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Christmas with the Kranks (2004)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 9/06

Kranks
9/06: So...this is what Christmas was like in Nazi Germany?

I thought a modern film starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Dan Aykroyd couldn't be that bad. Then, add Tim Allen to the mix. Maybe it would be okay. Boy, it turns out that I was dead wrong, but they aren't the problem.

Christmas with the Kranks is basically a re-creation of Christmas in Nazi Germany. The poor writing drowns the terrible premise that's riddled with wrong messages.

I didn't see anything wrong with a husband and wife vacationing on a cruise during Christmas. But one town doesn't think so! What the hell? Wake up and smell the coffee. It isn't Peyton Place anymore. This is America where privacy is everything.

If I ever see the Spike kid in real life, I'm going to make a spike out of him. By the way, I never got the answer to the question of why the daughter was coming back from the Peace Corps mission which is supposed to be a two-year commitment. Looking at her, I would be in a state of disbelief if she volunteered for it.

All in all, I can't believe that I watched a 21st century Nazi picture about Christmas.