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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. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

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

Rating:

PG (Peril|Some Thematic Elements)
Genre:

fantasy, kids and family, other, musical
Original Language:

English
Director:

David E. Talbert
Producer:

Lyn Sisson-Talbert, Kristin Burr, Mike Jackson, John Legend, David McIlvain, David E. Talbert
Writer:

David E. Talbert
Release Date (Theaters):

Nov 13, 2020 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 13, 2020
Runtime:

2h
Production Co:

Golden Girl, 260 Degrees Entertainment, Get Lifted Film Co., Brillstein Entertainment Partners
Aspect Ratio:

Flat (1.85:1)

Cast & Crew

Forest Whitaker
Jeronicus

Keegan-Michael Key
Gustofson

Hugh Bonneville
Mr. Delacroix

Anika Noni Rose
Jessica

Madalen Mills
Journey

Phylicia Rashad
Grandmother Journey

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Critic Reviews for Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

All Critics (73) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (65) | Rotten (8)

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.

November 25, 2020 | Full Review…

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

November 21, 2020 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

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

November 19, 2020 | Full Review…

Karen Han
Slate
With Jingle Jangle, Talbert has reimagined what a Christmas musical can do and what it can represent for Black girls in particular.

November 18, 2020 | Full Review…

Aramide Tinubu
NBC News THINK
An absolute mess, but a fun mess...a fully-stuffed movie, but not a turkey.

November 17, 2020 | Full Review…

Mark Kermode
Kermode & Mayo's Film Review
The film works its showy magic. Or perhaps enforces its magic would be more accurate.

November 14, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Wendy Ide
Observer (UK)
It's a magical film. There are a lot of really feel-good moments between these characters, small touches with musical numbers...little things I really appreciated.

January 19, 2021 | Full Review…

Korey Coleman
Double Toasted
So much of it either didn't make sense / contradicted itself, or felt like it was written on the fly to pass time...

January 19, 2021 | Full Review…

Martin Thomas
Double Toasted
...Jingle Jangle is a bold and imaginative throwback to the classic Christmas tales of our childhood with a modern perspective...

January 15, 2021 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Jennifer Heaton
Alternative Lens
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey is a vibrant homage to old-school musicals while managing to have timeless, not outdated, qualities ... [The movie] is mostly a sweet-natured tale of how love ... can sustain families through the hardest times.

January 1, 2021 | Full Review…

Carla Hay
Culture Mix
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey is one of those holiday films that are easy to watch, make you happy, and give you just that little bit of Christmas/Holiday spirit.

December 22, 2020 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…

Emilie Black
Cinema Crazed
You'll forget most of what happened in the plot within just a few minutes of the credits rolling, but the cheer it offers is likely to last longer.

December 17, 2020 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Matthew Dougherty
The Filtered Lens