Two dads, one toy, no prisoners.
Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.
FamilyAdventureComedyhusband wife relationshipholidayminnesotachristmas partysanta clausshopping mallpuppetaftercreditsstingerchristmassatiricalfather son relationshipfarce
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Character
Comic, effortless, unpretentious and warm.
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
Who loves it, who doesn't
18 profiled raters. Loved most by The Genre Devotees; disliked most by The Sinceres.
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Cast
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerHoward Langston
- SinbadMyron Larabee
- Phil HartmanTed Maltin
- Jake LloydJamie Langston
- Rita WilsonLiz Langston
- Robert ConradOfficer Hummell
- Martin MullD.J.
- Jim BelushiMall Santa
- E.J. De la PenaJohnny
- Laraine NewmanFirst Lady
Crew
- Brian LevantDirector
- Randy KornfieldScreenplay
- Victor J. KemperDirector of Photography
- David NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Kent BeydaEditor
- Adam WeissEditor
- Wilt HendersonEditor
- Michael BarnathanProducer
- Chris ColumbusProducer
- Mark RadcliffeProducer
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Pairings
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