Christmas with the Kranks

Am I the only one who noticed that this was a remake of the Dr. Seuss classic? Theres at least one scene lifted directly from the childrens book. This is one of my all-time favorite Christmas stories. I love the tension between wanting to celebrate Christmas (or not) your own way versus wanting to give joy to others. Krank (the Grinch, get it?) wants to avoid the stress and nonsense of Christmas and goes overboard, trying to reject the whole holiday.

We watched this every year during Christmas in my house. Great family movie.

This movie is so funny. Makes me laugh every year. Based on John Grisham’s book Skipping Christmas. Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis are hysterical.

Its a little odd, and perhaps jarring, to see the actors noted for edgy work do what amounts to a family oriented christmas film. Laurie noted for running from Jason and stripping in trading places, Cheech and his sendup and aggrandizement of drug culture, and Tim whose professional life is distinctly different from his on-screen performances. But what do I think of the movie? Its a bit pat and slightly over the top in a saccharine sort of way. This is definitely make female audience feel good territory by emphasizing the relationships between the neighbors in this film, and how a community fractures and bonds with the intents, adventures and misadventures of the Kranks. And on that note Im tempted to give it two-stars because I just didnt find it all that entertaining. Interesting in the sense that I didnt know they still made films like this, and even more interesting in that it utilizes actors known for some work that is far from family friendly, The script is fairly innocent to the point of being naive in the extreme to create a kind of friendly and adversarial environment without much in the way of common sense. And to me that separates it from christmas films of decades past in that it really placates to the target audience, and doesnt really give an inch for any kind of other humor than allegedly innocent or borderline racy without being risque gags. In a sense corporate Hollywood has (or had) gone back to old fashioned films, but for me, its day late, dollar short, and really just odd beyond belief that it was cast the way it was. That, and the story, to be honest, really isnt that good. Theres a lot of reliance on what will people think as the premise for nearly all fo the humor in this thing. Its light entertainment, but again, unlike other seasonal films of generations past theres little satisfaction after watching this thing.

This particular copy will not play in the USA. Glad I had ordered two, one from another vendor. I am very dismayed regarding this product. Because it was an international shipment (not my choice) it cost me more for the return postage ($13.70) than was the cost of the product to begin with. I had to return it in order to receive the refund. I dont feel it was fair to me, the consumer. The Brits should have known that their DVDs wont work in the U.S.A. Apparently there is a difference in the electric power in some way. I have no knowledge of these things, but I dont feel that this should have happened. I will appreciate a reply concerning this. Thank you. Claudette Armentrout

Simply hilarious! This and Elf are my families yearly Christmas movies.

Such a great movie it brings in the spirit of christmas in a funny way its not omg hilarious but its definitely entertaining as a family movie you will definitely watch it more than once

This movie had me laughing out loud so many times and brought tears to my eyes later. I watched it with no idea of what the plot was but I love these comedians and Christmas so I checked it out. What a wonderful idea of wanting to skip Christmas while a bunch of neighborhood enthusiasts are horrified. Christmas looks like a giant pain in the a**. Then they come together to have the true meaning of Christmas shown to them all!

I grew up watching this. Its a classic.

Fun movie with moral statement.