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Jingle Bell Heist

Jingle Bell Heist

Romance · Crime · Comedy · 2025

Two down-on-their-luck hourly workers team up to rob a posh London department store on Christmas Eve. Will they steal each other's hearts along the way?

Movie details

Jingle Bell Heist

“'Tis the season to give. And take.”

2025 Romance · Crime · Comedy 1h 36m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

Two down-on-their-luck hourly workers team up to rob a posh London department store on Christmas Eve. Will they steal each other's hearts along the way?

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Jingle Bell Heist?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Michael Fimognari

Written by

Abby McDonald · Amy Reed

Olivia Holt

Olivia Holt

Sophia

Connor Swindells

Connor Swindells

Nick

Lucy Punch

Lucy Punch

Cynthia Sterling

Peter Serafinowicz

Peter Serafinowicz

Maxwell Sterling

Natasha Joseph

Natasha Joseph

Rita

Poppy Drayton

Poppy Drayton

Brianna

Michael Salami

Michael Salami

Ralph

Court is in session

Put Jingle Bell Heist on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.