Jingle All The Way Movie
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Two Dads, One Toy, No Prisoners.
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Howard Langston, a father who has promised his son that he will get anything he wants for christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, his son wants an immensely popular "Turbo Man" action figure. Howard forgets to get it, and since it's Christmas Eve, it's sold out everywhere. Since Howard knows he has let his son down in the past, he goes on a quest to track down a "Turbo Man" action figure, and will stop at nothing to get his son the gift that he wants.
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | Howard Langston |
| Sinbad | Myron Larabee |
| Phil Hartman | Ted Maltin |
| Rita Wilson | Liz Langston |
| Robert Conrad | Officer Hummell |
| Martin Mull | D.J. |
| Jake Lloyd | Jamie Langston |
| James Belushi | Mall Santa |
| E.J. De La Pena | Johnny |
| Laraine Newman | First Lady |
| Justin Chapman | Billy |
| Harvey Korman | President |
| Richard Moll | Dementor |
| Daniel Riordan | Turbo Man |
| Jeff L. Deist | T.V. Booster/Puppeteer |
| Brian Levant |
4.70 out of 10 (14677 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Arnold's funniest movie!!!
posted on 29 Jul 2009Arnold can do comedy if given the right material, & here he is given just that, as a father & husband who is obsessed with his job that he misses his son's karate class, after promising to be there, to make up for his absense, he promises his son anything he wants for Christmas, which happens to be a Turbo Man action figure, which is the year's hottest selling toy, while waiting in line at a retail store on Christmas Eve, he crosses paths with Simbad as an unstable postman whose also on the hunt, as they push & shove each other & try desperately to one up the other in their quest for the sold out Turbo Man, anyone who has children will see the reality here, I work in retail, & this movie shows the dark side to Christmas shopping not seen in other films, I have witnessed parents acting just like Arnold & Simbad in this movie & this movie is a fuuny take on parents acting like idiots to please their children, especially Arnold who keeps running afoul a police officer(Robert Conrad) at every turn, at the worst possible time or the shopping mall where Arnold & Simbad do battle over a ball that a department store offers for a limited stock of Turbo Man figures along with other frantic parents pushing & shoving their way for the magic balls that the employees throw in the air, to Arnold running into a bogus Santa( Jim Belushi) who is a con man that offers Arnold a Turbo Man in a undisclosed location where Belushi & others have a black market operation that has Arnold fighting Giant & Midget Santas when he calls Belushi a crook, to the place being raided to Arnold & Simbad once again doing battle, everthing that can go wrong does here for Arnold, in addition to that, he has a neighbor(the late Phil Hartman) making moves on his wife & showing him up at every turn, especially by bragging that he already got his son a Turbo Man, this is the funniest Chritmas movie since Chevy Chase's "Christmas Vacation" & ranks second in my view next Chase's film, both movies show the pains and joys of Christmas & do not candy coat it in any way shape or form like other Christmas movies do, the ending may be a little bit out there, but overall a very funny movie with everyone playing their roles to perfection, If you don't have kids or don't work in retail, you just won't get it!!!
Turbo Man Mania
posted on 20 Jul 2009Wow did the Amazon critic not get a turbo man so he is giving sour grapes? Okay I personally lived through Star Wars, Cabbage Patch Kids, Transformers, and Beanie Babies mania so this movie makes perfect sense to me. Mean spirited and sending the wrong message to parents? Um sadly enough no message needs to be sent, it's out there already. Now I happen to like the comedy in this movie, and quite honestly when it gets down to it they finally try to show a little Christmas spirit at the end. This movie never takes itself to serious, so no one else should. Want to see an outrageous ongoing fight over a hard to get toy? Like you haven't already at Toys R Us, Walmart, or somewhere else yourself. A fun movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad. A few extras included in this Family Fun Edition. The DVD quality is good. Decent replayability for the whole family.
