Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
5 %
Reviews Counted: 125 Fresh: 6 Rotten:119 Average Rating: 2.8/10
Consensus:
A mirthless comedy as fresh as last year's fruit cake.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Theatrical Release: Nov 24, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $73,701,902
Synopsis: 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 favor of a... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, Erik Per Sullivan, Cheech Marin
Director: Joe Roth
Screenwriter: Chris Columbus
Producer: Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, Michael Barnathan
Composer: John Debney
Screenwriter: Chris Columbus
Producer: Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, Michael Barnathan
Composer: John Debney
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Reviews
Some pathetically predictable plot twists and syrupy sentimentality, which could only amuse a five year-old, lead the Kranks back to their materialistic senses in time for a Kodak moment which shouts a rather shallow Merry Capitalism to all!
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06/01/07
A more sweet than sour satire that sets its sight on nasty but lavishly honey coated underpinnings of the holiday season.
02/08/07
In any normal year this dire comedy would be the undisputed lump of coal in our psychic stocking, but coming on the heels of Surviving Christmas, it's a close second.
01/06/07
Top Critic
With clumsy sight gags the only humour on offer, the temptation to mutter 'Bah humbug' is overwhelming.
06/24/06
[A] comedy so broad it barely dents its targets and a patronising moral conclusion that goes against everything its protagonists originally stood for.
04/01/06
What better way is there to get into a festive spirit than having it crammed down your throat?
04/13/05
...almost had me convinced to convert to Judaism to avoid having to go through anything ever again that even remotely resembles this movie.
04/01/05
This holiday comedy depicts suburbia as a place where all true individualists are treated with a nastiness not in tune with the Christmas spirit.
12/10/04
Makes the colossal mistake of making Luther's obsession seem almost a valid protest against conformity -- then lets the neighbors not only win but claim the moral high ground.
12/08/04
See Joe Roth's movie and you'll understand the true demeaning of Christmas.
12/07/04
Contains momentum-halting continuity errors and clownish antics from hammy performers that will have Santa scribbling furiously on next year’s “Naughty” list.
12/07/04
Below average comedy that remains watchable thanks to a likeable cast but is very low on laughs.
12/04/04
Imagine someone telling you the joke about the chicken crossing the road repeatedly for 98 minutes. You have now imagined this film.
12/03/04
Christmas with the Kranks is a lackluster holiday comedy that can't shake the ghosts of past Christmas films.
12/02/04
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