Bad Santa (2003)
"Bad Santa" is the story of two conmen who go on a road trip to malls dressed as Santa and his elf. Rather than spreading good cheer, the duo's motive is to rob each establishment, a strategy that becomes complicated when they encounter an 8-year-old who teaches them the true meaning of Christmas. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Terry Zwigoff
Written By: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Starring: Cloris Leachman, Billy Bob Thornton, Octavia Spencer, John Ritter, Matt Walsh, Ajay Naidu, Lauren Graham, Ethan Phillips, Tony Cox, Bernie Mac, Tom McGowan, Brett Kelly
AKA: Badder Santa
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1. The Guardian's 1000 films to see before you die (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 31 stars)
2. Black Comedy (collaborative: moderated by Dorkovsky - 29 stars)
3. Onion AV Club: The New Cult Canon (collaborative: moderated by theficionado - 29 stars)
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Paxton | 49 18th |
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We sat down to watch this and I laughed so hard that I had to put my phone down and go back to watching the movie again because it is not funny.
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| 2 | theficionado | 37 34th |
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As a pitch-black parody of the typical Christmas movie, it confuses abundant profanity and fucking and cynicism with darkness and bite. As a corrective to the typical Christmas schmaltz, it undermines itself with an ending that seeks to absolve its bastard anti-hero and provide uplift.
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Barraoc | 60 38th |
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Finally got around to watching Bad Santa only to find him more Sad than Bad.
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MartinTeller | 55 11th |
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He's Santa, and he's bad. Get it? You will after 95 minutes of having it beaten into you. I won't say I didn't laugh... at some points, I laughed damn hard. But it wore out quickly while the movie trudged on towards its somewhat predictable conclusion. Could have used more Bernie Mac.
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doctor7 | 83 79th |
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Terribly crass without a protagonist you can like and damn is it hilarious. Billy Bob Thornton plays his seedy asshole role to perfection and would certainly reprise this character type in more comedies. John Ritter's supporting (and final) role is tear inducingly funny.
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| 1 | Oedipax | 85 57th |
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I'm an eating, drinking, shitting, fucking Santa Claus.
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fabfunk | 82 76th |
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Thornton is deceptively brilliant in this downbeat laugher. Piss-pants worthy.
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| 1 | Lucky | 70 57th |
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The santa suit is a perfect fit for Thorton and the movie is surprisingly disturbingly touching at times.
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| 1 | ExplodingBoy | 80 59th |
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It's funny, somehow.
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| 1 | Toolvixen | 90 69th |
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Great movie! It was funny and dirty (in the B.B.T way). I really enjoyed it.
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BBBD | 60 25th |
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The fat kid's t-shirt is pretty funny, but really, I don't get what all the love for this movie is about. There's a lot of swearing. Hilarious? There are funny bits and all, but I guess this movie loses points for me because it was built up to be a lot more than what it is - a standard crude comedy.
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ozymandius10 | 82 81st |
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I feel the same way about this that I do about Bad Boys. I acknowledge that it's stock, but it's just damn good. This movie had me dying from laughter. Any mall Santa sleeping in his own urine is enough to have me dying.
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h_double | 88 76th |
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Rude, cynical, mean-spirited Christmas movie with a lot of heart lurking underneath.
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timmo | 90 66th |
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Billy Bob Thornton in the role he was born to play. It's also got a helluva lot of heart for such a dark movie.
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candace | 1 1st |
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BORING!
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HalfJapanese | 90 90th |
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Terry Zwigoff and the Coen's Christmas exercise in bad taste, booze and safecracking pays off immensely. One of the most memorable and worthwhile Christmas movies in years.
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Barthalen | 66 46th |
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It's ok. He could've been badder though.
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SirStuckey | 80 78th |
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It's hilarious. The idea of a mall Santa this horrible is pretty great (although one wonders how he doesn't get fired). The overall plot is mediocre (Thorton and Cox are con men who steal from the malls they work at every year), but there are enough laughs to keep you watching. At the end it turns out to be a nice little redemption story, and certainly worth the watch.
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Yiannos | 75 84th |
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A twisted take on yuletide cheer that manages to have it both ways: it celebrates the holiday season by pooing on it. Thornton is sleaze personified as the drunken, degenerate, whore humping Santa who robs malls for a living with his foul mouthed pint sized 'friend'. Ritter is hilarious as a timid mall manager, while Mac is equally amusing as a shady security chief with a penchant for blackmail. What makes the film work ultimately is its complete disregard for good taste.
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Jasongirl67 | 25 13th |
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Dysfunctional Santa not really my thing
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| Average Percentile 47.54% from 6704 Ratings |  |