Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

I've seen a lot of stinker movies but this takes the cake. There is no chemistry between any of the characters and the movie never made me laugh. Usually I'm willing to give some leeway to holiday movies, but not this one. I thought it would never end.I blame the poorly written script. There is nothing a director or actors could do to improve it. The movie in contrived and rushed. Every scene seems plastic and one dimensional. I prefer Jingle All The Way more than this movie; and that movie was terrible.

Oh Jamie Lee Curtis, how did they drag an actress like you into a mess like this? Christmas with the Kranks represents everything wrong with the "Christmas movie" genre: sub-par plot, over-the-top acting, trashy rock remixes of classic Christmas songs while rapid cut montages of the city in winter time appear on screen.I don't mind the occasional cheese-ball Christmas movie - I can enjoy The Santa Clause or Jingle All The Way - but those films have at least some heart and reason for being, unlike this shell of a film which relied on the Christmas season and its cast to get by.In the end, it's a poorly directed tale about a couple of *spoiler, not really* "kranky" folks who don't have the Christmas spirit, but, of course, inevitably realize the meaning of Christmas at the end of the film.Only, in this case, the meaning of Christmas is über consumerism and bowing to the peer pressure of your neighborhood.(?)

With a critic score of 22 and an audience average of little over 5, you'd be forgiven for thinking that 'Christmas with the Kranks' is one of the worst Christmas movies ever made. I don't know what it did to offend so many people, but I think such low marks are completely unjustified.My sense of humour may be different to others who watched this film, but I must admit that it did make me laugh. I thought the scene where Mr Krank (Tim Allen) was attempting to eat after having botox injections was particularly funny, but each to their own.'Christmas with the Kranks' is an unspectacular but enjoyable Christmas film, and far from being the disaster that many make it out to be.

This is not a good movie. While the premise is an interesting one, the move is a failure on almost every level. To start, the acting is dreadful. Being a Tim Allen fan (The Santa Clause is one of my favorite Christmas movies), his acting in this movie is wooden and listless. In most scenes, it appears as though he is struggling to remember his lines. As bad as he is, Jamie Lee Curtis is somehow even worse. The entire move she appears frumpy and disinterested, until her daughter calls and suddenly it's as though she just found out she won the lottery. Three or four times she shrieks, "BLAIR!" when her daughter's name is even casually mentioned. Just awful. The supporting characters don't offer much either, even with some decent comedic names (Dan Aykroyd, Cheech Marin, among others). Next, the script is bad. As stated earlier, the premise of a family choosing not to celebrate Christmas amongst a community that holds the season in the highest regard could be funny if done correctly. Unfortunately, the reason behind it is murky. Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora (Jamie Lee Curtis) are spending the first Christmas without their (now) grown daughter. Luther, who is portrayed as a real tightwad, suggests that the two of them sail on a luxury cruise instead of spending the holiday at home, thus saving money and escaping the depression of having an empty nest. Fine. How that leads to a full boycott of every aspect of Christmas is not really explained. However, Nora buys in hook, line, and sinker. Then, the daughter surprises mom and dad by flying in from Peru with new fiancée. Suddenly, Luther is chastised by Nora for having planned this in the first place. Why, you ask? It's not really clear. Yet, for some reason the mere suggestion of planning a vacation over Christmas is so awful, they go to great lengths to hide it from their daughter. "She must never find out about your idiotic plan," says Nora. Huh? Finally, the movie is disjointed. It's almost as though the Director finished filming and noticed he only had a 70 minute movie. How do you fill the extra time? Add a strange Santa Claus character, and a robber that serves no purpose to the story. Also, add plenty of physical comedy gags that are overly done and fail to hit their mark. In fact there are two funny parts in the entire movie: Tim Allen eating/drinking after getting BOTOX injections, and an inadvertent scene of a fireman getting hit in the face with a ladder - which the director (thankfully) left in, increasing the comedic value by 100%. Avoid this movie.