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Bad Santa

2003
Comedy, Drama
1h 32m
"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)
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Bad Santa

2003
Comedy, Drama
1h 32m
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Rated 24 Apr 2015
49
19th
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.
Rated 05 Oct 2009
37
34th
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.
Rated 04 Dec 2014
60
38th
Finally got around to watching Bad Santa only to find him more Sad than Bad.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
69th
Great movie! It was funny and dirty (in the B.B.T way). I really enjoyed it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
88
76th
Rude, cynical, mean-spirited Christmas movie with a lot of heart lurking underneath.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
83
79th
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.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
25th
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.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
57th
The santa suit is a perfect fit for Thorton and the movie is surprisingly disturbingly touching at times.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
59th
It's funny, somehow.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
82
81st
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.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
82
76th
Thornton is deceptively brilliant in this downbeat laugher. Piss-pants worthy.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
55
11th
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.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
57th
I'm an eating, drinking, shitting, fucking Santa Claus.
Rated 31 Dec 2007
90
90th
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.
Rated 16 Jul 2009
90
66th
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.
Rated 17 Mar 2010
1
1st
BORING!
Rated 01 Jun 2010
80
78th
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.
Rated 25 Dec 2012
66
46th
It's ok. He could've been badder though.
Rated 22 Dec 2015
75
84th
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.
Rated 03 Jul 2018
25
13th
Dysfunctional Santa not really my thing
Rated 27 Nov 2006
40
15th
Too dumb to be funny.
Rated 11 Dec 2006
76
26th
This movie had its funny points, but overall it was pretty stupid
Rated 11 Dec 2006
92
84th
One of the most brazenly funny movies I have ever seen. Simply outrageous. Terrfic performance from billy bob and the retard ugly kid. Loses its charm near the end when it starts to show an actual heart. Still probably the best christmas movie ever, though.
Rated 12 Dec 2006
87
77th
Pretty depressing. Billy Bob's self-destructiveness is painful to watch, though I got some pretty good laughs out of it.
Rated 12 Dec 2006
100
90th
I bust a gut everytime I put this on. My new favorite holiday movie. I love to put it on when family is over and see them freak out. Simply fantastic.
Rated 15 Dec 2006
73
66th
Tony cox steals the show (though bernie mac and John Ritter are also good value) in this mostly fun outing. One for us bah humbug types. Toe knee :-)
Rated 27 Dec 2006
70
37th
Rude and crude in the beginning and middle, which made it hilarious. Started to drag towards the end while the joke was wearing out.
Rated 30 Jan 2007
93
94th
Bad Santa may be as crude as all get out, but for every moment of thinking it's too inappropriate, there are three instances of gut-busting humor. It's no Christmas Story, but it is a riot again and again. Awesome!
Rated 02 Mar 2007
70
37th
Funny and mean spirited. Good stuff.
Rated 20 Mar 2007
74
63rd
You can dislike the film all you want and not be able to dismiss Billy Bob Thorton's harrowingly nasty performance- a work of genius, though he has been playing this character too many times since this one.
Rated 25 Mar 2007
70
50th
The movie isn't great, but honestly ends hilariously.
Rated 02 Apr 2007
0
8th
Revolting and amoral as well as unfunny. And badly made
Rated 20 Apr 2007
10
10th
Tries to hard to be offensive. Billy Bob Thorton is a lousy redneck hick actor the only good movie i've ever seen with him in it was U-Turn and in that he played A LOUSY REDNECK HICK. Go figure.
Rated 25 Apr 2007
81
65th
funny, even in July.
Rated 04 May 2007
83
80th
Had me laughing hard... silly idea, but works so well.
Rated 17 May 2007
20
5th
I don't get it?
Rated 26 May 2007
65
62nd
Fucking Genius.
Rated 04 Jun 2007
48
32nd
funny and crude but the character is well written and performed
Rated 04 Jun 2007
0
0th
This was recommended to me by a couple of friends, but I absolutely could not stand it. One of very few movies that I've found physically impossible to sit through to the end; turned it off about 3/4 through.
Rated 18 Jun 2007
60
9th
Not even Lauren Graham could save this pile with her beauty.
Rated 05 Jul 2007
80
51st
The funniest film of 2003.
Rated 21 Jul 2007
55
52nd
This was a lot shittier than I hoped it would be.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
93
81st
Shit happens when you party naked. Best advice in a long time.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
17th
Horrible. Billy Bob is a decent dramatic actor, but he has ZERO sense for comic timing.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
99
84th
the bad-er santa version is awesome...recomendation for cheap jokes like cursing and farting
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
58th
The new Christmas classic that knocked all the others off my shelf. Swearing, drinking, cruelty, it has everything I've always loved about the holdiay season.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
82nd
Terry Zwigoff directs this nasty comedy that has immense appeal to socially maladjusted people such you and I. Let's be friends. Only for tonight though, you jerk.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
94
99th
Irreverence, thy name is Bad Santa.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
71st
whooop
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
60th
I'm a big Billy Bob fan, and this movie was really quite funny and a great anti-Christmas film. I saw it on Christmas Day in the theaters and it really helped me get past the dregs of materialism. John Ritter and Bernie Mac were great in their supporting roles as well. Give it a shot...you might actually like it!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
73rd
Dirty and wrong on all fronts, but still has a heart
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
