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Jingle All the Way
- Review Date: November 21, 2006
- PG
- Genre: Comedy
- 1996
Common Sense Media says
Ahnold terminates the holiday spirit.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this film offers nothing in the way of genuine family fun. Young kids may enjoy the action, car chases, and explosions, but they aren't worth it for the miserable messages about consumerism and buying your child's love.
What's the story?
Harold Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a workaholic dad who doesn't spend enough time with his son, Jamie. In order to win back Jamie's love, Harold offers to buy him anything he wants for Christmas. Jamie knows what he wants immediately. In an excited voice, he recites the TV ad for the new TurboMan toy. Just days before Christmas, Harold sets out to find the toy, but it's sold out everywhere. He roams from store to store, chases ping pong balls for toy lotteries, visits a creepy shop of stolen and broken gifts, and rushes to a radio station to try to win a TurboMan contest. Along the way, he becomes rivals with a mail carrier dad, Myron (Sinbad), who quite literally goes postal. In an even ickier subplot, a womanizing next door neighbor (Phil Hartman) uses his good-dad persona to try to seduce Harold's wife, Liz (Rita Wilson).
Is it any good?
If you don't have to watch Jingle All the Way, don't. It's everything that's wrong with the holiday season: It's competitive, it's stressful, it's desperate, and it's all about consumerism. In short, there's no one in this movie for kids to look up to. And what that means is that, despite being about getting toys, this is a movie for adults who've been in Harold's position and who desperately want to be their sons' heroes. But it's not fun to watch for anyone.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the movie's message. Is Christmas really all about getting THE toy? How do parents make time for their kids and show their love without gifts? What are your favorite things to do, especially during the holidays, that don't require spending money?
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October 18, 2010
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Jingle All The Way!
A Comedy Hit!!! Arnold Schwarzenegger Steals The Show With His Performance.I Think Good For Ages 8+ Is Dumb.Its A Great Holiday Season Movie For All Kids.
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Classic Christmas movie not to be overlooked.
Great Christmas movie and truly a classic. It is peppered with a few mild curse words such as d***, hell and a**, but it's not often, but certainly not what I want my son saying so I generally watch it with them, rather than let them watch alone. Other than that, the mild sexual content is way to far over the younger audiences head to be a concern.
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Good, Funny Movie
"Put that cookie down, Nao."
This movie is a very funny Arnold Schwarzenegger flick, in which his character (Howard Langston) is in hunt to find a turbo man action figure for his son. There are various bad words such as H*LL, D**N, and A*S. In one scene Arnold is mistaken for a pervert. Other then these few parts, this movie is bery good.
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Schwarzenegger cranks up the goofiness in this rotten turkey
Delightfully terrible holiday movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a father who is desperatley trying to get a toy for his child. Tons of dysfunctional moments filled with goofy humor that is incredibly weak. The movie feels like one big advert.
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The Common Sense Review Made Me Sick!!!
I read the CS review...
I gasped...
I checked the movie title...
I gasped...
I had no idea that only yesterday I had exposed my self to "commercialism", and "violence"...
This is without doubt THE BEST X-mas movie I have ever seen...
No...
I do not have the mentality of "young children"...
This movie was just an all-around feel GOOD, heart WARMING, HILARIOUS movie!
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Let me set things straight. It isn't funny.
Well, in science class we were supposed to be working on our element projects but the computers arent working so it was either watch this or work on chapter 3 vocabulary so the choice was obvious. I thought this movie to be very vulgar, unrealistically rehearsed, and stupid. I'm very sissapointed because not once did I open my mouth and laugh. So yeah, dont waste your time on this. But hey, dont get me wrong, it's better than sitting in a small room reading communistic books for three long days. ~ P.I.
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Funny ans cool.
I do not agree with Common Senses review. It was funny and worthwhile. Who knew that Arnold Swarchneggar could be funny?
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good movie
really good movie funny but there is some violence but thats it
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The Worst Christmas Movie Ever
When I was younger, I liked this movie. But, I saw it again, and thanks to bad acting, stupid plot, unfunny jokes, and consumerism in its blood, I offically hate this movie. Plus, Arnold should never star in a unfunny movie again.
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| Topics: | holidays |
| Studio: | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Director: | Brian Levant |
| Cast: | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 85 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | November 21, 1996 |
| DVD release date: | October 12, 2004 |
| MPAA rating: | PG |
| MPAA explanation: | action violence, mild language and some thematic elements |
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