Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

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Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

PG

2020

2h 0m

Kids & Family

Holiday

Musical

Fantasy

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Decades after his apprentice betrays him, a once joyful toymaker finds new hope when his bright young granddaughter appears on his doorstep.

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Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey celebrates the yuletide season with a holiday adventure whose exuberant spirit is matched by its uplifting message.

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Angie Han

Mashable

Nov 25, 2020

In its glorious extravagance, and its cheerful disinterest in apologizing for same, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey captures a certain essence of the Christmas spirit.

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Leah Greenblatt

Entertainment Weekly

Nov 21, 2020

B+

A sprawling musical extravaganza whose candy-colored, dandily overstuffed revelry spills over with joy and jubilance and every other happy J-word.

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Karen Han

Slate

Nov 19, 2020

It's the filmic equivalent of the high that comes from eating way too many candy canes and drinking way too much hot chocolate.

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Patrick Beatty

ABC4 Utah

Jul 23, 2025

A family feel-good movie

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Cy Catwell

But Why Tho?

Apr 16, 2023

10/10

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey is the Black Chistmas story we’ve all been waiting for. The film has a big screen vibe with high production, a bombastic soundtrack, and a slew of actors that give it their all to tell this heartwarming holiday story.

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Victor Pineyro

Seventh Art Studio

Oct 22, 2021

8/10

It took me as a surprise that it was a musical, E. Talbert's latest film took some great inspirations to become a beautiful christmas experience. [Full review in Spanish]

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diogo13 T

@Tua_mera Jul 14, 2026

Visualmente é um dos filmes de Natal mais criativos e bonitos dos últimos tempos, mas falha no ritmo e na estrutura musical.

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Diana L

@lovelyada Jan 1, 2026

Absolutely love it! Didn't disappoint and i would watch it over and over again!

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Monica M.

@Travelluv225 Dec 28, 2025

A family favorite holiday movie tradition. Beautifully written and acted with a phenomenal cast and fantastic choreography and costumes. it wonderfully delivers holiday magic!!

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Colton S.

@Phant0m Dec 27, 2025

Im sorry. The plot was un original and the pacing was extremely slow and boring. Go back to the original holiday favs.

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Brett W

@RT86809602 Dec 23, 2025

From a cruelly-discerning, high-brow holiday movie-lover, Jingle Jangle is an instant Yuletide classic of the 21st century (alongside The Green Knight, Carol, The Holdovers, Elf, and Violent Night), filled to the brim with authentic cinema magic, vibrant characters, emotion that's earned, not cheaply manipulated, Forest Whitaker reminding us why he's a silver screen legend, and a soundtrack worthy of space on your iPod. In the words of Gustafson, "The wow factor alone will knock your socks off."

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Neil M

@Egmawesome Dec 23, 2025

It’s a great film but a bit longwinded

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Synopsis

Decades after his apprentice betrays him, a once joyful toymaker finds new hope when his bright young granddaughter appears on his doorstep.

Director: David E. Talbert
Producer: Lyn Sisson-Talbert, Kristin Burr, Mike Jackson, John Legend, David McIlvain, David E. Talbert
Screenwriter: David E. Talbert, Sabuj Hossain
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Golden Girl, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, 260 Degrees Entertainment, Get Lifted Film Co.
Rating: PG (Peril|Some Thematic Elements)
Genre: Kids & Family, Holiday, Musical, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 13, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 13, 2020
Runtime: 2h 0m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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