Christmas with the Kranks
Seen it?2004 | 99 min | Comedy, Family
Monday Morning MaybeWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 5% on Rotten Tomatoes and a lukewarm 6.2 out of 10 from audiences, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh and families. If you loved A Christmas Story or Elf, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Light and funny, feel-good.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 39 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
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!
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
5% on Rotten Tomatoes, 22 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.2 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$97 million worldwide on a $60 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 276K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Joe Roth
- Tim AllenLuther Krank
- Jamie Lee CurtisNora Krank
- Dan AykroydVic Frohmeyer
- M. Emmet WalshWalt Scheel
- Elizabeth FranzBev Scheel
- Erik Per SullivanSpike Frohmeyer
- Cheech MarinOfficer Salino
- Jake BuseyOfficer Treen
- Austin PendletonUmbrella Santa / Marty
- Tom PostonFather Zabriskie