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Name: Jingle All the Way
Director: Brian Levant
Genre: adventure, comedy, family
Released: 1996
Duration: 1 h 29 min
Rating: 5.8

Jingle All the Way has an iRankMovies score of 43.5/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Jingle All the Way (1996)

Two dads, one toy, no prisoners.

Release:1996

Runtime:1h 29m

Country:United States

Director:Brian Levant

Language:English

Genre

AdventureComedyFamily

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Keywords

Husband Wife RelationshipHolidayMinnesotaChristmas PartySanta ClausShopping MallPuppetAftercreditsstinger

iRank44

Jingle All the Way rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb5.8/10· 129K votes

Rotten Tomatoes20%

Metacritic34%

TMDb6.1/10· 3K votes

With 20% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.8/10 on IMDb and 34/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Jingle All the Way

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.

Cast of Jingle All the Way

Arnold Schwarzenegger
as Howard Langston
Sinbad
as Myron Larabee
Phil Hartman
as Ted Maltin
Jake Lloyd
as Jamie Langston
Rita Wilson
as Liz Langston
Robert Conrad
as Officer Hummell
Martin Mull
as D.J.
Jim Belushi
as Mall Santa
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E.J. De la Pena
as Johnny
Laraine Newman
as First Lady
J
Justin Chapman
as Billy
Harvey Korman
as President

Jingle All the Way facts

Budget: $60M
Box office: $129.8M
Collection: Jingle All the Way Collection

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026Methodology Data sources

Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Wholesome family-friendly Christmas adventure delivers seasonal entertainment
•Lighthearted farce maintains upbeat tone with pratfall comedy moments
•Appeals effectively to younger viewers seeking holiday season content

What the audience disliked

•Dated 1990s sensibilities render premise culturally and comically questionable
•Thin plot driven by contrived obstacles rather than genuine character development

Saga: Jingle All the Way Collection