---
title: 'Christmas with the Kranks (2004)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joe Roth'
released: '2004-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/christmas-with-the-kranks-2004'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388419/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Christmas with the Kranks (2004)

2004 · 98 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Christmas with the Kranks is a 2004 American Christmas comedy film directed by Joe Roth from a screenplay by Chris Columbus, and starring Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, Erik Per Sullivan, Cheech Marin, Jake Busey, and M. Emmet Walsh. Based on the 2001 novel Skipping Christmas by John Grisham, it follows a middle-aged couple who, much to the chagrin of their neighbors, decide to forgo their Christmas celebrations after their daughter leaves for the Peace Corps until she unexpectedly decides to return home for the holidays.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joe Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-roth)
- **Screenplay:** [Chris Columbus](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-columbus)
- **Producer:** [Chris Columbus](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-columbus), [Michael Barnathan](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-barnathan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Debney](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-debney)
- **Director of Photography:** [Don Burgess](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-burgess)
- **Editor:** [Nick Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-moore)

## Cast

- [Tim Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-allen)
- [Felicity Huffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/felicity-huffman)
- [Bonita Friedericy](https://cinepixo.com/people/bonita-friedericy)
- [Andrew Daly](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-daly)
- [Jake Busey](https://cinepixo.com/people/jake-busey)
- [Julie Gonzalo](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-gonzalo)
- [Jan Hoag](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-hoag)
- [Kim Rhodes](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-rhodes)
- [Arden Myrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/arden-myrin)
- [Kevin Chamberlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-chamberlin)
- [Dan Aykroyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-aykroyd)
- [Mark Christopher Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-christopher-lawrence)
- [Tom Poston](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-poston)
- [Cheech Marin](https://cinepixo.com/people/cheech-marin)
- [Rene Lavan](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-lavan)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/christmas-with-the-kranks-2004
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