Christmas with the Kranks | 
| Director: Joe Roth
Actors: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth Franz
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $28.95
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Rating:  160 reviews
Sales Rank: 10926
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 99 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 04861
ISBN: 1404955038
UPC: 043396048614
EAN: 9781404955035
ASIN: B0007A0F4E
Theatrical Release Date: November 24, 2004
Release Date: November 8, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
BASED ON JOHN GRISHAM'S BEST-SELLING NOVEL, LUTHER KRANK IS A MAN WHO DECIDES TO SKIP CHRISTMAS AND ALL THE SURROUNDING TRAPPINGS AND GO ON A VACATION WITH HIS WIFE NORA INSTEAD. BUT WHEN HIS DAIGHTER DECIDES, AT THE LAST MINUTE, TO COME HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, HE IS FORCED TO PUT CHRISTMAS BACK TOGETHER.
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Slapstick humor gets a full-body workout in Christmas with the Kranks. Critics were unanimous in their derision, and John Grisham must have gnashed his teeth over what studio-boss-turned-director Joe Roth did to his bestselling novel Skipping Christmas, to which this broad-stroked comedy bears little or no resemblance. The title characters are played by Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis, who decide to skip Christmas because their daughter's in Peru with the Peace Corps. Thus begins a rabid program of enforced conformity when their neighbors (led by Dan Aykroyd) coerce the Kranks into changing their holiday attitude--a change that comes easily when the daughter announces she'll be home for Christmas after all. Imagine if a suburban lynch mob said "Have a Merry Christmas or we'll kill you," and you'll get some idea of what spending Christmas with the Kranks is really like. And if you laughed at the frozen cat, you're probably on Santa's "naughty" list. --Jeff Shannon
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 Christmas with the Kranks March 6, 2009
Zena M. Hamilton
This is one of the funniest Christmas movies I have seen. It is great for the whole family to see. I would tell everyone to buy this movies for their home entertainment library.
I Loved, Loved, Loved it January 13, 2009
Miss Peabow
I had bought this video wore it out and had to buy another one. Family and friends loved it also. Just good, clean hilarious Christmas humor. And of course Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis are just perfect together.
 A real Stinker! January 3, 2009
Shelley A. Grabowski (Nashville, TN)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Don't waist your money on this one. Jamie Lee curtis is a big disapointment in this one. This was not her best acting and Tim Allen was just a bit better. You will be disapointed in getting this one. The book Skipping Christmas was much much better and much funnier. They should have gotten different actors for these two charactors. Just not believable. Dan Aykroyd did much better in his part.
Typical holiday flick-too over the top December 11, 2008
:::DIGITAL BABE::: (East Coast)
Of course this genre is meant to inflect the sometimes "hustle and bustle" holiday season with laughter and humor, but this flick was a bit irritating.The premise was funny enough-a couple trying to spice things up, in the face of their daughter's absence during a trip to another country. But the film is monotonous and the script a bit campy.
All actors do a fine job with the material given, but aside from the scene where the cruise tickets are given to the elderly couple across the street, the film lacks the genuine sentiments of other holiday films (such as "The Holday" and others). This does not have a hgh rewatchability factor for me, and I typically like holiday films. Give it a "rent" if you like the type.
 Funny, Cute and sweet! December 3, 2008
Keith N. Moseley
I think any person can enjoy a Tim Allen movie.
A good family classic.
Check it out!
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