Certified Movie Buff: Christmas With the Kranks

Hi guys. Just a quick post here about my favorite Christmas movie. It's plot is a little unusual, which made it such a good film. Besides, who could pass up a movie with Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Christmas With the Kranks (2004) is actually the movie version of John Grisham's 2001 novel, Skipping Christmas. I read the book after I watched the movie, which I don't always do because I always end up liking the book better.

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Christmas With the Kranks, tells the story of Nora and Luther Krank, who were faced with the fact that they were about to celebrate Christmas without their only daughter Blair, whose Peru trip clashed with the holidays.

When Luther realizes that they spent over 6,000 dollars for last year's Christmas celebration, he came up with the disturbing idea of not celebrating Christmas, and splurging their money on a Carribean cruise on Christmas Day instead, since Christmas won't be the same without their daughter.

Despite Nora's doubts, she goes on with Luther's ridiculous plan, which involved not buying Christmas cards, not taking out Frosty, not putting up lights and the works, much to their neighbors' dismay and being dubbed as Scrooge.

All hell breaks loose when Blair calls on Christmas Eve to say that she was about to come home to celebrate Christmas with her family, bringing her new fiance along. Now, Luther and Nora must come up with the plan to bring the Christmas spirit to their house in a few hours.

Although this movie has received a handful of negative remarks because of its negative message, I actually find the movie quite interesting. The movie isn't entirely about skipping Christmas but also about realizing the meaning of Christmas. Plus, I enjoyed watching Luther and Nora scour for every possible Christmas thing just to decorate their home on Christmas Eve.

This is definitely a must-watch, but I must ask you to keep an open mind as you watch this. =) Cheerio!