Christmas with the Kranks

This movie has been around for ablong tine but we just got around to watching it. Lots of laughs. Thanks to Amazon for the Audio Descriptive Track too so that some here could enjoy the movie as well.

We watched this every year during Christmas in my house. Great family movie.

Funny christmas family movie for all ages

One of my all time favorite Christmas movies!!

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.

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.

Fun movie with moral statement.

Overacting on Jamie Curtis part as a mother of grown daughter away from home. Tim Allen plays the father & wants to go forego Xmas & go to the Caribbean since their daughter isnt coming home for the holidays.

Funny movie

Great Movie!!