2020 · family · fantasy · music
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Directed by David E. Talbert2h 2m2020
An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.
Our read: Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive family · fantasy · music entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle family / fantasy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
Watching Jingle Jangle tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How Jingle Jangle feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a flashy steampunk family musical with inventions, wonder, and redemption.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if broad holiday musical energy and two-plus hours feel too sugary.
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Discussion
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