Christmas with the Kranks
Directed by:
Joe RothScreenplay:
Chris ColumbusCinematography:
Don BurgessComposer:
John DebneyCast:
Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth Franz, Erik Per Sullivan, Cheech Marin, Jake Busey, Austin Pendleton, Tom Poston (more)VOD (4)
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The Kranks have always celebrated a picture-perfect Christmas. But with their only daughter, Blair (Julie Gonzalo), away from home on her Peace Corps assignment, Nora (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Luther (Tim Allen) are suffering from empty nest syndrome and decide to skip Christmas in favour of a Caribbean cruise. But their neighbours, led by Vic Frohmeyer (Dan Aykroyd), take Christmas very seriously and are none too happy about the Kranks' boycott. In this neighbourhood where every house is decorated to the hilt and has a Frosty on the roof, skipping Christmas is virtually a crime. And just as the Kranks are preparing for their Christmas Day departure, they get a call from their daughter who announces that she is coming home for Christmas after all. Suddenly, all systems are go for their annual Christmas Eve party and a normal highly-festive holiday. Will the Kranks be able to pull together a perfect Christmas for Blair in just a few hours, or will she discover their plan to skip Christmas? (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
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The creators probably liked the look of National Lampoon’s Christmas Adventure with the Griswold family and decided that they wanted to film a Christmas comedy like it. But a movie like that needs Christmas spirit and funny moments - neither of those were evident here. It is only bearable thanks to the reliable Jamie Lee Curtis and Aykroyd, otherwise it’s all terribly boring right from the start, sometimes even annoying.
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