Jingle All the Way
Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: November 22, 1996 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
7
Negative:
13
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58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
For all its garishness, though, the film is punchy and fast, and it has an engagingly preposterous cheeseball climax, with Schwarzenegger, in full Turbo Man regalia, zooming through the skies like a consumer-king Rocketeer. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Jingle All the Way is forgettable, and that, more than anything else, is why I recommend passing up this holiday offering. Read full review
50
VarietyEmanuel Levy
Based on an idea similar to the premise of Home Alone, though not nearly as accomplished or entertaining, and produced by that film's director, Chris Columbus, this family comedy-adventure is decidedly not a vintage Schwarzenegger kidpic on the order of Kindergarten Cop. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Jingle wants to warm our hearts and establish Schwarzenegger as a family man -- but devotes so much time to goony violence and broad physical comedy that the last-reel schmaltz feels hollow and tacked-on. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Jingle All the Way is at its best when piling on the slapstick, which director Brian Levant ( The Flintstones ) wisely does often. [22 Nov 1996, p.6G]
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
For those who are looking for a Capracornish sentimental tale about the Christmas spirit lost and re-discovered in the harried modern world, this holiday film is far too acerbic and frantic to play the heart strings. [22 Nov 1996, p.D6]
40
The TelegraphAnne Billson
The film is very loud, and festooned with the sort of comic violence far more disturbing than anything in an 18-rated movie. Read full review
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