discusses with her older friend whether Frost is actually the devil. When she can no longer see a way out, she tries to shoot Frost as requested. But the bullet doesn't kill him, Sarah is arrested and ends up in the psychiatric hospital herself.
Reviews
Hal Hinson wrote in the Washington Post of November 12, 1990, the film was a " very, very poor " ( " very, very bad ") film. It works “ in no way ” and is “ nonsense ” from start to finish . He expressly praised Goldblum for having given Lucifer “ this special charismatic idiosyncrasy ”.
Movie service wrote that the "shallow film" imagine "Satan faith and science" over, series "platitudes" to each other and dilutes "its last Thrill" . Only Jeff Goldblum achieved "some intensity with his portrayal" .
The magazine prisma described the film as "a disturbing psychological thriller with a first-class ensemble" . The plot is “a traditional mixture of horror and fantasy film” , but the film foregoes “the glitz of so-called Gothic horror” , “represents reality in concrete terms” and moves “on the borderline between reason and madness, what reinforced by the enigmatic appearance of Jeff Goldblum ”.
Cinema magazine sees the film as proof of how "little good a crew of actors" is, "if the story is too thin and the dramaturgy is screwed up" .
Awards
Jeff Goldblum won the Catalonian International Film Festival , the international film festival for fantasy film , in the Best Actor category .
Web links
- Mister Frost in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mister Frost at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Mister Frost on nytimes.com (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Filming locations for The Devil Mr. Frost on imdb.com , accessed February 29, 2008
- Jump up ↑ Release dates for The Devilish Mr. Frost on imdb.com , accessed February 29, 2008
- ^ Review by Hal Hinson
- ↑ The diabolical Mr. Frost in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed February 25, 2008
- ↑ prisma , accessed February 25, 2008
- ↑ Film review on cinema.de , accessed on March 18, 2008
- Jump up ↑ The Demon Mr. Frost Awards on imdb.com , accessed February 27, 2008