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Christmas With the Kranks

This holiday exploitation piece, based on John Grisham’s “Skipping Christmas,” beats a dead reindeer for most of its 99-minute running time. A married couple (Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis) decide to conduct a “total boycott” of the holiday season, and each time they announce this, their friends, neighbors, colleagues, etc. stare at them open-mouthed and wait for the audience to laugh. It’s like listening to a CD player with “Jingle Bells” on repeat.

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