If you can get past the overacting, the predictable antics, the slapstick comedy, "Christmas with the Kranks" can be a holiday highlight.
Yes, the storyline is predictable. Yes, the comedic attempts are at times, overdone. Nonetheless, the ending and the message on building community hits the deep, red center. It has me teary at the end...even me, a confirmed scrooge, churlish and unforgiving in my lack of holiday cheer.
Best Scene: Jamie Lee Curtis in a string bikini ("this should be outlawed"...thanks, Jamie, for something all of us 40-something's can relate to!
Best Actor: Dan Akroyd, as the nazi-leader of merriment. His forced laughter during caroling is almost sinister-ly frightening.
Best Moment: When Tim Allen is quite literally between two realities, made real when he is standing in the street.
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