Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Short description
In the snowy town of Cobbleton lives Jeronicus Jangle, an eccentric toymaker whose imaginative inventions once brought wonder to the people around him. After a trusted apprentice steals his most prized creation, Jeronicus withdraws and his fortunes fade. Years later, his bright and adventurous granddaughter Journey arrives, and with the help of a forgotten invention she sets out to repair old wounds and restore what was lost. A former protégé turned rival stands between them and the magic Jeronicus once made.
David E. Talbert wrote and directed the film, his fifth feature after First Sunday, Baggage Claim, Almost Christmas and El Camino Christmas. Forest Whitaker plays Jeronicus, with Keegan-Michael Key as Gustafson, Hugh Bonneville as Mr. Delacroix, Anika Noni Rose as Jessica, Madalen Mills as Journey and Phylicia Rashād as the older Journey. John Legend, Philip Lawrence and Davy Nathan wrote original songs, and Legend also produced.
The musical holiday fantasy runs 122 minutes and draws modest audience scores, 6.4 out of 10 on IMDb from roughly 22,000 votes and 6.5 out of 10 on TMDB from a smaller pool of voters, suggesting a generally favourable but not enthusiastic response. Its cast and songs place it among the larger family offerings released for the 2020 holiday season.
What's left behind the scenes
- On Buddy 3000's eyelids, one can read 'Ilya 260'. Ilya is the name of director David E. Talbert's son.
- All the shops in the city are named after inventors from Africa.
- The snowball fight scene was filmed in the Elm Hill area of Norwich in East Anglia. Over 80 local residents were involved as extras.
- When Forest Whitaker's character opens the trunk, a sticker for The Grand Wakanda Country is visible on the trunk. Wakanda is a fictional country that is the homeland of the Black Panther comic book character. Whitaker played Zuri in Ryan Coogler's superhero film 'Black Panther' (2018).
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