The Mean One ; Review

"The Mean One" is an unauthorized parody of Hallmark Christmas movies and a Dr. Seuss Christmas classic.

The film can't carve out its own identity outside of what it is trying to parody.

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Reviewer says the film's dark and dreary visual aesthetic isn't in a good way.

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"The Mean One" looks like it was heavily de-saturated in post-production.

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The film's strange sound design is distracting and could make or break the movie for you.

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Every performance the film has to offer is either flat or trying too hard to be campy.

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"The Mean One" stars David Howard Thornton who played Art the Clown in "Terrifier 2".

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"Terrifier 2".t-so-gruesome murders are capped off with some distracting CGI blood effects.

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The film probably wouldn't have been better if the Christmas-hating villain skinned a victim alive.

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Even an hour and thirty minutes seems far too long to stretch out just one joke.

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