Have you ever watched the beloved Christmas special Frosty the Snowman and thought to yourself, ‘What if instead of a snowman, Frosty was a muscular human male?’ No? Well, don’t worry, because Netflix decided to make a film about it anyway! Introducing the new Christmas cult classic, Hot Frosty.

The film follows Kathy, the owner of a diner in her small town of Hope Springs, two years after her husband passes away from cancer. Kathy lives a pretty mundane life until she brings a muscular snow sculpture named Jack (Get it? Like Jack Frost?) to life with a magic scarf. Chaos and romance ensue as Kathy welcomes Jack into her home while the police search for him—for streaking and subsequently stealing clothes after coming to life naked, obviously.

Now, you may be thinking, ‘That sounds like the dumbest movie ever.’ And it is…on paper. However, the charm of Hot Frosty does not come from groundbreaking storytelling or technical elements, but rather from its self-awareness and cheesiness.

Case and point: the relationship between Kathy and Jack. Stereotypical as it is, the plotline provides viewers with a sense of comfort as Jack slowly lightens up the depressed Kathy. He learns to cook for her from watching the Food Network, he fixes all of the broken appliances in her house and he even asks her to the middle school winter dance (he works there, by the way). Yes, it’s cheesy, but the idea of a snowman learning what it is to be human and then using it to help others still manages to warm your heart.

The police hunt for Jack is also emblematic of the film reveling in its ridiculous nature. Craig Robinson and Joe Lo Truglio are almost cringeworthy in their roles as Sheriff and Deputy of Hope Springs, respectively, but the film holds enough awareness of how unserious it is in order to remain fun. Expect the stereotypical tough-on-crime, small-town sheriff storyline mixed with some singing and so-unfunny-it’s-almost-funny monologues.

And, of course, what would a Christmas romcom be without an overly dramatic climax? Hot Frosty takes shape in the culmination of the police search and Jack’s melting problem in the town center. (Did I forget to mention that? He is still a snowman, after all.)

After Jack is arrested, the overly-invested residents of Hope Springs come together to convince the Sheriff to release him before Jack melts. (Seriously, do these people have nothing better to do?) The sheriff is reluctant to let him out on bail, but due to the magic of Christmas, he changes his ways…and Jack also stops melting after Kathy gives him a magic kiss that turns him human forever: happily ever after!

Not only has Hot Frosty been a hit for Netflix, debuting at number one on their top films chart with 16 million views, but it has also taken the Hollis Brookline High School (HBHS) English department by storm. “I enjoy the fact that it is self-aware. It’s a bad Christmas movie that is meant to be making fun of bad Christmas movies,” said film studies teacher Victoria Flaherty.

Hot Frosty is admittedly not a good movie. The plot is ridiculous, the acting is over-the-top, the presentation is boring. But the film is not trying to ‘wow’ you or win any Oscars; it’s trying to fill the snowman-shaped, cheesy Christmas-romcom hole in your life. So if you’re looking for a simple, easy-to-digest movie to watch over the holidays, Hot Frosty is just the right pick to melt your heart.