Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Wordiezett So much average

LouHomey From my favorite movies..

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

ronrick-12354 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.

Paul Magne Haakonsen 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.

Mitch Connors 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.

Davis P Christmas with the Kranks (2005) starting Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis is a fun, sweet, warm hearted Christmas film that will make you feel good. I Will never understand all the hate that has been thrown on this film. It's fun and sweet. I adored all the actors and their roles, this film was very well casted! I'm a huge Jamie Lee Curtis fan, and she didn't let me down in this movie, she really delivered as Mrs. Krank. Tim Allen delivered a good performance as Mr. Krank as well, and was very funny. The Botox scene was Laugh out loud hilarious! Several scenes had me laughing very hard, where others just made me feel good and had me in the Christmas spirit. The movie might not be Oscar winning, but that doesn't mean it's bad. It's sweet, heart warming, well acted, funny, and just gets you in the holiday spirit! I watch this every Christmas, it just doesn't feel like Christmas without a visit from the Kranks! Also, the tanning bed scene is absolutely hilarious! The tanning bed scene is my favorite scene in the whole movie. 8/10 for Christmas with the Kranks. It's mostly family friendly as well, just a couple of bad words, mild ones.