"How far would you go to score the ultimate gift?"

2021

1h 38m

6.4(504 votes)

Family

Comedy

Overview

In suburban Chicago during the late 1980s, ten-year-old Jake Doyle embarks on a herculean quest to get the latest and greatest video game system for Christmas.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Neil Patrick Harris

Adult Jake Doyle / Narrator

Winslow Fegley

Jake Doyle

Steve Zahn

John Doyle

June Diane Raphael

Kathy Doyle

Bellaluna Resnick

Lizzy Doyle

Sophia Reid-Gantzert

Annie Doyle

Che Tafari

Mikey Trotter

Santino Barnard

Evan Olsen

Max Malas

Jeff Farmer

Brielle Rankins

Tammy Hodges

Creative team

Directed by: Michael Dowse
Written by: Kevin Jakubowski
Produced by: Trevor White
Allan Mandelbaum

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