Christmas with the Kranks

This Christmas movie is one of my favorites. Great cast and story.

I read John Grishams book Skipping Christmas a few years ago, about other peoples expectations of us at the holidays and what happens we someone dares to say, Im opting out this year! When this movie came out, it was not entirely what I expected and seemed a bit cheesy at first, but it has really grown on me over the seasons. A great cast including Dan Akroyd, Tom Poston and Cheech Marin make the movie work well. I love the scene with Jamie Leigh trying to get the last holiday ham! She is so great at physical comedy. As a mom whose youngest son lives out of the country, I would do the same in a heartbeat if he showed up for Christmas.

One of my favorite Christmas movies despite what critics say. Waited and hoped it would be on blue ray for a long time. So very happy.

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!

- Funny movie - gets better EVER time you watch it ...

I saw this movie on tv this past holiday and I enjoyed it so I figured I would add it to my collection. Good acting, and a little bit of a different plot than most Christmas movies, so it is a nice change of pace. The ending though is somewhat strange and awkward, but I wont give it away for those who havent seen the movie. Basically when the Kranks daughter says she isnt going to be there for Christmas, they decide to go on a cruise and essentially boycott Christmas. This causes problems within their neighborhood which is full of Christmas tradition and Cheer. But once their daughter surprises them with a phone call that she and her fiance will actually make it for Christmas, they need to abort their plans and try to throw together a Christmas atmosphere. An entertaining movie.

A classic Christmas movie.

pleased overall, just as good as i remembered and some of my girlfriends family including her had never seen it. made for a good time with a feel good ending.

Every Saturday we do family movie night. Each December we pick different Christmas movies that we haven’t watched yet. Kids are 10 and 14. We chose this one on Amazon prime this year, and it was quite boring for all. Some laughs at silly parts by my 10 year old(when someone fell on snow) but wouldn’t ever choose to watch again. Surprised to see it was made in 2004. Felt more like a 90’s movie.

One of my all time favorite Christmas movies!!