Jingle Smells

Sorry to say, but I REALLY wanted to like this movie, I really did. I am a conservative talk show junkie and an ardent fan of the Sean Hannity shows and was looking forward to the release of this movie and bought it to show my family after Thanksgiving dinner. Before the family (four of us) arrived, I previewed the first few minutes of the movie and liked what I saw so far.

After we finished Thanksgiving dinner I put the movie on. My 38 year old son paid close attention while my wife and daughter kinda chatted paying less attention.

There were a couple laughs, but not many. Before long my son went to the girls and the thee of them chatted while I watched the movie.

The guest hosts on the Wednesday'S Hannity show really, REALLY, hyped the movie having several of the stars of the show on to talk about their experience making the movie. They likened the movie to Nat. Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (which the wife and I watch TWICE every season) and Home Alone (which we also watch every season).

I kept waiting for the movie to "take off." But it just kept plodding along with very little sense of it being a Christmas movie. If it was on TV when you're changing channels and came across it part way through, you'd be hard pressed to know it's a Christmas show. The only clue, most of the time, was Jingle Smells, the main character, wearing a Santa hat.

Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, The Santa Clause, etc., all give you a sense of traditional Christmases, Jingle Smells doesn't.

Since I bought it, own it, I might watch it again and see if there's something I didn't get the first time, but my wife won't watch it with me, SORRY TO SAY!

Maybe comparing it to the greats like National Lampoons Christmas Vacation and Home Alone wasn't the best idea. It sets the bar too high for expectations, leading to disappointment. It's interesting to see some familiar faces from past comedies, but ultimately, it just isn't enough to maintain enthusiasm and interest. I'm glad I watched it, but I don't see myself watching it again. It might make for a nice background movie while wrapping presents or decorating the Christmas tree. The acting isn't great, but that really isn't the objective of this movie. It's still a worthy effort at a family-friendly Christmas movie.

Love the cast, honestly a bunch of great people coming together to make a fun family movie for the holidays. Sadly, it was for sure missing something and I couldn't pinpoint what.

The movie has a couple of political messages. I watch movies and tv to be entertained and get away from real life stuff, not for politics no mater if I agree with the politics or not.

Always good to see John Schneider. I watched Dukes of Hazzard reruns with my Uncle when I was young and I watched Smallville in my teens. Great actor and from what I can tell from my living room couch, a great guy in real life.

I also want to point out that the young Tyson Jones did great for his first on screen performance.

I watched this movie with my Grams hoping it would be good, but it ended up being pretty bad, acting pretty bad, and the whole storyline is really weird... We were hoping to like this movie, but we ended up just criticizing it the whole way through! 👎 and the price is a lot for what it is... $20 for what! Three out of 10 don't really recommend way too expensive and overall just not a really good movie! I even was drinking my hot cocoa, and it almost came out of my mouth because of us laughing at it lol not trying to be mean though just giving my honest review! Watch it if you want just me personally I don't recommend it.

Plot

War vet Nick Gutman is forced to take a job with his dad's quirky garbage men buddies. When tasked to destroy canceled toys before Christmas - Nick takes on the secret identity "Jingle Smells" and becomes a Robin Hood of the Holidays.

Cast

Directed by Daniel Lusko known for politically bias films and documentaries including his "I'm a victim" movie where Christians are are persecuted this stars such barrel scrapers as John Schneider and Eric Roberts, political stooges Sean Hannity and Mike Huckabee and for some reason wrestler Dylan "Hornswoggle" Postl, James "Cowboy" Storm and er.... Eric Bischoff.

Verdict

Let it be known I don't like Christmas so unsurprisingly I don't tend to like Christmas movies. There have been exceptions such as Elf (2003) and I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998) but for the most part I find them offensively stupid and cannot fathom why anyone over the age of 6 would find them entertaining.

Lusko tries his hand at comedy and of course gets political every chance he gets, shoving down your throat a vile hatefilled intolerant mean spirited agenda alongside humor as funny as Melissa McCarthy. The theme is "Cancel culture" which let's not kid ourselves is just a term coined by people unhappy about facing the consequences of their actions.

It's not funny, it's not endearing, it's an unpleasant rancid watch and I'm honestly not sure who it's aimed at but I question the mentality of whoever enjoys it.

Rants

When the right accuses the left of putting agendas in movies/tv it's because it features diversity and they don't like that.

When the left accuses the right of putting agendas in movies/tv it's because it's filled with hateful anti-minority rhetoric.

The sides are not the same.

Breakdown Unfunny Politically motivated Embarrassingly poor cast.