WORST MOVIE OF ALL TIME!
posted on 17 Jul 2009Ahrnold is the worst actor of ALL TIME. This is one case of a movie in which I hope no one else see's. I saw this in my reading class when Ms. P didn't have a lesson and showed this just to kill time, I was so board. I hope no one ever spends money on this movie. I'm so happy the period was only about 40 minutes long because I couldn't stand to sit during another minute of that movie. JINGLE ALL THE WAY, NEVER WATCH THIS MOVIE! Sinbad tries to be funny but is very, very, boring. Once again, don't buy this, and if you have to get this movie for someone, save them and save your money.
jingle all the way is still fun and funny
posted on 05 Jul 2009I bought the vhs when that came out now I just got the family edition for christmas it's still fun and funny and now im 26 and it still makes me laugh it's one of my favorite holiday movie's it's turbo time on dvd now it's easier to watch on dvd instead of putting in the tape all the time I have to check out the extra's but I do like that the extended version is on here and I have never watched it on dvd before and owning it on dvd three things for me makes this a easy buy
Average Christmas Movie For Kids
posted on 04 Jul 2009Average Christmas movie for kids.Think Walt Disney style with Arnold Schwarzenegger.Christmas family movie basics are here,with Slapstick style and CGI effects thrown in for good measure.Expect these and if you are still interested,you will be entertained. Nothing spectacuar here.Just pure family Christmas movie fun.Could have used better screenplay and editing.Only for fans of family semi-slapstic comedy movies and big fans of the lead actors.....
It's a perfect family movie
posted on 17 Jun 2009I like Arnold Schwarzenegeer in this movie. He is a very good actor, he can play comedy and family movie as good as action movie. I just bought this DVD about 1 month ago and I already watched it couple times. But I always laugh a lot each time I saw the movie. This is the best Arnold Schwarzenegeer comedy movie I ever watched.
Is Santa Claus... Arnold
posted on 04 Jun 2009It sounds like a bad joke...
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Action Hero number 1, in a Christmas movie. But it's NOT a bad idea. I think it's a great, funny movie and after you have seen it you will feel better. It's not a "deep-thinking" movie like Matrix but pure entertainment with some action, because it still a Arnold movie. I Like it, but I'm also a Arnold-fan, so if you want some Christmas-spirit, see it
About as much fun as getting socks for Christmas; but if you MUST watch it, stick around for the credits.
posted on 17 May 2009Most of Arnold Schwarzenegger's ventures into comedy have been at least amusing, but "Jingle All The Way" fails on pretty much every level; the comedy's weak and occasionally offensive (hands up everyone who really thinks jokes about bombs in the post are funny), Arnie and the equally painful Sinbad as his rival after this year's must-have Turbo Man make you lament the movie's criminal waste of the late lamented Phil Hartman, and the scene where the big guy goes whizzing all over the place as Turboman in the parade climax just seems like an excuse to fit in special effects (which aren't that special, by the way). And the emotional moments work just as well as the comic scenes - i.e. they don't. (The kid isn't a help either.)That's not to say there aren't any good moments; the end titles feature a great Brian Setzer version of "Jingle Bells," a reprise of David Newman's Turbo Man theme - how many movies has this man given music better than they deserve? (a pox on the Amazon.com reviewer who described Newman's two cuts on the TVT album as "filler." Critics with a clue about movie music are about as common as people who like Kelly Brook for her acting) - and a Nat King Cole song. And there is one genuinely funny moment... but that moment comes after the end credits have finished, "Produced and Released by Twentieth Century Fox" and all. I won't give it away, but it does prove that "Jingle All The Way" is a one-joke comedy in the worst sense of the term.
GET THAT TURBO MAN TOY!
posted on 12 May 2009JINGLE ALL THE WAY is one of those Christmas movies that doesn't even consider the true meaning of the season, but focuses on what is sadly a true motivator: get that gift at any cost! We see people stampeding on each other, knocking over displays, all to get the Turbo Man Action Figure doll. (This movie is supposedly based on the 80s Cabbage Patch Doll craze). Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as a workaholic father who waits until the last minute to get his son the figure and on that fateful day, he does everything he can to acquire the doll. His nemesis is played by Sinbad, a postal worker who brings new meaning to the phrase "going postal" in his quest to get that doll. The late Phil Hartman shows up as Arnie's suave bachelor (make that divorced) neighbor who is too perfect and has his eye on Arnie's frustrated missus (the always delightful and underused Rita Wilson). We also get Robert Conrad as the harried cop who always manages to get in Arnie's way.
