Christmas with the Kranks

Pros: Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis. Some funny moments.
Cons: Not as good as I had hoped it would be.

I love Christmas. There are some things I don't care for, like fighting crowds, but I do enjoy most things related to Christmas. Over the years there have been many movies made that deal with Christmas in some way. I've seen a lot of those movies. ...

Pros: a few funny lines
Cons: badly written, unlikable characters, bad Direction of stars, just a bad film

Blair is going to be away from home during Christmas for the first time in her life. Just having turned 23, she is being sent on a peace-corps mission into Africa that will cause her to miss the holidays with her parents. Since she is an only child ...

Pros: one or two amusing moments.
Cons: way too many silly scenes.

I was cranky after watching "Christmas with the Kranks". I'd been looking for a GOOD Christmas movie to get me into the Christmas spirit a couple of weeks ago right before Christmas. I find that watching a good Christmas movie usually helps with ...

Pros: It's only 90 minutes long
Cons: It's 90 minutes long.

If you read my reviews I believe you will find that I try to look at the best side of things but will still inform of negatives. I couldn't find to much to see as the best side of this film. I went in with high expectations for a timely Christmas story ...

Pros: Curtis, Allen, Walsh
Cons: Requires a bit of suspension of disbelief

Hey, I'm no bah humbug.. well ok I can be at times, but even given my lack of religious beliefs I still enjoy the holidays. To me it's about family and decorations and just having fun. I do, however, know folks who take it all a but too serious.. and ...

Pros: Let's see...Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis are here
Cons: Bad script; Too much stupidity to keep track of.

Christmas is a season generally spent with family and besides all of the time spent eating and sharing good cheer, many people like to watch holiday movies and/or television specials. Many classic Christmas films have been produced over the years that ...

Pros: Tim Allen, will keep you laughing the whole time
Cons: some editing issues, some cheesey script

While slowly dwindling down in his career, Tim Allen has been passed up by a lot of younger actors, though his humor has remained intact ever since his hit TV show as Tim "the tool man" Taylor in Home Improvement, which was where I was first introduced ...

Pros: The idea was interesting. It could have been a really good film.
Cons: Allen and Curtis do not mix. Cold plot in many spots.

It seemed like a good idea, both the movie, a comedy for the holidays, and the going to see it with the full family in tow after the big turkey day blow out. Christmas with the Kranks stars Tim Allen from Home Improvement and the Santa Claus movies ...

Pros: Good adaptation of the Grisham novel; entertaining and amusing
Cons: Some deviations from Grisham's novel that border on unforgivable.

I really shouldn't write reviews of Christmas movies because I am extremely forgiving of them. That's probably because I'm typically in a darn fine mood while watching them, seeing how I enjoy Christmas so much. Having said that, I've enjoyed ...

Pros: Some very funny moments, good message
Cons: Annoying at times, didn't have a big enough role for Dan Aykroyd

So, my husband and I were lucky enough to get tickets to the pre-screening of this movie. Despite the rain, we got there about an hour early because these things always sell out. We really didn't know what to expect, since we hadn't seen many previews of ...

Pros: Tim Allen is kind of fun to watch as a pseudo William Shatner/Nicolas Cage.
Cons: Atrocious writing even an average 10 year old would mock. A comedy that's not funny.

Like National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Christmas with the Kranks makes one very big error that few people will notice: people are outside in the snow, with big chunks of ice on the ground; but their breath is invisible. Everyone ...

Pros: Some great bits of tickly humour!
Cons: One fell asleep!

I took the children to see this film over the Christmas period, after being stuck at home bored to death, with nothing to do! When we arrived at the cinema, I was set on watching the Polar Express as I’d heard it is a really good film, but children know ...

Pros: Good cast.  Funny storyline.  Makes you laugh and pulls at your heart strings.
Cons: None.

Christmas with the Kranks, released on DVD in 2005 by Sony Pictures, is rated PG. This is a delightful Christmas comedy based on John Grisham's novel, "Skipping Christmas". Christmas is my favorite time of year and I love watching Christmas movies with ...

Pros: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, lots of funny lines
Cons: Nothing

I read the book that this movie is based on so that's why I was excited when the movie came out. And I was even more excited when I learned that the two people playing the Kranks would be Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis, so I bought this DVD the second I ...

Pros: Good South American song
Cons: Poorly acted and directed

I like Christmas movies. I like Tim Allen. I like Jaime Lee Curtis. But this movie I could only tolerate. It was a big disappointment for me. Tim Allen underacted. Jaime Lee Curtis overacted...and the end result was a slow movie with not much in ...