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The absolute worst Christmas movie ever made it tries to be funny but the script is so bad. It tries to be heartwarming but just is more of an affront to god than anything. I would go as far to say its soulless and evil. That being said I'm a sado-masochist so me and my buddy watch this every holiday season. Just so we can gawk at what a disgusting train-wreck this movie is. It's foul and rancorous stench lingers with you; perhaps, even haunts you for weeks after you watch it. The plot isn't even worth summing up here if you read all this and you still want to watch go for it.

Christmas With The Kranks is about a married couple "Luther Krank" (Tim Allen) and "Nora Krank" (Jamie Lee Curtis) who decide to skip Christmas and go on a Caribbean Cruise instead, their grown daughter "Blair Krank" (Julie Gonzalo) is going away for the holidays, so they decide to do something different, their neighbours find out and make their lives miserable.The message of this movie is unclear, the neighbours clearly don't like change and always want everything to stay the same, the Kranks usually throw a Christmas party every year and that must be the main reason why the neighbours are so offended by them skipping Christmas. Bottom line these are two grown adults, it is no one else's business if they choose not to be there for Christmas, but what do you do when the neighbours relentlessly make it their business and cause them constant grief? the answer is NOT to give in! But the Kranks do eventually give in although the neighbours are not the reason for that, we find out that "Blair" is on her way home with her new boyfriend who they've never met and "Nora" decides that they are not going on the cruise and that they are going to put the regular Christmas party together in a few short hours, the neighbours decide to help them, it may seem nice, but don't be fooled, they're only helping them because they're getting their own way, they bullied and harassed the poor couple constantly because they wanted the Christmas party.What this motion picture is saying is to conform, and that is a bad message.The comedy factor is a 1 out of 10, it isn't actually funny, the only funny scene is when "Luther" gets Botox and his face looks dreadful. Another scene that is supposed to be funny, but is just plain awkward is when "Nora" is in her bikini at the mall and the local priest sees her and stops to talk to her, at one point his eyes look her up and down, what the director's motives were for that particular part i don't know, but it is inappropriate and they should not have depicted a priest (of all people) looking at her like that.The Kranks cancelling the cruise because the daughter is returning home is fine, but the plot would have been better if they still didn't do the Christmas party and forget the neighbours and simply explain to "Blair" what has been going on, they could simply just spend Christmas quietly with "Blair" and the boyfriend. If your neighbours were making your life miserable over something that is none of their business, would you want them in your house?The ending is a cop out, it is nice that "Luther" gave the cruise tickets to the old couple across the street, but having all the neighbours in their house and singing cheesy Christmas songs like nothing ever happened is just off. It's true that you're supposed to love your neighbours, but you have to have boundaries.The performances are 80% okay, there's a couple of slapstick scenes that are just awful, one in particular is when the neighbourhood leader or whatever the hell he is "Vic Frohmeyer" (Dan Aykroyd) gets his fingers stuck in the window of "Nora"'s car, both their reactions are cringe- worthy.Overall not a pleasant Christmas flick.

While "Christmas with the Kranks" is surely an entertaining enough movie, it is not going to be a Christmas classic such as the 1989 "Christmas Vacation" movie. That being said, then it should be stressed that "Christmas with the Kranks" is a wholesome movie that does prove entertaining enough for the entire family.The story is about Luther Krank (played by Tim Allen) and Nora Krank (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) whom are living in a small, tightly-knitted community where the Christmas season is a major event. And when Frank and Nora decides to skip Christmas and go on a cruise the entire neighborhood is turned upside down in disbelief.There are some hilarious moments throughout the movie, and the cast list was really great, having some impressive names on it. Aside from Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis, then the movie also had Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh, Cheech Marin and Jake Busey on the cast list. So you know what you are getting here, and people do deliver. There are also some good laughs here and there, which do of course add to the overall enjoyment of the movie.But as I said earlier, it will not be a Christmas classic, as in it being a movie that you watch every Christmas. I have just watched it now, and I don't think that I will be making a return trip to watch it again.

As it's an adaptation of a bestseller author, i suppose the book is well written and maybe more delivered that this movie. It's not that this movie is awful because it has some great original ideas but the comedy is just too heavy and badly played ! As the cast is all-star and with Colombus involvement, i suppose that the culprit should be the director ! Anyway, the story is interesting as it takes a bloody bit from holy X-mas and saints neighbors ! In fact, this Holiday is just a big commercial day and community means the erasing of individual liberty ! In addition, the production with cozy houses, great wardrobes and shining illuminations make the movie one of the most beautiful for this holiday !