Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a true workaholic mattress salesman, who's been never been quite there for his sensitive son Jamie (Jake Lloyd). Since Howard missed his son karate class, he promises to make up for his mistakes if Jamie wanted an special gift for Christmas. Jamie wants an action figure of Turbo Man, the hottest Christmas toy of the year. Howard totally forgot to buy his gift. He is forced to go shopping on Christmas Eve, but Howard meet his match, an desperate postal worker named Myron Larabee (Sinbad). Which he turns out to be a major sicko. Now these two men are searching for this toy all over the city of Minneapolis. Howard also has to deal with his sleazy neighbour (The late Phil Hartman), who wants Howard's wife Liz (Rita Wilson).
Directed by Brian Levant (Problem Child 2, Beethoven, The Flintstones) made an enjoyable, wildly crazy Holiday movie about commercialism. Schwarzenegger does his best with his role as the absent father, who tries really hard to get "Turbo Man" for his son for Christmas. Sinbad has some funny moment as Howard's arrival. But it is the late Hartman steals the show as the womanizer neighbour. Although "Jingle All the Way" did so-so business at the box office, the film did went to have an loyal cult following over the years.
DVD has two versions, the original theatrical version and the extended version with five minutes of additional footage. Which both versions are fine, probably die-hard fans of the movie will stick to the theatrical version. DVD has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and an good Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD includes three featurettes, two games and an photo gallery. I would have love, if they added an filmmaker's commentary track. "Jingle All the Way", it is an fun movie to watch during the holidays, along with "Richard Donner's Scrooged", "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", "The Ref" and "Bad Santa". Which all these holidays movie are darkly humorous. "Jingle All the Way" is notable for being Schwarzenegger's last comedy. James Belushi (Schwarzenegger's co-star from "Red Heat") appears in a amusing supporting role as a con man, dressed an Santa Claus. Don't miss it. (****/*****).
Directed by Brian Levant (Problem Child 2, Beethoven, The Flintstones) made an enjoyable, wildly crazy Holiday movie about commercialism. Schwarzenegger does his best with his role as the absent father, who tries really hard to get "Turbo Man" for his son for Christmas. Sinbad has some funny moment as Howard's arrival. But it is the late Hartman steals the show as the womanizer neighbour. Although "Jingle All the Way" did so-so business at the box office, the film did went to have an loyal cult following over the years.
DVD has two versions, the original theatrical version and the extended version with five minutes of additional footage. Which both versions are fine, probably die-hard fans of the movie will stick to the theatrical version. DVD has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and an good Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD includes three featurettes, two games and an photo gallery. I would have love, if they added an filmmaker's commentary track. "Jingle All the Way", it is an fun movie to watch during the holidays, along with "Richard Donner's Scrooged", "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", "The Ref" and "Bad Santa". Which all these holidays movie are darkly humorous. "Jingle All the Way" is notable for being Schwarzenegger's last comedy. James Belushi (Schwarzenegger's co-star from "Red Heat") appears in a amusing supporting role as a con man, dressed an Santa Claus. Don't miss it. (****/*****).