Christmas with the Kranks
Christmas with the Kranks is a 2004 American Christmas comedy movie based on the 2001 novel Skipping Christmas by John Grisham. It was directed by Joe Roth and written and produced by Chris Columbus.
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Directed by | Joe Roth |
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Screenplay by | Chris Columbus |
Based on | Skipping Christmas by John Grisham |
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Music by | John Debney |
Cinematography | Don Burgess |
Edited by | Nick Moore |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $60 million[1] |
Box office | $96.6 million[1] |
It stars Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis as a couple in Chicago who decide to skip Christmas one year since their daughter is away, much to the disapproval of their neighbors. The movie also stars Julie Gonzalo, Tom Poston, Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh, Austin Pendleton, Cheech Marin and Felicity Huffman.
The movie received negative reviews on Rotten Tomatoes with a 5% score.[2]