The read
Audiences rate it 33 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,359 2000s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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!
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes5%
Metacritic22/100
Audiences rate it 33 points higher than critics do.
1,341 audience votes
Key crew
- Chris ColumbusScreenplay
- Joe RothDirector
- John DebneyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tim AllenLuther Krank
- Jamie Lee CurtisNora Krank
- Dan AykroydVic Frohmeyer
- M. Emmet WalshWalt Scheel
- Elizabeth FranzBev Scheel
- Erik Per SullivanSpike Frohmeyer
- Cheech MarinOfficer Salino
- Jake BuseyOfficer Treen
- Austin PendletonUmbrella Santa / Marty
- Tom PostonFather Zabriskie
- Julie GonzaloBlair Krank
- René LavanEnrique Decardenal
Stills
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Shares: Jamie Lee Curtis · Holiday · Family
