Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

utgard14 I love the Rankin/Bass holiday specials so much. The story here, told by groundhog Pardon-Me-Pete, is about the time Jack Frost became human after falling in love with a peasant girl named Elisa. It's a cute tale with a bittersweet ending. Love the snow gypsies, the Keh-Nights, and all the other little creative touches. The Rankin/Bass specials were so imaginative. The voicework is solid, with Buddy Hackett as Pete and Robert Morse as Jack. Paul Frees, who previously did the voice of Jack Frost in Frosty's Winter Wonderland, does the voices for Father Winter and villain Kubla Klaus. The songs are pleasant and fun. The stop-motion animation is gorgeous. Charming, delightful, and sweet. It's not the best Rankin/Bass made but it's very good.

parkerr86302 I wish to add my voice to the chorus of approval for JACK FROST. I have watched it many times, and love it each time.Not commented on much here is the villain, Kubla Kraus. A strange, mercurial villain for a children's show--a Russian cossack with a split personality (he talks to himself via a ventriloquist dummy) while being genuinely sinister. He is voiced by the inimitable Paul Frees.The show's finale, ending on a note of sadness, was also unusual for a children's holiday special. Rankin/Bass gave children credit for more intelligence than producers (and even some parents) do today. The only weakness is Buddy Hackett's Groundhog character; the rest is wonderfully entertaining.

K PL Names like January Junction, words like kopper kaputnik, ideas like ice money ... are the epitome of creativity and originality. Amazing that an animation can contain: COMEDY (how the peasants overcome their adversities is inspiring, but comical)…DRAMA (the evil Kubla Kraus and the tight grip he has on the peasants of January Junction)…LOVE STORY (all in the name of love, Jack did everything within and outside of his power for the love of Elisa...including surrendering his own mortality. Sadly, in the end he loses to fate and reverts to his former self as a winter spirit. Still, he tenderly brushes Elisa's cheek with a soft wintry kiss before soaring high, back to his Winter World among the clouds.

IceBean I watch this thing religiously no matter what time of year it is! Ask my friends..they'll roll their eyes and say, "Yes, she really does watch it ALL the time."~*