92. Christmas at the Kranks

               It is so weird to watch a Christmas in April. But it is fun. Christmas with the Kranks is not most people’s favorite Christmas movie. Granted it is not a “classic” such as Home Alone or Miracle on 34^th St. But Kranks, starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis, is a cute and funny movie.

                Christmas with the Kranks is based on the John Grisham book, or novella, called Skipping Christmas. The book is even funnier than the movie and why in the world did they feel that Christmas with the Kranks was a better title is beyond me. Well Kranks is about a Mom and Dad whose only daughter has gone off to be in the Peace Corps and will not be there for Christmas for the first time ever.

                So the hijinks begin when the Kranks decide to skip Christmas. A total boycott. No tree, no presents, no decorations and especially no annual Kranks Christmas eve party. Instead the Kranks decide to go on a cruise.  No one understands their decision. Their friends are upset. Their neighbors are upset. In fact the neighbor tries to lead a revolt.  The movie is fun.  Don’t go into it and think it’s the greatest thing ever and you might enjoy it. 

Final Verdict: If you find it cheap then pick it up.

63. You Again

               All star female cast. That is what was billed for us in this movie. Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars!), Betty White and Siqourney Weaver all star in this comedy about high school rivals and learning how we never really get over those high school days.

            Follow me on here: Kristen Bell is Jamie Lee Curtis' daughter.  Bell was a HUGE nerd in high school and picked on relentlessly by her rival Joanna. Well Bell’s brother is getting married. To who? You guessed:  Joanna. She is mortified. And in a even more crazy twist Joanna’s mother is Weaver who happens to be Jamie Lee Curtis' high school rival. Crazy right?!? Then throw Betty White as the grandma and you get You Again. At the very end of the movie we also find out that Betty White was high school rivals with Joanna's grandma played by Cloris Leechman (who plays in the very underrated and awesome TV show Raising Hope). Decent. Kind of funny 

Final Verdict: Not worth owning.