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20% Tomatometer 46 Reviews 41% Audience Score 100,000+ Ratings Workaholic Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) wants to make things up to his son, Jamie (Jake Lloyd), and wife, Liz (Rita Wilson). He promises to get Jamie the hottest toy of the season, Turbo-Man -- even though it's Christmas Eve and the toy is practically sold out. As Langston hunts down the elusive gift, he runs into mailman Myron (Sinbad), another father on the same quest. With the clock winding down, Langston's moral code is tested as he starts to learn the real meaning of Christmas. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

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Arnold Schwarzenegger tries his best, but Jingle All the Way suffers from an uneven tone, shifting wildly from a would-be satire on materialism to an antic, slapstick yuk-fest.

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Jingle All the Way | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com That rare family-themed Christmas movie that isn't really aimed at kids. It's actually aimed at adults... It's a family Christmas movie that's completely honest about what family Christmases tend to be like! Rated: B+ Dec 21, 2020 Full Review Jingle All the Way | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Anne Billson Daily Telegraph (UK) The film is very loud, and festooned with the sort of comic violence far more disturbing than anything in an 18-rated movie. Nov 27, 2017 Full Review Jingle All the Way | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: C+ Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Jingle All the Way | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Mikel Zorrilla Espinof Schwarzenegger's charisma helps somewhat. [Full review in Spanish] Jan 3, 2022 Full Review Jingle All the Way | Rotten Tomatoes (5) David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...the movie benefits substantially from Schwarzenegger's go-for-broke turn as the progressively frantic central character... Rated: 2.5/4 Dec 14, 2021 Full Review Jingle All the Way | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Watching Arnold Schwarzenegger take a stab at light-hearted comedy is often like watching a whale try to maintain its balance on a gymnastics beam. Rated: 1/4 Dec 29, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Christopher J ngl i actually love this movie Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/05/24 Full Review Jeff M I really wanted to like this movie and made every effort to do so. But when all is said and done, I have to remain true and honest to myself. This is the cinematic equivalent of getting burnt fast food after waiting in line for an hour next to a really smelly and talkative guy named Zeke. This is a tortuous experience, and its 90 minute run time felt longer than GONE WITH THE WIND. I will admit, there was a very small glimmer of hope when I saw my comedy idol Harvey Korman pop up at the beginning; however, he's gone after 12 seconds, and I was left high and dry. Watching Arnold try to be funny is truly one of the most excruciatingly uncomfortable things in movie history. And D-list stand-up comic Sinbad matches him step for step in a truly unbearable performance. I wanted to smack Jake Lloyd as Schwarzenegger's son within minutes of his first appearance. The exaggerated physical comedy is not only unfunny but almost offensive in its lack of tact. If you find stuff like this funny, more power to you, but I just don't get it. I can't think of one inspired moment that made me even crack the faintest of grins. Were it not for the atrocity to mankind that is KIRK CAMERON'S SAVING CHRISTMAS, this could very well have been the worst holiday movie ever made. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/10/24 Full Review Genesis V THIS MOVIE IS GREAT ESPECIALLY FOR ARNOD FANS THE FIRST TIME I WATCHED THIS MOVIE I LOVED IT I WATCHED IT PRETY MUCH EVERY DAY BUT AFTER I WATCHED THIS MOVIE AND T2 I BECAME A BIGGER ARNOLD FAN. THE MOVIE IS AWSOME PERFECT FOR THE HOLIDAYS DEFFINETLY A COMFORT MOVIE. IT MAY SEEN LIKE A BAD MOVIE BUT IT REALLY ISIN'T YOU JUST HAVE TO WATCH IT YOU WILL WANT TO WATCH IT OVER AND OVER THE MORE TIMES YOU WATCH IT THE "BAD" PARTS DON'T REALLY STICK OUT ANYMORE. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/10/24 Full Review Älėjäńdrö D Es muy buena esta película es divertida cada vez que la veo me saca demasiadas risas Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/24 Full Review Melany T Ecxelente, la recomiendo mucho la verdad, es muy increíble. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/24 Full Review Santiago A Pues la película es muy interesante y llamativa la verdad es que mi gusto mucho de lo que trata y quede fascinado Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Brian Levant Director Arnold Schwarzenegger Howard 'Howie' Langston Sinbad Myron Larabee Phil Hartman Ted Maltin Rita Wilson Liz Langston Robert Conrad Officer Hummell
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Synopsis Workaholic Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) wants to make things up to his son, Jamie (Jake Lloyd), and wife, Liz (Rita Wilson). He promises to get Jamie the hottest toy of the season, Turbo-Man -- even though it's Christmas Eve and the toy is practically sold out. As Langston hunts down the elusive gift, he runs into mailman Myron (Sinbad), another father on the same quest. With the clock winding down, Langston's moral code is tested as he starts to learn the real meaning of Christmas.

Director
Brian Levant

Producer
Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe

Screenwriter
Randy Kornfield

Distributor
20th Century Fox

Production Co
1492 Pictures, 20th Century Fox

Rating
PG

Genre
Kids & Family, Holiday, Comedy

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 16, 1996, Original

Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013

Box Office (Gross USA)
$60.6M

Runtime
1h 28m

Sound Mix
Surround
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