Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

The idea is a super cute movie, but it’s soooooo slow! Painfully slow, and what’s worse is there’s no joy. They pretend to have joy (except Ms. Johnston - she’s great) , but the rest isn’t joyful you don’t root for anyone in the cast because initially Mr. jangle was a jerk to his staff and daughter and then stays a jerk for most of the movie. The singing is there, the cast is talented, the costumes are spectacular - on the level of the greatest showman. The musical numbers are fun. The rest of the actors feel as if they need to make a point of “ what dramatic actors they are” it’s boring. It’s a shame because it could have been the newest Christmas musical to delight homes every year. Unfortunately it falls way flat. I guarantee you if they pulled the metrics on this thing 20/25 minutes and they lose most of their audience. I mean watch it, it’s okay but a bummer.

So I liked it. Unfortunately I didn't get to watch it to the end because my 6 year old really didn't like it. I don't know why that was. I think the music wasn't really her thing (I had to fast forward through the music to get her to watch it as far as we did). From my point of view, it was a gentle, fantasy film which would have made lovely family watching. Jeronicus was really mean to his apprentice and quite cruel and unfeeling towards the doll, but that part was brushed over quickly and I think kids probably wouldn't notice. I had to explain a lot of the plot to my daughter though. It was a very strange (but good) experience to see a film with entirely black antagonists. Really made me realise how white all our films are, so was really eye opening. We will revisit the film again when child is older. Can't quite understand how she can be totally enthralled by The Sound of Music, and totally bored by this.

Our whole family LOVES this movie. Kids (5 and 10 years old) and parents both enjoy this one again and again!

My 5 and 6 year old loved this Christmas movie. They found the main character to be inspiring. We all enjoyed the music (still are even a few weeks after Christmas!). My 6 year old is very sensitive, and the only scene that bothered her was when the grandfather yelled at his granddaughter. However, it did not deter her love for this movie.

Watched this with my 4 1/2 year old & 11 year old. They both liked it, as did I. The story was a bit complex for the 4 year old, but the singing, dancing, & the young lead character kept her watching. There were some tense moments for the 4 year old, too, but she wanted to keep going. My eldest enjoyed it, though I think he’s on the older end of the target audience. The story line is timeless (love, loss, family, perseverance, imagination, belief) & the feel of the movie is delightful—amazing costumes, fun music. A lovely holiday movie to add to our list.

Some of the reviews for this movie are rather lukewarm., so I felt compelled as a dad to write one to correct those poor impressions. This film is top tier-- great songs, great singing, great dancing, and impressive visual effects, costumes, and sets. The plot has the right blend of mystery and magic to make it an intriguing holiday film for the whole family, and there is no inappropriate content to speak of. If you are a fan of musicals like "The Greatest Showman" or "Les Miserables" you'll like this movie-- a lot! It is a more family friendly version of those films. It is not a Santa movie, but it certainly is great holiday entertainment-- much better than some of the so-called holiday 80's classics being pushed on us that I watched as a teen and now realize contain a lot of raunchy humour, poor treatment of women, or innuendo that I don't wanna have to explain to my daughters!

To be honest, we watched an hour maximum then got bored. It’s the type of movie you will only watch once. We love agood kids movie but in our opinion it wasn’t great. Nothing compared to some of the greats classics etc. Didn’t keep us hooked.