Jingle All the Way

"Two dads, one toy, no prisoners."

Nov 22 1996 PG 1h 29m
Adventure, Comedy, Family

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.

Plot

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly busy at his job, and he also constantly disappoints his son, Jamie. After he misses his son's karate exposition, he tries hard to come up with a way to make it up to him. Jamie says he all he wants for Christmas is an action figure of television hero Turbo Man. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man figures; now Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else including a mail man named Myron to find a Turbo Man action figure, and to make it to the Wintertainment Parade, which will feature Turbo Man.

Written by

Randy Kornfield

Directed by

Brian Levant

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

1492 Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins & 4 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
124,280
Average Rating
5.8 out of 10
Metascore
34
Popularity
NA