Christmas with the Kranks

Funny holiday story - obviously a comedy - I am a fan of Jamie Lee Curtis... Im ok with Tim Allen - together they are funny. Story goes that adult daughter is leaving for the peace corps and wont be home for Christmas - Mom (Jamie Lee Curtis) loves the celebration of Christmas and is sad that her only child wont be home. They live in a tight knit nosey neighborhood. Tim Allen gets the idea they could skip Christmas and take a sunny warm cruise instead. Neighbors are unhappy the Kranks are skipping Christmas and then the daughter announces she will be coming home for Christmas after all with a fiance to boot. Lightweight story but sometimes you want something new at the holidays. We usually fit this one in. We purchase the streaming version so we dont have to store the DVD.

I saw this movie on tv this past holiday and I enjoyed it so I figured I would add it to my collection. Good acting, and a little bit of a different plot than most Christmas movies, so it is a nice change of pace. The ending though is somewhat strange and awkward, but I wont give it away for those who havent seen the movie. Basically when the Kranks daughter says she isnt going to be there for Christmas, they decide to go on a cruise and essentially boycott Christmas. This causes problems within their neighborhood which is full of Christmas tradition and Cheer. But once their daughter surprises them with a phone call that she and her fiance will actually make it for Christmas, they need to abort their plans and try to throw together a Christmas atmosphere. An entertaining movie.

This movie is such a classic and brought back so much memories as a kid!

We love watching this move frequently throughout the holidays along with a host of others. For us thats right after Halloween!

One of my favorite Christmas movies

An alternative to mushy holiday movies and it still captures the important elements of the holiday- family, friends, faith, helping, giving and rejoicing. It does all this with laughter.

I have seen more funny movies, but this was pretty good. Happy we watched it.

I bought this film so that I don’t have to look for it online and pay every time I want to watch it, now we can see it every Christmas and not have to look for it online!

I finally watched this movie which has been maligned for years. But, I found it to be a heartfelt, quirky and love-able Christmas movie with a message. Tim Allen plays a man who convinces his wife, wonderfully played by Jamie Lee Curtis to skip and ignore Christmas in lieu of his dream Caribbean vacation. Well, life disrupts his plans when their daughter decides to surprise then with her fiancée for Christmas. The movie starts with the Kranks pissing off everybody form their neighbors, the police, the tree salesman, etc with their message of no Christmas décor, tree, party or celebration. The latter half sees those same people come together to help the Kranks slap together a home Christmas for their daughter who is beloved. Dan Ackroyd, Cheech Marin, and M. Emmett Walsh have solid supporting roles

Funny move.