3.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
Overview
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!
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
3.6
Overview
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!
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film's central conflict and resolution champion traditional community values and the importance of upholding established cultural practices over individualistic desires, portraying the latter as problematic. The narrative ultimately validates community pressure to conform to holiday traditions.
The movie features a traditional casting approach with a predominantly white main cast, consistent with a mainstream suburban Christmas comedy from its era. The narrative focuses on holiday spirit and community dynamics without critiquing traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The film strongly affirms the positive cultural and communal aspects of Christmas, a Christian holiday. It celebrates themes of generosity, community spirit, and togetherness, portraying the Kranks' eventual embrace of these traditions as a heartwarming and positive transformation. While it lightly satirizes the pressure and commercialism, the overall narrative champions the virtues associated with the holiday.
Christmas with the Kranks does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The story centers on a heterosexual couple's decision to skip Christmas and the subsequent community reactions, with no elements related to queer identity present in the narrative.
The film "Christmas with the Kranks" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a suburban couple's attempt to skip Christmas and the community's reaction, without any depiction of transgender identity or related issues.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Christmas with the Kranks" is an adaptation of John Grisham's novel "Skipping Christmas." All major characters in the film maintain the same gender as established in the original source material, with no instances of a character's gender being changed.
The film "Christmas with the Kranks" is an adaptation of John Grisham's novel "Skipping Christmas." There is no evidence that any character, established as one race in the source material, was portrayed by an actor of a different race in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.6
6.2
Critic Ratings
0.5
2.2
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