Jingle All the Way

Rating:
Summary: Arnold's funniest movie!!!
Review: Arnold 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!!!

Rating:
Summary: Jingle All the Way: My Family's Christmas Tradition
Review: I love this movie! We watch it a bunch of times every Christmas! The story goes that a father who's obsessed with his job was supposed to get his son an action figure two weeks before. So on Christmas Eve, he has to buy the doll. Unfortunately, none of the stores have it. He meets a crazy mailman who also wants it. I'll list the pros and cons:
Pros:
Funny characters
good story
good lesson at the end.
Cons:
Not good for little kids,
and kind of violent for a Christmas movie.
I love this movie. It's really funny.


Rating:
Summary: Nice movie for kids
Review: This movie is not meant to be more than the piece of fluff that it is. No need to go off the deep end here. We know it's not Hamlet! Could it be funnier? Yes. Arnold Schwarzenegger's accent does not help the comedy much. I wish he'd take some speech lessons. He's not very good at comedy nor is he a the most wonderful actor in the world. But kids don't care. I'm not going to suggest that you run out and buy this film right away but if you're looking for something for the kids to watch and they have everything else then by all means, give it a try.

There are a few moments that are funnier than others, no thanks to Schwarzenegger. There is a message in the film which I can give you in a nutshell. Spend more time with your kids. Here ended the lesson!

Parental advisory: There is some violence but no nudity, sex or foul language. I suggest a viewing age of at least 6.

Rating:
Summary: Horrible Movie
Review: Even when I was younger when it first came out, I never liked this movie. It was not funny and the entire mood of the movie was mean-spirited. I could not find any character in this movie that I liked and it never put me into the Christmas spirit. The acting was not very well done and it did not display the true meaning of Christmas in my opinion. Spend your precious Christmas money on something better.