There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

I don't know where the low ratings come from, this movie is perfect. Well timed and cleverly written slapstick worked in with a dig at the excessive madness of christmas shopping. Any parent desperate to save their little monsters from tears over christmas can relate to this film. It jumps from the frantic to the downright bizarre with several nice little cameos too cap it off

This movie tries too hard to be a buckle in your seat laughing film, but it struggles to, because the jokes are never well-timed. When this movie tries to be heartwarming, it instead is cringeworthy. This movie also has one of Arnold's worst acting skills. The way he tried to accomplish humour made me faceslap myself. Also, there are some really mean spirited moments in this film, like how near the end (NOT A SPOILER), someone gets beaten up just because he is dressed as a character nobody likes. A show like Family Guy or South Park could of pulled this off, because they don't then make a cheesy "heatwarming" moment three minutes after a man was assaulted by a group of kids. I don't know, but this movie definitely isn't in Christmas spirit.I laughed once...so, I guess I give it a 2.1/10.

Worried that another broken promise will make him lose his son's trust forever, a workaholic father spends the whole of December 24 trying to track down an action figure sold out across town in this Christmas comedy starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The film has a reputation as one of the action star's weakest films and the plot is admittedly thin (essentially one joke stretched out for 90 minutes), however, the film has many genuinely funny moments along the way. Much of the humour comes from how ridiculous Arnie looks scurrying around town, even chasing a little girl through department store play equipment, as he becomes lost in the materialistic toy craze that plagues so many families every year. The film does not offer a deep critique on consumerism and toy marketing, but satirical ideas do linger throughout. The film also successfully derives much humour from Phil Hartman as a slimy, smooth-talking neighbour and Robert Conrad as a police officer who keeps running into Arnie (the funniest moment though has Arnie scaring a bunch of carolers in a burning house). Less successful is a running gag involving an over-the-top Sinbad as a mailman also after the coveted toy. The film also contains too many pratfalls for its own good. Funny all the way or not, the energy that all concerned place into the film is hard to deny, and the film works almost on sheer vibrancy alone.

Jingle all the Way (1996): Dir: Brian Levant / Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Rita Wilson, Phil Hartman, James Belushi: Perhaps the stupidest Christmas film imaginable. It had to be a real warped mind to conjure this garbage up. A man is stampeded by a group of immature adults seeking a Turbo Man action figure. This is obviously the Christmas version of lame action movies with violence toned down to Arnold Schwarzenegger clubbing a line of Santas with a giant candy cane. Directed by Brian Levant who was responsible for the horrible screen adaptation of The Flintstones. Well, he hits even lower notes here. Schwarzenegger and mail carrier Sinbad compete for the action figure in what can easily be described as career suicide for both. One particularly stupid scene at a radio station has Sinbad holding off police with a gift that he claims is a bomb. When it actually turns out to be a bomb, Sinbad asks, "What is the world coming to?" Perhaps the screenwriter can fill us in. In lame supporting roles are Rita Wilson as Schwarzenegger's wife and Phil Hartman as his womanizing neighbor who threatens to move in on Wilson. James Belushi plays a nasty mall Santa who candy cane battles Schwarzenegger and it is embarrassing to watch. The film so cheap that it should be wrapped in a trash bag in hopes that Santa will deliver it down the nearest chimney fire. Score: 0 / 10