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* MoodWhiplash: One of the many criticisms of the film is how it swings wildly between clashing tones without any effort put in on the parts of the filmmakers to make it a smoother transition. It frequently bounces between the CringeComedy of the Kranks' domestic interactions, the downright ''[[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop disturbing]]'' conformist antics of the other townspeople, and the cancer diagnosis of Kranks' neighbor Bev played for all the weepy sympathy-wringing of your average Lifetime channel movie.
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* MoodWhiplash: One of the many criticisms of the film is how it swings wildly between clashing tones without any effort put in on the parts of the filmmakers to make it a smoother transition. It frequently bounces between the CringeComedy of the Kranks' domestic interactions, the downright ''[[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop disturbing]]'' ''disturbing'' conformist antics of the other townspeople, and the cancer diagnosis of Kranks' neighbor Bev played for all the weepy sympathy-wringing of your average Lifetime channel movie.
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* TheGrinch: What the Kranks are seen as by their neighbors.
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* TheGrinch: What the Kranks are seen as by their neighbors. Multiple scenes make it look like Luther really is one of these, too.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Luther seems to be one just for the sake of it.
** Many of the neighbors qualify.
** Many of the neighbors qualify.
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** Luther seems to be one just for the sake ofit.
it. To provide examples:
## He makes a grand letter telling everybody in his office that he won't celebrate Christmas, don't expect gifts and don't give him any, and instead of sending it by e-mail he prints enough copies for every single worker and hands them personally.
## He tries to convince Nora to not give their yearly donation to Christmas charity, even if by his own acknowledgement it's a pittance item in the money they spend each year. Nora has to DeathGlare him into taking back that idea.
## Multiple scenes have him act like, more than the neighbors being unrelentingly annoying, he has [[TheGrinch a very literal beef with Christmas itself]].
** Many of the neighbors qualify. To provide an example: Vic's grand speech to rally all of the neighbors together and help the Kranks? "Why let [[TheAce the daughter]] suffer for [[SinsOfOurFathers the sins of her parents]]?"
** Luther seems to be one just for the sake of
## He makes a grand letter telling everybody in his office that he won't celebrate Christmas, don't expect gifts and don't give him any, and instead of sending it by e-mail he prints enough copies for every single worker and hands them personally.
## He tries to convince Nora to not give their yearly donation to Christmas charity, even if by his own acknowledgement it's a pittance item in the money they spend each year. Nora has to DeathGlare him into taking back that idea.
## Multiple scenes have him act like, more than the neighbors being unrelentingly annoying, he has [[TheGrinch a very literal beef with Christmas itself]].
** Many of the neighbors qualify. To provide an example: Vic's grand speech to rally all of the neighbors together and help the Kranks? "Why let [[TheAce the daughter]] suffer for [[SinsOfOurFathers the sins of her parents]]?"
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Father Zabriskie is a guest at the party at the end. As Creator/RogerEbert noted, Catholic priests don't get Christmas Eve off, since [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Mass Midnight Mass]] is a major event in Roman Catholicism.
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: ApatheticClerk: The girl at the front desk of the tanning salon is a bubbly/[[TheDitz ditzy]] version of this trope. After Nora bumps her head and starts bleeding, she finds the girl at the front desk listening to music instead of doing her job. The girl is clearly annoyed when Nora asks for a band-aid. When Nora also asks for a towel, she gets frustrated and tells Nora to "Make up your mind!"
*ArtisticLicenseReligion: Father Zabriskie is a guest at the party at the end. As Creator/RogerEbert noted, Catholic priests don't get Christmas Eve off, since [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Mass Midnight Mass]] is a major event in Roman Catholicism.
*ArtisticLicenseReligion: Father Zabriskie is a guest at the party at the end. As Creator/RogerEbert noted, Catholic priests don't get Christmas Eve off, since [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Mass Midnight Mass]] is a major event in Roman Catholicism.
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A 2004 "comedy" film based on the novel ''Skipping Christmas'' by Creator/JohnGrisham, directed by Joe Roth and scripted by Creator/ChrisColumbus (''Film/HomeAlone'').
