Bad Santa

2003 "He doesn't care if you're naughty or nice."

Bad Santa

7.1 | 1h32m | R | en | Drama

A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.

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7.1 | 1h32m | R | en | Drama , Comedy , Crime | More Info

Released: November. 26,2003 | Released Producted By: Mike Zoss Productions , Dimension Films Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.miramax.com/movie/bad-santa

Synopsis

A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.

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Cast

Billy Bob Thornton , Tony Cox , Brett Kelly

Director

Peter Borck

Producted By

Mike Zoss Productions , Dimension Films

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Reviews

vmmvieira This bad santa performance is nothing short of amazing. The jokes are very adult oriented and very well placed without sounding juvenile. A Christmas classic to see with your friends and adult family, but spare the kids. They won't get it anyway...

Python Hyena Bad Santa (2003): Dir: Terry Zwigoff / Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham, Bernie Mac: Unbelievably vulgar Christmas comedy about deceit or the wolf in sheep clothing. In this case it is the con artist dressed as Santa who appears with his trusty dwarf dressed as an elf to spread Christmas cheer before robbing the store. Billy Bob Thornton is hilarious as a bitter alcoholic who hates the holidays, which results in numerous amusing drunken outbursts in front of children. Tony Cox plays his midget partner fed up with Thornton's drunkenness, and practically runs an obstacle course just to defuse the alarms. Brett Kelly plays a naïve kid whom Thornton shacks up with when police search his hotel room. Kelly lives with his senile grandmother while his father serves time in prison for tax fraud. Bernie Mac steals scenes as a corrupt security officer. Lauren Graham plays a bar waitress who has a Santa fetish. John Ritter is featured in his final role as a squeamish mall manager. Superb setup that becomes a well written screenplay that may strike a note of truth to some. Director Terry Zwigoff who made Ghost World, takes a chance in a daring conclusion that works all the better because it doesn't play to the typical happy ending with a give and take. Not for families but it does stress the need to turn the bad into good. Score: 9 / 10

Floated2 Bad Santa is not a movie for everyone which is what makes the film a great Christmas classic. Bad Santa started as a concept by its executive producers Joel and Ethan Coen, who turned their idea over to John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, the screenwriters of the edgy kids' movie Cats & Dogs.Started off as a career criminal Willie T. Soke (Billy Bob Thornton) has found himself the perfect profession. As one may put it, he just has to work three weeks every year to keep himself in all the booze, cigarettes he needs for the other 49 weeks of the year. Willie is a mall Santa whose partner in all things criminal is dwarf named Marcus (Tony Cox). Marcus has three important jobs: He plays Santa's elf and keeps Willie just sober enough to snarl at the kids who come to the malls' North Pole castles.Others may find it stale, while the reviews have been overwhelming great and the film is just popular today, even more so than when it was released back in 2003, now after watching it on Christmas day 2015. The greater of Bad Santa is that it's unrelentingly and unapologetically delightful.

moviescriticnet Along with Home Alone that's my favorite Christmas movie. But beware cause this an utterly politically incorrect black comedy. Billy Bob Thornton is absolutely brilliant as Bad Santa and even got a Golden Globe Nomination for his performance. Even winning an Oscar wouldn't have been a surprise. The story goes as follows: "A miserable conman and his dwarf partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid." Wtf, even the fat blond kid plays perfectly! The movie manages to successfully combine drama, comedy and crime and is hilarious without being ridiculous. At the same it's serious without being depressive. Nevertheless it isn't suggested for little kids and for those who can't stomach a sometimes rude and offensive black comedy.