As expected, it's all mindless, but the one joke tends to wear thin and the over the top ending is just too too much, but it's all enjoyable if you suspend belief and can take Arnie's really bad acting (Perhaps Tom Hanks - Rita's husband - could have made it more enjoyable). At any rate, the kids will probably get in to it, and adults won't be bored, just a little sad that Christmas can be so commercialized.
Funny Holiday Fare
posted on 23 Apr 2009Don't listen to the Scrooges who tell you this film is no good. It's good-natured, fast-paced and often very funny, like a live-action cartoon. Arnold is one of those actors that come off larger-than-life but extremely likable because he's not above poking fun at himself and his image. He's not afraid to be totally goofy if it'll get a laugh. He and Sinbad here have a nice, unforced comic chemistry together.Besides being a comedy, the film shows the the total insanity and crass commercialization of the holiday season in this day and age, which is both funny and thought-provoking.It may never be an enduring classic, but I laugh alot whenever I watch this movie. Put it on a double-bill with "A Christmas Story" for some great family holiday fun.
Jingle All The Way
posted on 20 Apr 2009Brian Levant, the director of Beethoven and The Flintstones brings us a seasonal comedy about one man's struggle to get his son the toy he wants. Basically Howard 'Howie Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has let his son Jamie down quite a few times in the past, and he now wants to make it up to him. So Jamie asks him to get the new and very popular Turbo Man doll. Unfortunately he forgets and now has only Christmas Eve to get it. He is trying everything he can to get the doll, but he has competition from father Myron Larabee (Sinbad) who also tries to get the doll. They both run into each other too much, and the struggle to get the doll goes on and on. Also starring Phil Hartman as Ted Maltin. It has giggly moments, e.g. wrestling and ninja like Santas' and a good ending, but it isn't that great. Once it was even voted the worst Christmas movie ever, beating Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. Adequate!
Classic Christmas Kaos
posted on 25 Mar 2009This movie is a movie that is 100% truthful to how parents shop for their kids. This story is about a work-o-holic dad who is absent minded and always forgets famili events, (e.g. his sons karote ceremony.) One night his wife asks him if he picked up a Turbo man doll for his son. He says nothing becuase he forgot. The next day (which is Christmas Eve) he goes out to try and find this doll for his son. there is only one problem, this is the Christmas hot seller. This leads him on a chase with a whole bunch of laughs along the way. I would recommend this Christmas Comedy Classic to kids because it totally reflects today's parents
Funny and family friendly
posted on 14 Feb 2009You'd have to have some serious psychological problems to go off about the cruelty of the movie towards it characters or even attempt to bring yourself to not believe that people don't act like raging idiots during the xmas holidays. I used to work at a ... and trust me, I've seen two women actually engage in a fist fight over a Tickle Me Elmo. T
The movie isn't meant to be serious or even have that great of a message. Sure Arnold has some problems which tend to become more and more annoying as the movie comes through, mostly his wifes constant bombardment. Still in the end after everything is said and done xmas is saved and atleast for the moment everyone who should have gotten what was coming to them got it and everyone that needed to come together did. It's a funny anf family friendly comedy that I would suggest very highly to anyone looking to find something to watch with the kids on xmas or anyday without having to worry about vulgar language or nudity like in most kids flicks that have come out as of late.
Just sit back and enjoy fun that this movie pokes at the outside world and live in it for the minutes that it's on instead of worrying about what other people would think if they knew you watched it.
Underrated Christmas Film
posted on 07 Feb 2009I just looked at the rating and wow, a 4.6 is kind of low in my opinion.I thought this film was the perfect family film. It obviously does not measure up to the standards of Home Alone or any of those classic puppet Christmas Films, but this film is good in its own way. Howard goes to get his son the Turbo Man action figure only to realize it is the hottest selling toy of the Christmas Season.The events that Howard goes through to get his son the simple figure seem drastic and unreal, but it is a movie here, and most of all- for the kids. The scenes he is in involving him and Myron battle for the one toy are hilarious, there is definitely a Christmas feeling in this film, Phil Hartman is excellent as the bachelor Tad, and most of all: There is snow.Throughout the entire film, the father Howard (aside from trying to get the Turbo Man figure) has an inner struggle with himself concerning the promises he has made to his family- and he eventually does his best to keep his promises.
