Bad Santa
2003
A miserable conman and his pint size partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper, only to rob department stores on Christmas Eve but run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid. Read more
| Starring | Billy Bob Thorton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Bernie Mac |
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| Director | Terry Zwigoff |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Comedy |
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Bad Santa
A miserable conman and his pint size partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper, only to rob department stores on Christmas Eve but run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.
| Starring | Billy Bob Thorton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham |
|---|---|
| Director | Terry Zwigoff |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 35 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 39 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description Blu-ray: English |
| Dubbed | German |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, German, Hindi, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 14 Nov 2005 Blu-ray: 01 Dec 2008 Production year: 2003 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (5)
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Indie film-maker Terry Zwigoff (Crumb, Ghost World) comes unstuck with this charmless black comedy about a grumpy, alcoholic safe-cracker. Billy Bob Thornton plays Willie T Stokes, who scopes out shopping malls to rob by posing as a holiday Father Christmas. As he and his “elf” sidekick (Tony Cox) attempt to perform the scam one last time, Thornton becomes involved with a Santa-loving barmaid (Lauren Graham) and a lonely overweight child (Brett Kelly). Thornton's character is sadistic and abusive, and the constant foul-mouthed shouting becomes dispiriting very early on. The film thinks that it's subversively critiquing Christmas sentimentality, but is so lacking in anything resembling heart, taste or wit, that it's just a hard slog.
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Scabrous comedy that makes a change from the usual glutinous Christmas fare, though it, too, goes soggy before the end.
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75 out of 90 people found this review helpful
Superb
If you want a change from all the run-of-the-mill sickly Christmas crap, Bad Santa is a must. Hilarious and dark as hell, with an unconventional feel-good ending. And to the reviewers offended by the swearing, the 15 tag is a wee clue in advance that it's not gonna be for little kids - maybe Muppets Christmas Carol would be more to your tastes.
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Most recent members' review
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13 out of 18 people found this review helpful
Not my cup of tea
I couldn't appreciate the use of bad language in this film especially with children involved in the plot too.
Shame though, as I really like Billy Bob Thornton, but not in this movie. -
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Bad Santa - BLU-RAY Version
Billy Bob Thornton is terrific as Willie T. Stokes; a lowlife department store Santa in Terry Zwigoff's outrageous comedic follow-up to his offbeat hit 'Ghost World'. Every year, Stokes takes a job as Santa in a different place in order to rob the store he's working in. The diminutive Tony Cox ...
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