JIMMY

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JIMMY, the untold true story of America's most-beloved actor and the iconic role that saved him, focuses on the most transformative season in Jimmy Stewart's life--from winning the Academy Award® for Best Actor in The Philadelphia Story to enlisting and becoming a combat pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps at the beginning of World War II. He flew twenty missions over Europe, rising to the rank of colonel by the end of the war, only to return home broken and disheartened. Then George Bailey and It's a Wonderful Life came calling....

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Erik Piepenburg

New York Times

5 hrs ago

Give in to it or not, but only Scrooges would roll their eyes at a film that wears its big heart on its tear-soaked sleeve.

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

6 hrs ago

It’s not surprising that the film places strong emphases on faith and military patriotism. But those aspects are not the real problems with the film, which simply doesn’t prove compelling despite a top-notch performance from KJ Apa.

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Monica Castillo

AV Club

1 day ago

D

In trying to do too much, Jimmy loses sight of the person at the center of its story.

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Kathia Woods

Cup of Soul

58 min ago

7/10

Apa plays the famous voice as a mask a frightened man learned to hide behind, and that's a smarter choice than any impersonation.

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Peter Sobczynski

Auteurist Class (Substack)

2 hrs ago

The idea of doing a film about Stewart’s military experiences and how they wound up reshaping him as an actor once he returned home is actually intriguing, so it is a bit disappointing that Jimmy ultimately makes so little of it

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

10 hrs ago

2/4

[A] simplistic way of looking at its subject might be why Jimmy doesn't feel like a sincere story, no matter how much the movie insists that it wants to be.

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Emanuel B

@eb0217 59 min ago

This movie was so emotional to get through and it was really worth it

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TheMovieSearch R

@TheMovieSearch 3 hrs ago

Jimmy is a powerful film about actor James Stewart, bringing Hollywood and war together. KJ Apa gives a phenomenal performance, and the screenplay connects Stewart's life as an actor with his military experience. I am disappointed this film may not receive awards attention because Apa deserves recognition for his work. The war sequences show the misery, destruction, and damage caused by the conflict. The action feels purposeful and gives viewers a sense of what these men endured. The film also highlights how Stewart treated the people serving alongside him. He cared about them and supported them, making that part of the story especially meaningful. What makes Jimmy compelling is that the struggle does not end when the war is over. Stewart has difficulty returning to civilian life, and the film shows how deeply the experience affects him. It is a well-made movie with a strong screenplay and an excellent central performance. This is a good story that deserves recognition.

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JIMMY, the untold true story of America's most-beloved actor and the iconic role that saved him, focuses on the most transformative season in Jimmy Stewart's life--from winning the Academy Award® for Best Actor in The Philadelphia Story to enlisting and becoming a combat pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps at the beginning of World War II. He flew twenty missions over Europe, rising to the rank of colonel by the end of the war, only to return home broken and disheartened. Then George Bailey and It's a Wonderful Life came calling....

Director: Aaron Burns
Producer: Aaron Burns, Angela Galgani Sullivan, John Norton, Jack McClintock, David C. Cook, Justin Strawhand
Screenwriter: Sam Juergens, Justin Strawhand
Distributor: Fathom Entertainment
Production Co: Burns & Co., RedTed Media
Rating: PG-13 (Thematic Elements|Bloody Images|Some War Violence|Smoking)
Genre: Drama, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 6, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 2h 0m

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