Christmas With The Kranks, yellow snowballs and ham

Season 1, Episode 18 (Christmas Special 1) - Do you know what? To heck with Christmas, let’s go on a cruise instead…is what Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis say in 2004’s Christmas With The Kranks, and we’re talking about it in great detail for the first of TWO Christmas Specials this month.Synopsis: When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank (Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis) 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 neighbourhood in an uproar.We’ll talk about the film’s scores, go over the whole plot, talk about trivia and more. We’ll also discuss at length perhaps why this movie has a score as low as the measly 5% it had at the time of recording. We’ll also be talking about yellow snowballs and famous hams.If you would like to tell us what you thought of Christmas With The Kranks, suggest a rotten film you’d like us to talk about or just say hello you can email us at [email protected], or contact us on any of our socials which are listed below.Links:Link to Film Stories:https://filmstories.co.uk/Slate.com article; “’Tis the Season for Rationing Movies”:https://slate.com/culture/2024/12/christmas-movies-2024-best-christmas-carol-grinch.htmlRadio Times article; “Christmas with the Kranks is the most underrated Christmas movie ever:https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/christmas-with-the-kranks-underrated-christmas-movie-comment/List of all of our socials, including YouTube where you can also subscribe, and listen to full episodes of Rank Rotten.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rankrottenpodThreads: https://www.threads.com/@rankrottenpodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rankrottenpodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/rankrottenpodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RankRottenPodBlue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/rankrottenpod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.