Film

Jingle All the Way 1996

Directed by Brian Levant

  • Family, Adventure, Comedy
  • 89 min
  • PG

Two dads, one toy, no prisoners.

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.

FamilyAdventureComedyhusband wife relationshipholidayminnesotachristmas partysanta clausshopping mallpuppetaftercreditsstingerchristmassatiricalfather son relationshipfarce

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Comic, effortless, warm and unpretentious.

  • gravecomic
  • effortlessdemanding
  • warmbleak
  • unpretentiousprestige
  • classical in formformally daring

Who loves it, who doesn't

The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: loved by 22The CartographerThe Cartographer: loved by 22The SincereThe Sincere: disliked by 20 / 2The FormalistThe Formalist: disliked by 20 / 2The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 11The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: disliked by 10 / 1The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: disliked by 10 / 1loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

18 profiled raters. Loved most by The Genre Devotees; disliked most by The Sinceres.

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