75th
Raucous and dirty, but hilarious
Rated 14 Aug 2007
67
49th
A few shocking laughs and strangely appealing characters make this film comfortably watchable during the Christmas season. Otherwise, I wouldn't watch it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
23
5th
Stupid, crude and mean-spirited. I feel bad for John Ritter for this being his last movie before he died.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
48th
Very goofy movie, perfect for Billy Bob
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
74th
Billy-Bob Thornton is incredible in this hilariously profane take on our culture's commercialization of Christmas
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
38th
A few pretty good laughs, but nothing great.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
80th
best christmas movie ever made.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
32nd
kind of funny, I hate christmas!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
10
2nd
hated it
Rated 14 Aug 2007
79
80th
Terry Zwigoff is masterful as always.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
81
69th
Funny and nicely black-hearted. Much grouchier and more interesting than it looks.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
91
88th
Outstanding
Rated 14 Aug 2007
82
51st
sandwiches!!!!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
73
51st
Zwigoff is a comic hero of mine and this future Christmas classic is the perfect blend of Looney Tunes and Mean Streets. About a Boy's nasty uncle, which is in no way a bad thing.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
67
22nd
Guilty pleasureto watch this one....
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
20th
A slovenly Santa Clause with a sailor's vocabulary works well for a punchline, but not as a premise for an entire movie.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
79
72nd
A scream
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
96th
I beat the shit out of some kids today, but it was for a purpose.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
69
50th
One of the best comedies of the year, with Thornton in great touch. The midget was a bit of a jackass, but a highly entertaining comedy.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
61
36th
Really funny the first time I watched it, but it felt stale and tired the second time around. If I could go back and see it again for the first time, I'd be pretty happy.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
67th
Previews looked stupid but this movie is hilarious. Reminds me of Al Bundy in a married with children episode.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
87th
billy bob thorton does a great job
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
93rd
One of my favorite Christmas movies of all time. This movie if it had lost the gross-out might have managed to score even higher with me. Full of wonderful sardonic humor and sarcasm.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
60th
fun interesting comedy, without kiddy plot
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
50th
Naughty humor that works. A good example of how movies can be touching without resorting to sentimentality.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
35
20th
Meh. It's quasi funny at times. Maybe if your buddy rents it and brings over a few beers while you're playing poker it'd be good.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
78
82nd
I'm a sucker for movies that hate Christmas, and this one repeatedly kicks it in the groin with a titanium-tipped boot.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
59th
Crude, funny, and gross, but could have been more subversive than it is. Worthwhile holiday film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
78
58th
A lot funnier than I was expecting. Billy Bob's best work since Sling Blade.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
79
44th
Thouroughly absurd. Lorelei? Doin Santa in a car?! I liked how the movie was unflinchingly fucked up.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
79
35th
Not enough of the jokes hit for me, but has some really hilarious moments.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
98
93rd
FUCK ME SANTA FUCK ME SANTA FUCK ME SANTA!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
91
90th
Utterly hilarious. Billy Bob is usually typecasted but it works so well here.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
91st
Black comedy doesn't get much darker than this. Billy Bob just might have been the most endearing scumbag in ages with this movie. Great flick though. Very funny, and very honest.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
6th
Clue number one is in the title...BAD
Rated 14 Aug 2007
7
84th
Profane, nasty, mean, bitter, savage, cruel, and hilarious. Billy Bob Thorton rocks. It's a Christmas comedy of the most twisted, hilariously dark and utterly depraved kind, and a great companion piece to Die Hard for a twisted Christmas film festival.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
68th
Pretty funny stuff.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
87th
This is one of my guilty-pleasure movies. I found it to be absolutely fucking hilarious, if only for the unapologetically blatant profanity of it all.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
68
39th
Funny
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
14th
oh come on its not that good
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
66th
Wanton profanity shouldn't be this funny to an adult.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
43
11th
It's simple-minded vulgarity for simple-minded audiences, and probably shoddy entertainment for anyone looking for substance.
Rated 15 Aug 2007
80
91st
Probably the best holiday comedy this side of A Christmas Story. Billy Bob Thornton is a totally lovable dick.
Rated 19 Aug 2007
54
47th
Funny at first, but drama rears it's ugly head about half way through and substantially taints a premise with so much comic potential.
Rated 19 Aug 2007
70
74th
My favorite Christmas movie
Rated 20 Aug 2007
9
62nd
So funny it hurts.
Rated 21 Aug 2007
57
53rd
Good fun movie.
Rated 26 Aug 2007
1
0th
Should be named "Bad Movie". Everyone gets a stinker now and then but Thornton is racking them up (Bad News Bears, etc). New rule for Billy Bob: If is has the word Bad in the title, don't DO IT. :)
Rated 12 Sep 2007
70
44th
Thornton is great in it.

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