Christmas with the Kranks
Christmas with the Kranks is a 2004 American Christmas comedy film directed by Joe Roth from a screenplay by Chris Columbus, and starring Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, Erik Per Sullivan, Cheech Marin, Jake Busey, and M. Emmet Walsh. Based on the 2001 novel Skipping Christmas by John Grisham, it follows a middle-aged couple who, much to the chagrin of their neighbors, decide to forgo their Christmas celebrations after their daughter leaves for the Peace Corps until she unexpectedly decides to return home for the holidays.
Plot
After Riverside, Illinois couple Luther and Nora Krank see their daughter Blair depart for a Peace Corps assignment in Peru on the Sunday following Thanksgiving, empty nest syndrome sets in. Luther calculates that they spent $6,132 during the previous year's holiday season, and, not looking forward to celebrating Christmas without Blair, he suggests they invest the money usually spent on decorations, gifts, and entertainment and treat themselves to a ten-day Caribbean cruise instead. Luther insists that they completely boycott the holidays but Nora initially objects. She eventually agrees after convincing Luther to at least donate to local charities as they do every year.
Cast
- Andrew Daly
- Arden Myrin
- Austin Pendleton
- Bonita Friedericy
- Caroline Rhea
- Cheech Marin
- Dan Aykroyd
- Elizabeth Franz
- Erik Sullivan
- Felicity Huffman
- Jake Busey
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Jan Hoag
- Julie Gonzalo
- Kevin Chamberlin
- Kim Rhodes
- M. Emmet Walsh
- Mark Christopher Lawrence
- Patrick Breen
- Rene Lavan
- Tim Allen
- Tom Poston
- Victoria Chalaya
More details
| author | Chris Columbus |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Joe Roth |
| editor | Nick Moore |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | cancer caribbean caribbean sea change of heart christmas carol christmas eve draw empty nest syndrome holiday season miami international airport morning pack pariah pariah state peace corps peru remission sing steal suffer thanksgiving warn |
| musicBy | John Debney |
| producer | Chris Columbus Mark Radcliffe Michael Barnathan |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| theme | children's comedy satirical slapstick |