''Jingle All the Way 2'' is a 2014 American direct-to-video Christmas

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, and a sequel to the 1996 film ''

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'' starring

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. Directed by

Alex Zamm Alexander Zamm (born in Woodstock, New York) is an American film director and screenwriter. Zamm has directed such films as ''My Date with the President's Daughter'', ''Tooth Fairy 2'', ''The Pooch And The Pauper'', '' Dr. Dolittle: Million Dolla ...

, ''Jingle All the Way 2'' stars

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and

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. The film is produced by

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and

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, the motion picture division of

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, and was released straight-to-video by Fox on December 2, 2014. On-air promotion from WWE occurred on its weekly episodic events.

Plot

Truck driver Larry Phillips competes with the current husband of his ex-wife, the wealthy businessman Victor, for daughter Noel's affection. Larry tries to find out what Noel wants most by surreptitiously opening Noel's letter to Santa Claus (which appears to be phonetically written) by offering to mail it for her. He then tries to buy what he believes is her heart's desire; a Harrison The Talking Bear toy, which also happens to be the toy of the season. However, new stepfather Victor sends his spy, a man he employs named Welling to follow Larry and find out what it is Noel wants, so he can be the one to fulfill her dreams. Victor is determined to make it impossible for Larry to get his hands on a Harrison Bear by having Welling buy every one he can find and thwarting Larry each time he tries to get his hands on one. Victor stockpiles all of the bears he acquires in a room in his box company. Larry tricks Victor into giving away the location of the bears and follows him into the room where they are kept but accidentally locks them both in. At the tree lighting ceremony in town, a savvy female reporter has investigated who bought all the bears (Welling) and outs him to all the parents at the ceremony who have tried to buy one for their child. She declares Victor as the true villain which causes the crowd to focus their anger against Victor and his box company instead of him. Meanwhile, inside the box company, Larry and Victor have discovered what is going on and finally come together to save the situation. They decide to have Christmas together and give Noel the prized toy from both of them, only to find out Noel never wanted the toy at all. They question her not wanting the toy and point out it was in her letter to Santa Claus. Noel accuses Larry of betraying her trust regarding the letter, which Larry makes an excuse for finding and reading the letter which he then produces; the letter, to his and Victor's surprise, when correctly interpreted, says something completely different from what he had thought: she wanted her family all together as one.

Cast

as Larry Phillips *

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as Victor Baxter *

as Claude *

Kennedi Clements Kennedi Clements (born January 21, 2007) is a Canadian former child actress. She is best known for portraying Madison Bowen in the 2015 remake of ''Poltergeist (2015 film), Poltergeist'' and Noel in ''Jingle All the Way 2''. Early life Kennedi ...

as Noel Phillips * Kirsten Robek as Trish Phillips-Baxter *

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as Maggie * Matty Finochio as Jeffrey * Eric Breker as Nate Welling * Brenda Crichlow as Reporter Margo Price (Brenda M. Crichlow) *

as Harrison Bear (voice)

Production

Filming

''Jingle All the Way 2'' was filmed in

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, British Columbia, Canada.

Reception

Critical response

Dave Schilling of ''

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'' wrote, "What's actually insidious about the whole endeavor is that it's so good at being so bad."

References

External links

* * {{Alex Zamm 2014 films 2010s Christmas comedy films 2014 direct-to-video films American Christmas comedy films 2010s English-language films Direct-to-video comedy films Direct-to-video sequel films Films about toys Films directed by Alex Zamm Films shot in British Columbia WWE Studios films 20th Century Fox direct-to-video films 2014 comedy films Films about father–daughter relationships 2010s American films