Christmas with the Kranks

Great Product

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

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

Funny move.

I grew up watching this. Its a classic.

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 is really a fun movie. It is just as cute as it can be Ive watched it several times and now watch it every Christmas. We watched it as a group with some friends from our church and we just laughed and laughed at is so funny.

Dislike—none. Like the whole idea. Except for celebrating the Holy Birth of Jesus, the rest of Christmas is overdone. What has Frosty the Snowman have to do with the birth of Christ? Or Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. Or the whole Santa concept, which has become so socially commercialized? Or fruit cake? Etc, Etc. I love giving, giving from the heart and I loathe how children especially are not taught the real reason for Christmas. At times, like the Kranks, I would totally love to ignore the commercialism and one ups-manship housing decorations and who gets to go to whose party. But this movie is totally humorous depiction of the craziness that many people to, to celebrate of holiday.

I was so shocked this year watching this movie to find out my husband had never seen it! He was surprised by how much he enjoyed the movie. It is such a classic at this point and will forever be one of holiday season must watch.

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.