ORIGINAL TITLEJingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
GENREMusical · Fantasy · Family · Holiday
ABOUT THIS FILM
RUNTIME
122 min
FAMOUS QUOTE
“Grandchildren are like children, only you can give them back.”
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A once-great toymaker who lost his creative spark is visited by his brilliant granddaughter, reopening old wounds and giving the family a chance to recover imagination and trust before Christmas. Original christmas mythology built around invention, black fantasy, intergenerational repair and large-scale musical spectacle.
MOVIE NIGHT RANK
#52 of 100
Watch for
- Madalen Mills as Journey
- Cobbleton and workshop production design
- the shift between intimate songs and spectacle
- invention as a family inheritance
Production notes
Netflix identifies Talbert as writer-director and producers including Lyn Sisson-Talbert, Kristin Burr, John Legend and Mike Jackson; Netflix called it its first original live-action musical.
Trivia
- Talbert wrote and directed
- Netflix released it in 2020
- Forest Whitaker plays Jeronicus
- John Legend was among producers
- Netflix described it as its first original live-action musical
Legacy
distinctive streaming-era Christmas musical; notable Black-led fantasy world; representation tied to engineering, creativity and family rather than tokenism.