Fatman is a movie which has drawn the petty ire of imbecilic, sanctimonious, “Critics” from cesspools such as Buzzfeed, but it is absolutely a movie in which all its actors deliver excellent performances and in which the theme and tone work. It knows what it is and it tells its story well.
This isn’t a feel good movie. It’s a story which comments on the diminishing quality of people and values, but it does so with nuance, which anyone paying attention knows is seemingly undetectable by people beneath a certain age or I.Q.
If you want an entertaining exploration of a beloved fictional character, seen through the lens of our divided and jaded world, as odd as such a story might seem, this is that movie.
Sure. However, it’s also just a weird romp through the world of a Kris Kringle who is, this time, wreathed in bitterness and frustration instead of ribbons, holly, and cheer. It’s Santa Claus if he were a real person, though still a magical being, trying to make it in this effed up world in which we all live.