Christmas With the Kranks

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Christmas With the Kranks

PG

2004

1h 38m

Holiday

Comedy

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Finally alone for the holidays, Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora Krank (Jamie Lee Curtis) plan to eschew the Christmas traditions and take a cruise in the Caribbean instead. This doesn't sit well with their Christmas-obsessed neighbors Vic Frohmeyer (Dan Aykroyd) and Walt Scheel (M. Emmet Walsh), who are determined to win the annual "best decorated street" competition, and the Kranks soon find themselves social outcasts because of their lack of Christmas spirit.

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Critics Consensus

A mirthless movie as fresh as last year's fruit cake, Christmas with the Kranks is a coarse, garish comedy that promotes conformity.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Unoriginal, unfunny slapstick holiday fare.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 22, 2010

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

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.

Jan 6, 2007

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Anna Smith

Empire Magazine

[A] comedy so broad it barely dents its targets and a patronising moral conclusion that goes against everything its protagonists originally stood for.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 1, 2006

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Daniel Barnes

Dare Daniel

This exhausting parade of white people's Christmas problems offers only banality, blandness, and the most desperately unfunny sitcom hijinks imaginable.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 4, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Allen was a bit low energy for my liking but actually came off better in his more sincere scenes towards the end of the film.

Rated: 2.0/4.0

Sep 5, 2020

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

We loved him as Santa. We loved her as the hooker with a heart. We love Christmas. ... After seeing Christmas with the Kranks, all I can say is it put me in one kranky mood for the holidays over such a waste of talent!

Nov 7, 2019

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bob r

i dont know why so many people hate this movie its such a classic and so funny

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/16/25

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Mads G

They tried.. its not even saturday night

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/09/25

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Meredith B

Literally my favorite Christmas movie- so nostalgic and a must watch every year. Such unnecessary hate on this movie in these reviews! I laugh out loud every time I watch it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/02/25

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Charis T.

One of our family staples at Christmas time

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/13/25

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fun G.

I found this movie, surprisingly decent. It had a pretty good amount of funny moments, I like the characters, I like the premise, the story about halfway through does dull a bit, but it has a very sweet ending. If it were any other actor this movie wouldn’t be as good, but I feel Tim Allen was what this movie needed to make it just a little better. Funniest part of the movie, the opening scene of Tim Allen in the rain.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/10/25

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Andy C

If you want to Cringe on Christmas Morning this movie will do the trick

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/10/25

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Jamie Lee Curtis

Nora Krank

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Synopsis

Finally alone for the holidays, Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora Krank (Jamie Lee Curtis) plan to eschew the Christmas traditions and take a cruise in the Caribbean instead. This doesn't sit well with their Christmas-obsessed neighbors Vic Frohmeyer (Dan Aykroyd) and Walt Scheel (M. Emmet Walsh), who are determined to win the annual "best decorated street" competition, and the Kranks soon find themselves social outcasts because of their lack of Christmas spirit.

Director: Joe Roth
Producer: Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe
Screenwriter: Chris Columbus
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: 1492 Pictures, Revolution Studios
Rating: PG (Suggestive Content|Brief Language)
Genre: Holiday, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 24, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $73.7M
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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