December 24, 2014On Christmas Eve at my parents' house we traditionally watch 'It's A Wonderful Life' or 'Muppets Christmas Carol', but this year my dad pulled out a DVD with four movies on it - 'Miracle on 34th Street', 'Home Alone', 'Home Alone 2', and 'Jingle All The Way'. Since none of us had seen 'Jingle All The Way' since the 90's, we decided to watch that one. It's an entertaining (but pretty stupid) movie about a toy and the lengths some dads will go to to secure the last minute gift their kid wants. A successful businessman (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who calls everyone his number one customer isn't as successful at being a dad or a husband, and his family tends to feel left out most of the time. He decides to make up for it to his son by getting him the Turbo Man doll he really wants for Christmas, but when he gets to the stores he finds they're all sold out. He even attempts to steal his creepy neighbor's (Phil Hartman) doll from under their Christmas tree and ends up almost burning down their house. He meets a mailman (Sinbad) who wants the same toy for his kid outside one of the stores and the two form a rivalry that culminates in the two of them dressing up as Turbo Man and his arch-nemesis in a Christmas Day parade. It isn't necessarily a bad movie, but it isn't that good either.
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