Review of Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020) by Jazgalaxy — 24 Dec 2020

“Brevity Is The Soul Of Wit”.

“ It is better to keep quiet and have people think you are a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.” Jingle Jangle is a movie with problems. Most of the problems stem from its over-exuberant conception. It’s a“Brevity Is The Soul Of Wit”.

“ It is better to keep quiet and have people think you are a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.”.

Jingle Jangle is a movie with problems. Most of the problems stem from its over-exuberant conception. It’s a film that tries to do EVERYTHING. Much of it, it does well. Masterfully, even. But much of it needed to be cut. It’s overly long and overly indulgent. It feels like a novel put to film without any of the editing that would usually go into such a translation. That being said, it’s a fun world that explores itself thoroughly. And when it’s funny, it’s FUNNY.

It’s biggest sin is that it’s clearly written by adults to evangelize their adult worldview rather than to be entertaining to children. Kids don’t want to watch heavy handed but veiled exhortations about the practical value of trigonometry. That kind of thing is just included so adults can feel good about themselves while weighing the movie down considerably.

But, in the end, the film IS worth watching.

Maybe over several days for the kind of people who watch movies 25 minutes at a time.