“Gladiator II” is — and was Netflix’s most-watched movie of the week.But, bah humbug, the actual film directed by Jerry Ciccoritti is nowhere near as fun or steamy as its cheeky premise would suggest.
No bow-chika-wow-wow here. Or much humor either. It’s as wholesome as hopscotch. The treacly trifle is just more of the same Hallmark-inspired Christmas white noise for people who defend these terrible, sappy movies as chicken soup for the couch potato’s soul.
Kathy (Lacey Chabert) is already smitten with Jack when he’s still an inanimate object in fictional Hope Springs, NY’s snow sculpture competition.
Absurdly well-crafted, he’s theMichelangelo’sDavid of snowmen.“You’ve been doing your pushups,” she coos at the literally chiseled Adonis.Flirting with flakes, Kathy accidentally enchants the statue with her magical scarf, and by morning, he’s flesh and blood.
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