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Mister Frost
1990 Fantasy / Drama / Thriller
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Credits
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Director: Philippe Setbon
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Script: Derry Hall, Brad Lynch, Philippe Setbon, Louise Vincent
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Photo: Dominique Brenguier
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Music: Steve Levine
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Cast: Jeff Goldblum (Mr. Frost),
Alan Bates (Felix Detweiler),
Kathy Baker (Dr. Sarah Day),
Jean-Pierre Cassel (Inspector Corelli),
Daniel Gélin (Simon Scolari),
François Négret (Christopher Kovac),
Maxime Leroux (Frank Larcher),
Vincent Schiavelli (Angelo,
desk clerk),
Roland Giraud (Raymond Reynhardt),
Catherine Allégret (Dr. Corbin),
Mike Marshall (Patrick Hollander),
Henri Serre (André Kovac)
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Country: France / UK
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Language: English
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Runtime: 104 min
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Aka: Mr. Frost
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Summary
A serial killer, known only as Mr Frost, is arrested and, after two years of silence,
ends up in a clinic for the mentally disturbed. When he finally speaks it is to
the young Dr Sarah Day, who takes an immediate interest in his case. The man who
arrested Frost, Felix Detweiler, warns Dr Day that her patient is the Devil himself.
After a series of inexplicable incidents, Dr Day begins to believe that Detweiler is right...
Review
Almost from the start, this film does its best to alienate its audience with its muddled
narrative, luke-warm humour and visual and musical excesses. With such a strong
cast of French, American and British actors this could well have been an excellent variation
on the Dr Faust theme, and there are the occasion hints of the far better film this could
have been. Unfortunately, what talent there is is cruelly squandered in an ill-conceived
and unbelievable plot, marred by unutterably bad dialogue and a surfeit of artistic pretensions
which, after twenty or so minutes, becomes exceedingly tiresome. The film’s only
saving grace is Jeff Goldblum’s chillingly subdued performance as the film’s lead character,
Mr Frost - ironically one of cinema’s most convincing depictions of the Devil.
© James Travers 2002
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