Jingle All the Way

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Jingle All the Way

PG

Released Nov 16, 1996

1h 29m

Kids & Family

Holiday

Comedy

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Workaholic Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) wants to make things up to his son, Jamie (Jake Lloyd), and wife, Liz (Rita Wilson). He promises to get Jamie the hottest toy of the season, Turbo-Man -- even though it's Christmas Eve and the toy is practically sold out. As Langston hunts down the elusive gift, he runs into mailman Myron (Sinbad), another father on the same quest. With the clock winding down, Langston's moral code is tested as he starts to learn the real meaning of Christmas.

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Critics Consensus

Arnold Schwarzenegger tries his best, but Jingle All the Way suffers from an uneven tone, shifting wildly from a would-be satire on materialism to an antic, slapstick yuk-fest.

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

That rare family-themed Christmas movie that isn't really aimed at kids. It's actually aimed at adults... It's a family Christmas movie that's completely honest about what family Christmases tend to be like!

Rated: B+

Dec 21, 2020

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Anne Billson

Daily Telegraph (UK)

The film is very loud, and festooned with the sort of comic violence far more disturbing than anything in an 18-rated movie.

Nov 27, 2017

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: C+

Sep 7, 2011

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Branyan Towe

Loud and Clear Reviews

At the end of the day, Jingle All the Way is a holiday classic that kids can take good lessons from, and adults will be able to at least laugh at a bit

Rated: 3/5

Jul 29, 2024

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Mikel Zorrilla

Espinof

Schwarzenegger's charisma helps somewhat. [Full review in Spanish]

Jan 3, 2022

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...the movie benefits substantially from Schwarzenegger's go-for-broke turn as the progressively frantic central character...

Rated: 2.5/4

Dec 14, 2021

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Double A

One of the worst Christmas films ever made and yet there's AMC, TBS, and Freeform shoving it down our throats every year!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/22/25

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William B

Hilarious. However, it lacks a good message. It seems like dressing as a super hero fixes being a bad parent/spouse.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/20/25

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Jakeem B

So an absent father goes around mad at the world, blaming everyone else for the fact he decided to wait until Christmas Eve to go out and buy his son the most popular toy.. but after missing most of Christmas Eve because he was busy chasing down the toy, assaulting a child, committing countless acts of property damage, attacking a radio host, breaking and entering in to someone’s home to steal toys from under the tree like a Grinch and punching a reindeer - He comes to the realization that all his family really wants is for him to be present which is more important than material things like a toy… so I guess that is him learning something and becoming a better person???? .. yet he ends up getting the toy at the end so I guess being a greedy, violent prick pays off in the end as long as you feel sorry for 2 minutes lol. At least his son was more mature and gave the toy to that other absent dad for his kid (mind you I don’t hate the movie, it was still fun, I’m just critiquing the bad writing and horrible message in what’s suppose to be a Christmas movie)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/06/25

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Audience Member

RIP Phil Hartman. Arnold is always great.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/30/24

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The H

People really hate on this movie, it's not meant to be taken seriously, it's meant to be goofy, the fact that he keeps being followed & competing for an action figure is hilarious, Arnolds acting & lines are so bad they're good. Not to mention the nice ending, xmas movie I've enjoyed since I was a kid.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/30/24

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Brody H

What did I just watch? My band teacher recommended this to me saying It was his favorite Christmas movie. God knows how much times I asked him “ Are you sure this is Christmas movie?” Still had a lot of fun watching it lol

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/28/24

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Synopsis

Workaholic Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) wants to make things up to his son, Jamie (Jake Lloyd), and wife, Liz (Rita Wilson). He promises to get Jamie the hottest toy of the season, Turbo-Man -- even though it's Christmas Eve and the toy is practically sold out. As Langston hunts down the elusive gift, he runs into mailman Myron (Sinbad), another father on the same quest. With the clock winding down, Langston's moral code is tested as he starts to learn the real meaning of Christmas.

Director: Brian Levant
Producer: Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe
Screenwriter: Randy Kornfield
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox, 1492 Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Holiday, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 16, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $60.6M
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: Surround

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