Jingle Bell Heist, Netflix’s latest Christmas rom-com caper, follows Sophie, a hardworking Londoner who supports her sick mother while juggling two jobs. She is also a skilled pickpocket who impulsively steals a diamond dog collar at her department-store job. This act catches the attention of Nick O’Connor, a former employee who still has access to old security feeds. Recently released from prison after taking the fall for a crime he did not commit, Nick sees Sophie as the key to a Christmas Eve heist.
Nick confronts Sophie with video evidence and blackmails her into helping him rob the store’s high-security vault. Although she refuses at first, Sophie agrees after learning that her mother requires expensive medical care. Their initial attempt fails when they discover the vault has already been emptied. Soon after, Sophie hears that the store owner, Maxwell Sterling, keeps a large sum of cash locked in his personal office safe, which inspires an even bigger plan.
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Sophie and Nick research Sterling’s private safe, which requires both a cracking code and a high-tech key fob. They decide that Nick will obtain the fob by charming Sterling’s wife, Cynthia. During their preparations, they open up about their pasts. Nick reveals that Sterling framed him for insurance fraud, and Sophie shares that her father abandoned her. Their growing honesty helps them bond as they build their risky plan.
Jingle Bell Heist (Netflix)Nick’s plan to seduce Cynthia works until she reveals that she already knows what he and Sophie are plotting. Instead of turning them in, she insists on joining the heist. Cynthia hands over the key fob in exchange for a share of the money. With her help secured, Sophie and Nick break into Sterling’s office on Christmas Eve. They unlock the first part of the safe but discover a second barrier that requires a DNA sample. Sophie offers hers, and surprisingly, the safe opens.
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The safe reacts to Sophie’s DNA because she is secretly Sterling’s illegitimate daughter. Sterling once fired her mother after getting her pregnant and later denied any connection to Sophie. With this revelation exposed, Sophie and Nick continue with their plan but are caught by a security guard. Sophie convinces the guard to let them leave by revealing Sterling’s long history of dishonesty and theft.
Sterling rushes to the store with the police, expecting his money to be missing. Instead, he finds the previously stolen jewelry planted in his safe. Cynthia orchestrated this setup to frame her husband and take control of the company. She told Sophie and Nick where Sterling hid his stolen goods, and they retrieved them and placed them in the safe. Sterling is arrested, and Cynthia becomes the new head of the company.
Cynthia keeps her promise and pays Sophie and Nick generously. Sophie is finally able to fund her mother’s treatment, and Nick begins working toward a stable home for his daughter. The film ends with a warm Christmas dinner shared by their combined circle of family and friends. Although the final moments may feel rushed and somewhat chaotic, Jingle Bell Heist ultimately provides the light, festive entertainment viewers expect from a holiday heist romance.