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A 2004 "comedy" comedy film based on the novel ''Skipping Christmas'' by Creator/JohnGrisham, directed by Joe Roth and scripted by Creator/ChrisColumbus (''Film/HomeAlone'').
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* FanService: On the flip side, the tanning scene gives us the sight of Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis with minimal clothing, both of them looking quite good for their ages.
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** In the same review, Ebert also noted that none of the houses have crucifixes or nativities on their front yards, which is somewhat expected in a typical suburban neighborhood. Ebert suspected that showing even the slight implication of religious people forcing their views on other people's throats in the movie would offend conservative Christian groups, so the filmmakers decided to play it safe and have every house display secular decorations. Ebert wrote in [[https://www.rogerebert.com/answer-man/star-power-overrides-ethnicity a later Q&A]] that these same religious groups endorsed the film, which he found both ironic and (given the movie's premise) disturbing.
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** In Roger Ebert's review, he noted that none of the houses have crucifixes or nativities on their front yards, which is somewhat expected in a typical suburban neighborhood. Ebert suspected that showing even the slight implication of religious people forcing their views on other people's throats in the movie would offend conservative Christian groups, so the filmmakers decided to play it safe and have every house display secular decorations. Ebert wrote in [[https://www.rogerebert.com/answer-man/star-power-overrides-ethnicity a later Q&A]] that these same religious groups endorsed the film, which he found both ironic and (given the movie's premise) disturbing.
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** In the same review, Ebert also noted that none of the houses have crucifixes or nativities on their front yards, which is somewhat expected in a typical suburban neighborhood. Ebert suspected that showing even the slight implication of religious people forcing their views on other people's throats in the movie would offend conservative Christian groups, so the filmmakers decided to play it safe and have every house display secular decorations. Ebert wrote in [[https://www.rogerebert.com/answer-man/star-power-overrides-ethnicity a later Q&A]] that these same religious groups endorsed the film, which he found both ironic and (given the movie's premise) disturbing.
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** Save the scene at the tanning salon where the family priest acknowledges they're non-participation in the Christmas holiday festivities.
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** Save the scene at the tanning salon where the family priest acknowledges they're their non-participation in the Christmas holiday festivities.
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* IndecisiveDeconstruction: Of SavingChristmas or YetAnotherChristmasCarol. Or we may be giving them too much credit and it's just a case of UnintentionallySympathetic DesignatedVillain.
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Father Zabriskie is a guest at the party at the end. As Creator/RogerEbert noted, Catholic priests don't get Christmas Eve off, since [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Mass Midnight Mass]] is a major event in Roman Catholicism.
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** Since they already lost the contest, coming in a distant fourth due to the dark Krank house, they had no reason to decorate the house otherwise. The kids were pestering Luther just to bust on him.
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A 2004 comedy film based on the novel ''Skipping Christmas'' by Creator/JohnGrisham, directed by Joe Roth and scripted by Creator/ChrisColumbus (''Film/HomeAlone'').
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A 2004 comedy "comedy" film based on the novel ''Skipping Christmas'' by Creator/JohnGrisham, directed by Joe Roth and scripted by Creator/ChrisColumbus (''Film/HomeAlone'').
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** Also, Vic rallies the neighbors by saying their not doing for Luther, but for Blair, who baby-sat most of their kids and is now serving in the Peace Corps.
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* AFriendInNeed: Vic comes across as this. While he and Luthor aren't exactly friends, once he finds out what is going on, he wastes no time rallying the neighbors to all pitch in and help out. He even gives marching orders to the police to pick up Blair from the airport so the Kranks can use the time getting everything ready.
--->Cop: I don't think we can do that.
--->Vic: Shall I call the Chief?
--->Cop: I don't think we can do that.
--->Vic: Shall I call the Chief?
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* IdiotPlot: The Kranks want to go away for the holidays. But oh no, their neighbours want to win a prize for best-decorated street! ...so, why don't they just ask to decorate the Kranks' property for them in their absence?
