The Jonas brothers have a complicated history. They started making music in 2005, acted in “Camp Rock” in 2008, broke up as a band in 2013, came back together in 2019 and have been firing on all cylinders since. They started a new tour in August 2025, but they haven’t acted in a movie together since “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam” in 2010… until now.
In “A Very Jonas Christmas Movie,” the Jonas brothers are trying to make it back to their home before Christmas but Santa has other plans, putting a magic spell into the air, making sure the brothers cannot make it back to their homes until they find their “brotherly magic” again.
The beginning of the movie is interesting and a little bit confusing. Going from their final show before Christmas to what Joe Jonas wants to do with his brothers before they go back home is a little confusing. They don’t tell you it is Joe’s fantasy of what he wants the night to look like until midway through the song and it leaves viewers questioning what is going on.
I do enjoy the Elton John and Harry Potter references throughout the first song because they couldn’t get Daniel Radcliffe and Elton John to play themselves in the movie. Nick even makes a joke about it, saying “you couldn’t get Elton John?”
Overall, the plot is ok, but it is definitely nowhere near good. You can mostly tell what is going on but I feel like there are too many sudden jumps from Jonas brother to Jonas brother throughout the movie and it is sometimes hard figuring out what they are talking about in the movie.
The characters are really fun though, other than the Jonas brothers, who play themselves. There are some great characters like Lucy, who was a childhood friend who turned into a love interest of Joe’s. There is also Cassidy, who makes an entrance into the movie, crying and yelling at the Jonas brothers because she thought one of them was her ex-boyfriend who recently broke up with her.
My favorite part of the movie involves Deb, who is an Uber driver for the Jonas brothers towards the beginning of the movie, when they try to go to the train station. She had trouble with her phone, her car is completely covered in holiday decorations, she is super chatty and drives like a maniac. Deb almost got into multiple car crashes throughout the short time they were in the Uber, which was really funny.
The songs and dance sequences in the movie are pretty good as well. The songs that are performed have to do with what is going on in the movie and are pretty catchy. The dancing is also really fun with the choreography looking a lot like “Camp Rock” or “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam.”
I also liked how during one of their songs about “remembering when” they showed photos and videos of the Jonas brothers when they were kids, teenagers and young adults. It really humanized what was an outlandish movie to begin with.
Overall, “A Very Jonas Christmas Movie” is very unique. It has its moments of cringy or cheesy moments like when Joe confesses his feelings to Lucy very awkwardly, or when Ethan and Nick try to out-sing each other. But it also had very fun moments like the song at the end with the Jonas brothers and family gathering for Christmas or the Uber scenes with Deb.
Although I will probably never watch this movie again, it was a fun watch and I am happy I watched it at least once. “A Very Jonas Christmas Movie” is definitely better than what Disney has put out in recent years and although it will never reach the heights of “Home Alone”, “The Nightmare Before Christmas” or “Die Hard”, it is not a bad Christmas movie at all.
Rating: 3.5/5