Christmas with the Kranks

We watch this every year. It will make you laugh and remind you what the holidays are all about. For that matter you could watch this all year round!

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!

Laughing, crying, vomiting, it does it all for you.

Love EVERYTHING about this movie!

OK, this isnt the most profound Christmas movie ever made--we all know what that is already. Nothing will ever touch Its a Wonderful Life as far as great Christmas movies go--very few movies on any subject are that great. But nonetheless, Christmas with the Kranks is a fun movie that demands little in the way of emotional or intellectual devotion--its just a sweet innocent family movie that was designed to make you feel good and hopefully make you laugh a few times and this movie does its job extremely well. I first saw this film on TV and, because I didnt see it from the start, I ordered it online and, by sheer coincidence, it was the first movie I watched on my new TV. I think that both Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis are underrated comedic actors and they both play very likable characters in this film. Yes, of course, the story is contrived and silly and the screenplay has logic gaps that you could drive a Christmas-tree truck through, but its still a fun film that everyone in the family can watch. And there are a few tender moments that are pretty well done. One of the things that I love is the aerial footage of the neighborhood (probably just a model or done with CGI) with all the Christmas lights lit--some extremely pretty photography. The neighborhood in the film is a very idealized vision of suburbia, but thats OK--nothing wrong with playing to peoples fantasies of what life should be. Anyway, not a ground-breaking film by any means, but an extremely pleasant way to sip a cup of tea, eat a few Christmas cookies and enjoy some stress-free Christmas moments. I watched the movie after Christmas because, as much as I love Christmas movies, Ive pretty much grown to loathe what has become of the holiday itself. The frustrating thing for me in watching films like this is wondering: How close was this to being a great film if they had only hired better writers to punch up the script--or perhaps if they had left the original script alone? Im going to read Grishams book and see.

I remember watching this movie with my son at the theater. Its been a tradition ever since. I just love it!

This is a classic must see! So funny!

Such a cute silly movie! My husband and I love it.

Funny move.

My family and I always enjoy movies weve never seen before, especially around the holidays. This one is fun and silly, but the premise is also rather ridiculous and I ended up disappointed in it.