Synopsis
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!
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Cast
- 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
Recommendations
- 70
Variety
Ultimately something of a softball satire, its climactic evocation of the "true meaning" of the holidays is surprisingly touching. - 50
ReelViews
Not an abomination, although it is uninspired and insipid. As such, it's perfect television fare. - 50
Los Angeles Times
A flat parable about the virtues of homespun conformity and the perils of defying family tradition. - 42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Above all, Kranks lacks that basic kernel of credibility that even a goofy farce needs to work. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
A Christmas comedy where laughs and even Christmas joy are in short supply. - 40
The New York Times
Slick and treacherous. - 38
Chicago Tribune
Phony, disingenuous family entertainment, suffocated by its green bean casserole approach to Middle America, spineless cardboard characters and paper-thin plot "twists." - 30
The A.V. Club
Hard not to pelt the screen with rotten fruit when confronted with a film like Christmas With The Kranks.
