Choreographed by Ashley Wallen, it stars Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, Hugh Bonneville, Anika Noni Rose, Phylicia Rashad, Lisa Davina Phillip, Ricky Martin, and Madalen Mills.
The film, which was originally planned as a stage production, received 10 nominations at the 52nd NAACP Image Awards,[1] which was the overall most to be held by a motion picture tied with Black Panther and The Best Man in previous years.
Jeronicus Jangle—an inventor, toymaker, and owner of Jangles and Things—receives the final component to his latest invention that he believes will change his and his family's lives forever.
30 years later, Jangles and Things is a failing pawnbroker shop and Jeronicus has completely lost his creative spark.
Jeronicus is visited by banker Mr. Delacroix who warns him to pay his debts or produce a new invention to show to the bank by Christmas or lose his shop.
Mr. Delacroix arrives in the store and sees Buddy, and promises to give Jeronicus funding for any invention he desires to make.
[2] On September 17, 2018, it was announced that John Legend and Mike Jackson signed on as producers alongside David E. Talbert, and Lyn Sisson-Talbert for Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
[4] In April 2019, Keegan-Michael Key, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose and Madalen Mills joined the cast.
The website's critics consensus reads, "Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey celebrates the yuletide season with a holiday adventure whose exuberant spirit is matched by its uplifting message.
[17] Richard Roeper of Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars and wrote, "So much movie packed into one story, but the universally appealing performances and the show-stopping musical numbers carry the day.
"[18] Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B+ and described it as "a sprawling musical extravaganza whose candy-colored, dandily overstuffed revelry spills over with joy and jubilance and every other happy J-word.
"[19] [1] Following the success of the feature film, David E. Talbert and his wife, Lyn Sisson-Talbert co-authored and released a 32-page picture book for children titled The Square Root of Possible: A Jingle Jangle Story in December 2020.