Jingle Smells

First of all, all the 10 star reviews were obviously posted by the producers of the film, because no one in their right mind would give this film a 10. I am a conservative Christian and I'm certainly aware of cancel culture, but this film falls apart in so many ways. It is poorly written, poorly acted, and the story line is just awful!

Cancel culture is a real thing, and this film does that issue a disservice.

The only thing I found entertaining was that it was 'kind of' snowing on a sunny day in New Mexico. And then it stopped snowing, and then it started snowing again. Also, it seemed like Christmas had already taken place, and then they went back and had it again. Clearly confusing!

Don't waste your $19.99!

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.

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 heard about this film from a podcast, and decided to have a watch party with friends. We watched another John Schneider film a few months ago and made it a drinking game every time the actors sounded like a Fox News commentator covering a klan rally and we literally had to stop the game 15 minutes in.

So I'm very glad we decided against doing the same drinking game with this film, because merely watching this movie 'cancels' enough brain cells.

It's not a surprise this sad little pile is just a cheap string of every conservative trope for playing the victim card. But that's just what you get whenever John Schneider makes a move.

I don't really know what to say except I'm not exaggerating that this is the worst movie I've ever seen and it will haunt me forever. It's a comedy that's filled with humour at the same level as a Saturday morning kids show but then again what do you expect from a movie called Jingle Smells for crying out loud? Half the cast aren't even actors, they're wrestlers and political figures, and the other half are actors so washed up they're happy just to have a pay check and don't even try to put on a decent performance and don't even get me started on the religious and political messages they fog horn every few minutes.