Christmas with the Kranks
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Christmas with the Kranks is a 2004 American Christmas comedy film, based on John Grisham’s novel "Skipping Christmas," about a couple who decide to skip the holiday, leading to chaotic and humorous consequences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Christmas with the Kranks canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7995452 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christmas with the Kranks Context triple: [Jamie Lee Curtis, notableWork, Christmas with the Kranks]
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A.
Animal Crackers
Animal Crackers is a 1930 Marx Brothers comedy film known for its rapid-fire wordplay, slapstick humor, and iconic performances by Groucho Marx.
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B.
Four Christmases
Four Christmases is a 2008 American holiday comedy film starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon as a couple forced to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day.
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C.
Home for the Holidays
Home for the Holidays is a 1995 American comedy-drama film about a chaotic family Thanksgiving gathering, directed by Jodie Foster.
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D.
The Christmas Box
The Christmas Box is a 1995 television film adaptation of Richard Paul Evans's bestselling holiday novella, known for its sentimental story about family, love, and the true meaning of Christmas.
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E.
The Holiday
The Holiday is a 2006 romantic comedy film about two women who swap homes over Christmas to escape their personal troubles and unexpectedly find new love.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christmas with the Kranks Target entity description: Christmas with the Kranks is a 2004 American Christmas comedy film, based on John Grisham’s novel "Skipping Christmas," about a couple who decide to skip the holiday, leading to chaotic and humorous consequences.
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A.
Animal Crackers
Animal Crackers is a 1930 Marx Brothers comedy film known for its rapid-fire wordplay, slapstick humor, and iconic performances by Groucho Marx.
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B.
Four Christmases
Four Christmases is a 2008 American holiday comedy film starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon as a couple forced to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day.
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C.
Home for the Holidays
Home for the Holidays is a 1995 American comedy-drama film about a chaotic family Thanksgiving gathering, directed by Jodie Foster.
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D.
The Christmas Box
The Christmas Box is a 1995 television film adaptation of Richard Paul Evans's bestselling holiday novella, known for its sentimental story about family, love, and the true meaning of Christmas.
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E.
The Holiday
The Holiday is a 2006 romantic comedy film about two women who swap homes over Christmas to escape their personal troubles and unexpectedly find new love.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Skipping Christmas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | John Grisham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Skipping Christmas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Dan Aykroyd as Vic Frohmeyer
ⓘ
Jamie Lee Curtis as Nora Krank ⓘ Julie Gonzalo as Blair Krank NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Allen as Luther Krank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Don Burgess NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | John Debney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Joe Roth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Nick Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
family film ⓘ holiday film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Christmas spirit
ⓘ
community ⓘ family ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Blair Krank
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luther Krank NERFINISHED ⓘ Nora Krank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A couple decides to skip Christmas and go on a cruise, causing conflict with their holiday-obsessed neighbors. ⓘ |
| producer |
Chris Columbus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mark Radcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 1492 Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2004-11-24 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 99 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Chris Columbus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | fictional Chicago suburb ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Cheech Marin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dan Aykroyd NERFINISHED ⓘ Erik Per Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ Jake Busey NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamie Lee Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ Julie Gonzalo NERFINISHED ⓘ M. Emmet Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Christmas with the Kranks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 2004 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Christmas with the Kranks Description of subject: Christmas with the Kranks is a 2004 American Christmas comedy film, based on John Grisham’s novel "Skipping Christmas," about a couple who decide to skip the holiday, leading to chaotic and humorous consequences.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.