Christmas with the Kranks

Year: 2004

Runtime: 99 min

Language: English

Director: Joe Roth

Budget: $60M

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Luther Krank decides to skip Christmas one year and travel to the Caribbean with his wife, Nora, much to the dismay of their neighborhood. Their plans are disrupted when their daughter and her new boyfriend unexpectedly arrive, forcing Luther and Nora to quickly embrace the holiday spirit and salvage the festive traditions they thought they were leaving behind.

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