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 (5)
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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)
(more)Cast
Tim Allen
USA
Best movies:
Toy Story (1995)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Cars (2006)
Jamie Lee Curtis
USA
Best movies:
Knives Out (2019)
8 (2012) (theatrical recording)
Trading Places (1983)
Dan Aykroyd
Canada
Best movies:
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) (video compilation)
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV movie)
M. Emmet Walsh
USA
Best movies:
Little Big Man (1970)
The Iron Giant (1999)
Serpico (1973)
Elizabeth Franz
USA
Best movies:
The Secret of My Succe$s (1987)
Sabrina (1995)
Thinner (1996)
Erik Per Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Cider House Rules (1999)
Armageddon (1998)
Cheech Marin
USA
Best movies:
Coco (2017)
The Lion King (1994)
Cars (2006)
Jake Busey
USA
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Contact (1997)
Austin Pendleton
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Front Page (1974)
Tom Poston
USA
Best movies:
Soldier in the Rain (1963)
Carbon Copy (1981)
Up the Academy (1980)
Julie Gonzalo
Argentina
Best movies:
Freaky Friday (2003)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Ladrón que roba a ladrón (2007)
Caroline Rhea
Canada
Best movies:
Man on the Moon (1999)
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011) (TV movie)
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020)
René Lavan
Cuba
Best movies:
Che: Part One (2008)
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
Dirty Dancing 2 (2004)
Felicity Huffman
USA
Best movies:
When They See Us (2019) (series)
Magnolia (1999)
Rudderless (2014)
Patrick Breen
USA
Best movies:
Men in Black (1997)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Nobody's Perfect (1989)
Bonita Friedericy
USA
Best movies:
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016) (series)
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Kevin Chamberlin
USA
Best movies:
Road to Perdition (2002)
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Kim Rhodes
USA
Best movies:
Mystery Girl (2011) (TV movie)
Cyrus (2010)
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
Andy Daly
USA
Best movies:
Dante's Inferno (2007)
Tenure (2008)
Life as We Know It (2010)
Victoria Chalaya
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Keith (2008)
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Art School Confidential (2006)