One of the best Christmas movies I've ever seen
posted on 20 Jan 2009JINGLE ALL THE WAY, in my opinion, is one of the best Christmas movies I've ever seen. I thought that Howard (Arnold Schwarzenegger) should have paid a LITTLE more attention to his family. The one person I REALLY couldn't stand was Myron (Sinbad). This was because of his attitude. Plus, he tried to hurt Jamie (Jake Lloyd). I must say that Howard was VERY foolish to wait so long to buy Jamie's present. Even my parents have more sense than that! No offense to you, Howard. If you ask me, Liz (Rita Wilson) looked VERY beautiful in the nightgown she wore. The part that REALLY made me laugh the most was when Howard broke into Ted's (Phil Hartman) house and stole the Turbo Man doll that was supposed to be for Johnny (E.J. De La Pena). This was because Ted's reindeer charged at Howard and caused him to set the living room carpet on fire. That was absolutely hilarious! In conclusion, I HIGHLY recommend this holiday smash to everyone -- Especially all you Arnold Schwarzenegger fans who have not seen it. When you see it, prepare to laugh and have a good time.
pushes its premise a bit too far
posted on 08 Jan 2009Wildly uneven comedy stars Schwarzenegger as a hardworking but neglectful father who goes on a frantic, last minute search to try and find his son a popular Christmas toy. What starts off as a routine search soon escalates into an all-out war when he finds an unexpected rival in the form of deeply disgruntled and unstable mailman Sinbad. An engaging cast, with some clever and funny moments make the film watchable, but eventually it goes overboard and too often resorts to brutal, Home Alone-style slapstick that is neither funny nor family-oriented. Not that bad per se, but derivative and not really suitable for the target audience. **½
Satirical wins out over stupid
posted on 09 Aug 2009This film has taken a great many knocks over the years and I'll be the first to admit that it does have flaws. The conclusion, especially, is so sickly sweet that it sends your eyes rolling like slot machine spinners. Some of the things that Arnie does as he gets more and more desperate to track down a Turbo man doll for his son are cringe-worthy (I'm thinking particularly of when he stalks a little girl in the ball room at the mall) but they ultimately do function within the larger scope of the film.Arnold plays a father who was supposed to take care of getting a toy for his son. He's forgotten and has to go out on Christmas Eve to try and track one down. When he realizes that it is the hottest selling toy of all-time, High-jinx ensue.The thing with Arnie is that you're either going to take him or leave him. If you find his accent aggravating, or his acting wooden, then stay away from this film because you're just not going to like it anyway. I don't think he's that bad in this and I would go so far as to say that it is probably his second most successful comedy ("Kindergarden Cop" being my first choice -- "IT'S NOT A TOOMAH!!!" CLassic! Ha!). He's got an excellent supporting cast in this one: Jim Belushi as a seedy shopping mall Santa, Rita Wilson as Arnie's long suffering wife, Phil Hartman as the sugary sweet sleaze of a neighbour and of course the inimitable Sinbad. I would argue that the unlikely pairing of Sinbad and Arnie works extremely well and is probably the key to the film's success. Neither really has the acting chops to make the other look bad or out of place and so they are each able to hold their own when on screen at the same time.There is a tendency to take this film too seriously. It has a great satirical viewpoint. Who among the retail warriors can watch this film and not throw their hands up in the air saying "Idiots! You've left it to the last minute and you're getting exactly what you deserve!" Who among the legion of over-stressed and unlucky parents can't feel some sympathy for the plight of a man just trying to do right by his kid, even if it is a little too late? Jingle All The Way is a Christmas cure. It's a sharp point to puncture the over commercialism we get caught up in. This film is a chance to chuckle at ourselves and the insanity we leap into with enthusiasm annually. It is a ninety minute reality check and a chance to sit back, relax, and not take things so seriously. This isn't 'Scrooged,' or 'It's a Wonderful Life,' or 'A Christmas Carol.' It isn't the best of comedies or the best of Christmas films. But it is very honest about itself and not a bad way to spend the holiday.