Christmas with the Kranks (2004)

A really horrible film! A piece of rubbish from beginning to end! The humour is forced, rubbish plot and a complete bore fest!The Kranks are a suburban couple, willing to give up Christmas for the sake of a cruise and their neighbours aren't happy. On top of it all, their daughter is coming home with her boyfriend, to spend Christmas with the family. She has a mad obsession with Hickory Honey ham and we have to go through some forced scenes, with her mother going to every shop, trying to get the ham.Tim Allen's character gets Botox and he tries to eat his food, with his face frozen. Like i said, the humour is tired and forced!The best part of this film, was the end credits!

People criticize this film for a lot of reasons. Some vald. But to me I think the quality of the cast and some of the gags all result in a fun to watch holiday movie that is both enjoyable as a seasonal film and as just a light comedy. Sure some of the situations are contrived. And sure, some of the gags are predictable, but it has enough laughs and a Strong supportiing cast that flushes out enough family fun that we enjoy it a time of year. The novel this was based on was written in 2001 by John Grisham and was on the NY TIMES best seller list. The film doesn't follow that book to the letter but the film goes for more over the top gags. Jamie Lee Curtis is both the weak link and the Christmas junkie in the film. She shouts and laughs weirdly throughout the film as a simpleton , but on the other hand she plays nicely off Tim Allen's more subdued character. Tim wants to skip Christmas and take a cruise since their daughter won't be there because of a peace corps assignment. For some reason everyone in town, is especially upset that they are skipping Christmas. A little over the top. But the main problem is they won't be participating in the neighborhood decorating collective. Anyway one thing leads to another. And bedlam persists when plans have to change. Overlook the obvious pitfalls and enjoy some of the comedic moments brought to you by Allen and a cast including Cheech Marin and Dan Ackrpyd.

While "Christmas with the Kranks" is surely an entertaining enough movie, it is not going to be a Christmas classic such as the 1989 "Christmas Vacation" movie. That being said, then it should be stressed that "Christmas with the Kranks" is a wholesome movie that does prove entertaining enough for the entire family.The story is about Luther Krank (played by Tim Allen) and Nora Krank (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) whom are living in a small, tightly-knitted community where the Christmas season is a major event. And when Frank and Nora decides to skip Christmas and go on a cruise the entire neighborhood is turned upside down in disbelief.There are some hilarious moments throughout the movie, and the cast list was really great, having some impressive names on it. Aside from Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis, then the movie also had Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh, Cheech Marin and Jake Busey on the cast list. So you know what you are getting here, and people do deliver. There are also some good laughs here and there, which do of course add to the overall enjoyment of the movie.But as I said earlier, it will not be a Christmas classic, as in it being a movie that you watch every Christmas. I have just watched it now, and I don't think that I will be making a return trip to watch it again.

Christmas with the Kranks (2005) starting Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis is a fun, sweet, warm hearted Christmas film that will make you feel good. I Will never understand all the hate that has been thrown on this film. It's fun and sweet. I adored all the actors and their roles, this film was very well casted! I'm a huge Jamie Lee Curtis fan, and she didn't let me down in this movie, she really delivered as Mrs. Krank. Tim Allen delivered a good performance as Mr. Krank as well, and was very funny. The Botox scene was Laugh out loud hilarious! Several scenes had me laughing very hard, where others just made me feel good and had me in the Christmas spirit. The movie might not be Oscar winning, but that doesn't mean it's bad. It's sweet, heart warming, well acted, funny, and just gets you in the holiday spirit! I watch this every Christmas, it just doesn't feel like Christmas without a visit from the Kranks! Also, the tanning bed scene is absolutely hilarious! The tanning bed scene is my favorite scene in the whole movie. 8/10 for Christmas with the Kranks. It's mostly family friendly as well, just a couple of bad words, mild ones.