Jingle Bell Rocks!

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7.1/10

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An exclusive backstage pass into a fascinating underground world of alternative Christmas music. Starring an eclectic cast of characters - The Flaming Lips, Run DMC, John Waters - plus two d... Read allAn exclusive backstage pass into a fascinating underground world of alternative Christmas music. Starring an eclectic cast of characters - The Flaming Lips, Run DMC, John Waters - plus two dozen amazing and original songs, JINGLE BELL ROCKS. is a cinematic sleigh ride into the st... Read allAn exclusive backstage pass into a fascinating underground world of alternative Christmas music. Starring an eclectic cast of characters - The Flaming Lips, Run DMC, John Waters - plus two dozen amazing and original songs, JINGLE BELL ROCKS. is a cinematic sleigh ride into the strange and sublime universe of alternative Christmas music.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

178

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

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5oira79

Too much director, too little music

There are times when it seems like this documentary about offbeat Christmas music is going to take off. A visit to Run of Run-DMC for an interview about his own hiphop Christmas song is excellent. An interview with a singer who wrote a Christmas song for Miles Davis is fun. John Waters is interviewed, and he's always entertaining.

But ultimately the film is a little disappointing because there isn't quite enough Christmas music that's weird enough. If you listen to alternative radio at Christmas, you've probably heard weirder stuff than this. Though I did like the song about Santa arriving on a nuclear missile.

10hayleyrhawkins

So fun

This was a beautiful doc, I wrote down tons of new artists to listen to. If you're a fein for new music and also obsessed with christmas, definitely watch. So much fun!

10jaytee-18148

Delightful and heartwarming little documentary

Some people will totally get this, whilst others will be left behind. If you are one of the hip ones, jump in Santa's sleigh and go along for a fun ride into some of the most obscure Xmas music of modern times.

Be sure to bring along a handkerchief because before it's all over, you're gonna need it.

JT.

elainelittmann

Giving us hope for the holidays!

Having a complicated relationship with Christmas myself, I found this film a lovely emotional journey. Seeing how so many different people respond to the holiday and deal with it in their own deeply personal and quirky ways ... people who love music finding a way to relate to Christmas on their own terms. The music was great, but the way the personal stories were entwined makes it a lot more than a music documentary. You could feel sadness from many of the people in the film, because Christmas can be just as much about what you don't have, what you've lost, what should be there and somehow isn't. It's inspiring to see feel that in others and see the hope and how they all manage to make their Christmas something beautiful.

9marcus-seiser

So chill

Amazing experience, especially since I was tired of all of the "classic" Christmas music.

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John Waters asks why there aren't any hip-hop Christmas albums. There have been a few, including:
A Carnival Christmas (1994 EP by Insane Clown Posse)
Christmas on Death Row (1996 various artists mixtape from Death Row Records)
Cryptic Collection Holiday Edition (2009 compilation by Twiztid; reissued in 2011 as A Cut-Throat Christmas)