After faithfully and happily celebrating Christmas their entire lives, and with their daughter Blair in Peru to serve a stint in the Peace Corps, Luther and Nora Krank are facing the prospect of a very lonely holiday. One blustery Chicago night, Luther glances longingly at an alluring poster in a travel agency window and pictures himself and Nora basking in the glow of the sun on a Caribbean cruise. Though Nora is at first reluctant about going away for the holidays, she soon warms up to the idea. But when their neighbors find out, they are aghast, especially local busybody Vic Frohmeyer. To m... ake matters worse, Luther refuses to put his illuminated Frosty the Snowman on his rooftop. Hemlock Street is famous for it and has won numerous contests sponsored by the local newspaper. The battle of wits between the Kranks and their neighbors quickly escalates, threatening the harmony of the community and, yes, the spirit of Christmas itself. Then, without warning, Luther and Nora get a call from Blair. She is coming home for Christmas after all and now the Kranks have less than twenty-four hours to get themselves and all the families on Hemlock Street back in the proper Christmas spirit.
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Are people serious when they say Hollywood is out of touch with Middle America? Because Columbia Pictures, it appears, is dreaming of a red-state Christmas this year. Adapted by Chris Columbus from John Grisham's Skipping Christmas, and directed by Revolution Studios head Joe Roth, Christmas With the Kranks is a flat parable about the virtues of homespun conformity and the perils of defying family tradition - the kind of family tradition that runs up the credit card balance, helping retailers reach their holiday projections.
Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora (Jamie Lee Curtis) Krank are an average, middle-aged suburban couple grimly facing their first empty-nest Christmas on...
Christmas with the Kranks A couple decide to give Christmas a miss because their daughter is away, then have to hastily arrange celebrations when it turns out she can make it after all. Comedy starring Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis and Dan Aykroyd
Although clearly designed as a vehicle for Tim Allen, the Santa Clause star's failures outside of animated movies mean that the most interesting thing about Christmas With The Kranks is that it sees Dan Aykroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis co-star almost 20 years on from their first movie together, John Landis's Trading Places.
Back then, Aykroyd was a successful 'Saturday Night Live' graduate who'd enjoyed success as both a scree...
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I enjoy watching holiday-themed movies, mostly not during the holidays, because it reminds me of the joy. "Christmas with the Kranks" is one film I'd classify as a guilty pleasure. It was bashed (both by critics and the public) when it was released, and yet, I kinda enjoyed it. Sure it was silly, sure it was a big mess, but still I like it. Why? Because it manages to succeed to give two things I expected, funny and keeping the holiday feeling.
