Jingle All the Way
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Actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Robert Conrad, SinbadDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 89 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-12
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Jingle All the Way
Movie Review: A holiday classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Hollywood has welcomed a lot of great Christmas movies,and one of those great Christmas movies has,by now,definitely proven itself to be "Jingle All The Way". While not "A Christmas Story" or "Christmas Vacation","Jingle All The Way" allows itself to bring in both a Christmas spirit and dark comedy into itself at the same time (sort of what the first two "Home Alone" movies did),and is one of the most creative Christmas films to be made in Hollywood--which quite easily makes it one of the best Christmas films to ever be made and released.
This film allows its beginning to start off both well and informative by going into the life of businessman Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger). At the beginning of this film,while Howard has been able to maintain his career as a smart and successful businessman,things are not going well for him outside of his job. This is due to Howard missing out on several family events with his son Jamie (Jake Lloyd)and his wife Liz (Rita Wilson),which has lead to both Jamie and Liz developing less respect for Howard,and Howard constantly having to worry about the "friendship" of Liz and the neighbor of him and Liz,Ted Maltin (Phil Hartman),a single father who,while he may be nice,caring,and helpful,is also a little bit nosy and willing to win Liz over for himself--something that is Howard's worst nightmare.
However,despite the mistakes that Howard Langston has made as a father,Howard wants to make things better for him and his family--which is when Howard asks Jamie what he wants for Christmas more than anything,promising to buy Jamie the present. The present that Jamie wants is an action figure by the name of Turbo Man,the season's most popular action figure that has sold a lot of figures and made a lot of money--and is so cool that anyone Jamie's age who does NOT get one is going to be called off as "a total loser",something that Jamie does NOT want to become. In order to make things up with Jamie,Howard sets out to buy the action figure--only on Christmas Eve,when the action figure has sold out and Howard has forgotten to buy a figure from the request of Liz,which results in Howard frantically searching for the action figure,while he finds himself 1)competing to buy the figure with a mailman named Myron Larabee(Sinbad)who is on the same mission for his own son and is willing to do anything prevent Howard from beating him to winning the action figure,2)having to stop a con operation of the Turbo Man action figures lead by a mall Santa (John Belushi),and 3),of course,making his son happy while he makes sure that Ted does not steal Liz away from Howard.
If you are in the mood for a good Christmas film and a good laugh,"Jingle All The Way" is the film you want. Not only is the script well-planned out for the film's plot and the various events that occur throughout it with great humor and even some good morals at the same time,the acting here is a pure riot. While Arnold Schwarzenegger may not be Adam Sandler or Jim Carrey when it comes to the comedy film department,Schwarzenegger has proven himself to have a sense of humor over the years in some of his other films ("Kindergarten Cop","Twins",among others),and Schwarzenegger uses that sense of humor appropriately here and brings back his tough side as a more serious actor during the parts of this film that call for that kind of acting (most notably the scene with John Belushi),which pulls off this movie well. The other performances here are also really good,as well(Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad make a hillarious team here,and despite the fact that several people dismiss Jake Lloyd as whiny,Lloyd's performance as Jamie Langston is actually pretty good and finds Lloyd doing a good job at bringing the personality of Jamie onto the screen with the way a certain scene that feautures the character of Jamie),and are a large contribution to why this film is so funny. So,if you want a good Christmas film with a lot of holiday spirit and a lot of humor,put on "Jingle All the Way". It's a classic that will keep you entertained Christmas after Christmas,and will bring you non-stop laughter.
5/5
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