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Christmas with the Kranks

2004 · 99 min

A bright, silly neighborhood comedy that coasts on holiday chaos and broad gags, easy to watch with family and never too heavy.

Directed by
Joe Roth
Genres
Comedy, Family
Tagline
Their Christmas will turn the town upside down!
Overview
When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank decide to book an island cruise to beat the yuletide blues and just skip the holidays. But their decision to boycott tradition has the whole neighborhood in an uproar, and when Blair calls on Christmas Eve to announce a surprise visit with her new fiancée, the Kranks have just twelve hours to perform a miracle and pull themselves and their neighbors together to throw the best celebration ever!

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Directed by
Joe Roth
Genres
Comedy, Family
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • found family
  • class
  • love
  • healing
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, family
Directed by
Joe Roth
Written by
Chris Columbus
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
99 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Spanish, English

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