ComedyFamily

Christmas with the Kranks

- Their Christmas will turn the town upside down!

When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank decide to book an island cruise to beat the yuletide blues and just skip the holidays. But their decision to boycott tradition has the whole neighborhood in an uproar, and when Blair calls on Christmas Eve to announce a surprise visit with her new fiancée, the Kranks have just twelve hours to perform a miracle and pull themselves and their neighbors together to throw the best celebration ever!

Release Date : 2004-11-24

Language :SpanishEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Revolution Studios1492 Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Luther Krank

Original Name : Tim Allen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nora Krank

Original Name : Jamie Lee Curtis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vic Frohmeyer

Original Name : Dan Aykroyd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Walt Scheel

Original Name : M. Emmet Walsh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bev Scheel

Original Name : Elizabeth Franz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Spike Frohmeyer

Original Name : Erik Per Sullivan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Salino

Original Name : Cheech Marin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Treen

Original Name : Jake Busey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Umbrella Santa / Marty

Original Name : Austin Pendleton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Father Zabriskie

Original Name : Tom Poston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blair Krank

Original Name : Julie Gonzalo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Enrique Decardenal

Original Name : René Lavan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Candi

Original Name : Caroline Rhea

Gender : Female

Character Name : Merry

Original Name : Felicity Huffman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Aubie

Original Name : Patrick Breen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ned Becker

Original Name : John Short

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jude Becker

Original Name : Bonita Friedericy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Randy Becker

Original Name : David Hornsby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Scanlon

Original Name : Kevin Chamberlin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Randy Scanlon

Original Name : Lyndon Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gus Scanlon

Original Name : Ryan Pfening

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wes Trogden

Original Name : Mark Christopher Lawrence

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trish Trodgen

Original Name : Rachel L. Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dox

Original Name : Vernee Watson-Johnson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Daisy

Original Name : Arden Myrin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Choir Director

Original Name : Jan Hoag

Gender : Female

Character Name : Burglar

Original Name : Joe Guzaldo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tanning Intruder

Original Name : David L. Lander

Gender : Male

Character Name : Office Staff

Original Name : Kim Rhodes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Office Staff

Original Name : Patrick O'Connor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Neighbor #1

Original Name : Doug Cox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Neighbor #2

Original Name : Matt Walsh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Husband

Original Name : Andy Daly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shopper

Original Name : Dawn Didawick

Gender : Female

Character Name : Manager

Original Name : Cary Thompson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cashier

Original Name : Julia Roth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Schoolgirl

Original Name : Taylor Block

Gender : Male

Character Name : Schoolgirl

Original Name : Eryn Nicole Gonsalves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Schoolgirl

Original Name : Chelsea Broussard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fireman

Original Name : Paul Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mailman

Original Name : J.P. Romano

Gender : Male

Reviews

r96sk

@r96sk

2021-06-23

Suitably amusing. With that said, 'Christmas with the Kranks' certainly starts brighter than it ends. I found fun in the opening portion, especially with the two leads. I didn't like the ending as much, I found it too sappy and untidy. The run time is short though, so that doesn't hamper things much. Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis are enjoyable at the forefront of the film, with Dan Aykroyd joining them in that bracket with his arrival. The rest of the cast are fine. The plot isn't anything majorly fresh, but it entertained me enough. Fun film.

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2023-12-30

**_Harmless Christmas fun with Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis and Dan Aykroyd_** When the Kranks’ daughter goes off to Peru after Thanksgiving, they decide to skip Christmas and spend the money on a Caribbean cruise, but their neighbors browbeat them for it. At the last minute, they decide they have to celebrate the holiday anyway, but how will their offended neighbors respond? “Christmas With the Kranks” (2004) is one of those Christmas flicks that you can just roll with and enjoy or be a Scrooge and pick apart. As far as the latter goes, what’s wrong with NOT blowing money on Christmas lights and so on? Who joins the Peace Corps to help out the world and comes back in a month? If you can ignore such questions, it’s entertaining enough and warmhearted. While everything is usually exaggerated in movies, especially ones like this, there ARE neighborhoods in which neighbors are coerced into displaying unison decorations for the holidays. The movie runs 1 hour, 39 minutes, and was shot in studios of the Los Angeles area, e.g. Downey, with second unit work done outside Chicago. GRADE: B-