Jingle all the Way (1996)

	Also Known As: La Course au Jouet (French)
	Year of first release: 1996
	Director: Brian Levant (The Flintstones, Beethoven)
	Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator, Predator, Twins), Sinbad, Phil Hartman
	Country: USA
	Genre: Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 07.12.2013, SD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: As a last chance to show to his son that he can keep his promises, an absent father (Schwarzenegger) goes out on a race to find a special toy on Christmas Eve. It will take him to the most unlikely places in town, where he will meet special characters.
Review: It is now December, and what better than to watch Christmas movies on a grey hangover Saturday afternoon. Jingle all the Way is dumber than I remembered and Schwarzenegger, then at the top of his comedy period, doesn't act very well. The situations he puts himself in are also exaggerated but that's part of the fun. It is interesting to see the future Anakin Skywalker Jake Lloyd as Schwarzenegger's kid, especially when his masked father almost tells him: "I am your father" making Schwarzenegger indirectly Luke Skywalker's grandfather (if you follow my drift). By the way, have you ever wondered what this cute little kid has become? Stupid toy race aside, what I will remember form this movie are the underlying jokes for adults. One of them is the warehouse filled with cheap fake Santa Clauses selling counterfeit toys. The other is the absolutely dumb super-hero Turbo-Man and all the characters from the children's show. The Turbo-Man joke is at its best when during the parade Schwarzenegger is dressed up as the super-hero and has to fight a postman (Sinbad) dressed as Turbo-Man's arch-enemy. It becomes really crazy when they start to use super-powers!
Rating: 5 /10