Christmas With the Kranks

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Christmas With the Kranks

PG

2004

1h 38m

Holiday

Comedy

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Finally alone for the holidays, Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora Krank (Jamie Lee Curtis) plan to eschew the Christmas traditions and take a cruise in the Caribbean instead. This doesn't sit well with their Christmas-obsessed neighbors Vic Frohmeyer (Dan Aykroyd) and Walt Scheel (M. Emmet Walsh), who are determined to win the annual "best decorated street" competition, and the Kranks soon find themselves social outcasts because of their lack of Christmas spirit.

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Critics Consensus

A mirthless movie as fresh as last year's fruit cake, Christmas with the Kranks is a coarse, garish comedy that promotes conformity.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/22/2010

1/5

Unoriginal, unfunny slapstick holiday fare.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

01/06/2007

In any normal year this dire comedy would be the undisputed lump of coal in our psychic stocking, but coming on the heels of Surviving Christmas, it's a close second.

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Anna Smith

Empire Magazine

04/01/2006

1/5

[A] comedy so broad it barely dents its targets and a patronising moral conclusion that goes against everything its protagonists originally stood for.

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Daniel Barnes

Dare Daniel

12/04/2020

1/5

This exhausting parade of white people's Christmas problems offers only banality, blandness, and the most desperately unfunny sitcom hijinks imaginable.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/05/2020

2.0/4.0

Allen was a bit low energy for my liking but actually came off better in his more sincere scenes towards the end of the film.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

11/07/2019

We loved him as Santa. We loved her as the hooker with a heart. We love Christmas. ... After seeing Christmas with the Kranks, all I can say is it put me in one kranky mood for the holidays over such a waste of talent!

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Diana M

@Dianamack Jul 19

I watched it for the first time five years ago , and it has become a standard staple in our Christmas movie collection.

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Josiah S.

@josiahstewart Jun 23

Look. I know it gets alot of hate. But Christmas with the Kranks has been a family holiday favorite for years and years. Classic quotable holiday humor.

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Rose M

@RT85562559 Apr 14

One of my favorite holiday movies ever come on RT 5%? JLC and Tim Allen are great in this for a perfect comfort holiday movie.

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Mr R

@TheMovieGuy2005 Feb 20

I love it so much despite this movie gets so much hate is one of my favorites

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Goose R.

@rodrigug Dec 29

The Kranks only daughter goes away for a year just before Christmas. Luther Krank has the idea to take a luxury cruise and skip Christmas and save money. The whole neighborhood frowns upon it. I’m not a Tim Allen fan but this was recommended by a friend. Well it was really bad. Slap stick comedy. Not real funny 🍿/5 on HBO

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Lynn T

@Lynnknowsmovies Dec 28

Silly goofy fun and sweet. Don’t take yourself too seriously! Lighthearted and old fashioned kind of 80s style frivolity.

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Synopsis

Finally alone for the holidays, Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora Krank (Jamie Lee Curtis) plan to eschew the Christmas traditions and take a cruise in the Caribbean instead. This doesn't sit well with their Christmas-obsessed neighbors Vic Frohmeyer (Dan Aykroyd) and Walt Scheel (M. Emmet Walsh), who are determined to win the annual "best decorated street" competition, and the Kranks soon find themselves social outcasts because of their lack of Christmas spirit.

Director: Joe Roth
Producer: Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan, Mark Radcliffe
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: 1492 Pictures, Revolution Studios
Rating: PG (Suggestive Content|Brief Language)
Genre: Holiday, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 24, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $73.7M
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)