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* StepfordSuburbia: In which celebrating Christmas is apparently ''mandatory'' and refusing to participate in it will result in the ''entire neighborhood'' obsessively following you around and badgering you to give in like some kind of [[CrapsaccharineWorld jolly yuletide Orwellian dystopia.]]
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** Save the scene at the tanning salon where the family priest acknowledges they're non-participation in the Christmas holiday festivities.
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* IdiotPlot: The Kranks want to go away for the holidays. But oh no, their neighbours want to win a prize for best-decorated street! ...so, why don't they just ask to decorate the Kranks' property for them in their absence?
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* SpaceWhaleAesop: If you overcome your hatred of the holidays and join in with the Christmas celebrations [[TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong like everyone else on your block]], [[spoiler: the real genuine Santa Claus will save you from being killed by a burglar.]]
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* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: The entire plot. The Kranks decide to not celebrate Chirstmas. They're "wrong" according to their neighbors, who proceed to harass them until they do. The Kranks complain and they only become "more wrong".
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* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: The entire plot. The Kranks decide to not celebrate Chirstmas.Christmas. They're "wrong" according to their neighbors, who proceed to harass them until they do. The Kranks complain and they only become "more wrong".
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* BrickJoke: Luther sees two people enjoying a cruise when he makes the decision to skip Christmas. Later, when he and Nora wear bathing suits to get tans, they are the same as the couple in the ad.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: The plot, and its myriad problems, [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot could have been avoided]] had Luther and Nora told Blair about their plan to take a cruise. Granted, it was a rather sudden decision, but they had at least three weeks to let her know.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: The plot, and its myriad problems, [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot could have been avoided]] avoided had Luther and Nora told Blair about their plan to take a cruise. Granted, it was a rather sudden decision, but they had at least three weeks to let her know.
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** Luther seems to be one just for the sake of it.
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**{{Jerkass}}: Luther seems to be one just for the sake of it.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Pretty much the ''whole reason'' the movie falls apart. Yes, Christmas is obviously a big deal in this community, but Luther and Nora are quite right in pointing out that they spend over $6,000 on it every year, largely to make their daughter happy--and now that she's gone, there's no need to put in that much cash for something they don't really want to do.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Blair thinks she's giving her parents a wonderful surprise by coming home for Christmas unannounced with her fiance in tow. Oh, how very, very, VERY wrong she is.
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* TheAntiGrinch: The Kranks' neighbors don't seem ''meant'' to be seen this way, but their attempts at badgering the Kranks into their over-the-top version of holiday cheer do succeed in ruining the Kranks' plans for a quiet getaway.
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* SavingChristmasSantaClausmas: There's no indication at all in the story that Christmas just might have any religious component to it.
* SavingChristmas: Well, for a given value of saving.
* SavingChristmas: Well, for a given value of saving.
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* ObsessivelyNormal: When Luther and Nora Krank decide to skip celebrating Christmas in favor of going on a cruise. The ''[[StepfordSuburbia entire neighborhood]]'' stalks, harasses and pickets the two over it, judging them every chance they get and even posting it in the local newspaper, especially over the neighborhood's custom Frosty the Snowman figure. It is not until they decide to put their decorations up to celebrate their daughter returning from the Peace Corps do they start acting civil towards them.
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* FanDisservice: The tanning scene gives us the sight of Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis with minimal clothing.
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* [[MundaneMadeAwesome Mundane Made...Overexaggerated]]: MundaneMadeAwesome: Or rather, overexaggerated; Nora's search for a hickory ham.
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* TitleDrop: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]; there are various scenes that title drop the book its based on, ''Skipping Christmas'', but none for the film's official title.
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* TheUnfairSex: Played with. While skipping Christmas was Luther's idea, Nora willingly and eagerly goes along with it. In one scene she discusses their plan and puts all the blame on Luther [[spoiler: and again when they learn their daughter is coming home with a fiance]]. Also, throughout the movie, Luther receives far more ridicule and scorn than Nora for skipping Christmas, even though she willingly joined his plan.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: [[MundaneMadeAwesome Mundane Made...Overexaggerated]]: Nora's search for a hickory ham.
