Arnold Schwarzenegger: 5 Awesome Performances & 5 That Sucked

2. Howard Langston - Jingle All The Way (1996)

I€™m not a huge follower of Christmas at the best of times, and especially so when a movie forcibly rams it down your throat like it€™s trying to murder you with it. In a straight action role, Arnie is (or at least was in his day) you€™re prime choice. But I doubt a role like Howard Langston in Jingle All The Way could have been saved even if Orson Welles was somehow cast, so Arnie has literally no chance. It€™s not the he€™s bad €“ he€™s just the same as he always is, it€™s Arnie €“ but there€™s nothing in the script, or in the direction, for him to use with his skill as a muscle-bound action veteran and so he€™s often awkward and unbelievable, like he€™s not comfortable in his own skin. A bad performance, but then again, it€™s a terrible movie too so can he blamed?
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