8 Days to Christmas

Christmas with the Kranks

Release Date November 24th 2004

Rated PG

Running Time: 99 min.

Joe Roth (dir.)

Tim Allen as Luther Krank

Jamie Lee Curtis as Nora Krank

Julie Gonzalo as Blair Krank

Dan Akroyd as Vic Frohmeyer

Erik Per Sullivan as Spike Frohmeyer

Cheech Marin as Officer Salino

Jake Busey as Officer Treen

M. Emmet Walsh as Walt Scheel

Elizabeth Franz as Bev Scheel

René Lavan as Enrique Decardenal

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Christmas with the Kranks

Review By John C.

Christmas with the Kranks is probably one of the most underrated Christmas movies I have ever seen. Scoring a surprisingly low rating of only 5% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, it’s to bad more people wouldn’t give it a chance. Having read the original book, Skipping Christmas by John Grisham, I decided to watch the movie a few years back, and have watched it every year since. Though the beginning and middle include a lot of funny physical humor, the ending is charming, sweet and full of heart, making it a Christmas comedy that mirrors the great John Hughes. Despite what you’ve heard, give it a chance, and I am sure you will not be disappointed.