TrueJoshNight
Truly Dreadful Film
Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin
The movie really just wants to entertain people.
Married Baby
Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?
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...
michaelthompson-98713
I have just struggled watching to the very end, Bad Santa. And then I turned to the reviews, and was stunned by those who liked it, they thought it was funny, they thought it was the best Christmas movie they had ever seen. This film is foul mouth twaddle.I know without a doubt that this film is the worst I have ever seen, I'm not going to give any credence to the actors.There is absolutely foul language throughout, all intelligent adults should avoid this movie at all costs.Bad Santa. Bad movie. End of....Yuk" yuk" yuk"
adonis98-743-186503
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, and the security boss discovers the plot. Bad Santa is easily one of the funniest Christmas movies ever made next to Home Alone 1 + 2 and Jingle All The Way although it's not for kids and people who really complain about it maybe they didn't get the message because this movie it's just a masterpiece with Billy Bob Thornton giving an amazing performance alongside Brett Kelly as The Kid who is easily the biggest highlight of the movie, Lauren Graham was also really good and i hope that the sequel is as good as the original because i'm gonna be disappointed if it's not. This isn't a film for kids it's a film for adults with some great humor and even tho it gets a bit over the top at times with a lot of bad language and some sex scenes still it's way better than half of this movies that everyone calls a "comedy" this days it has a good script, a great cast and hilarious performances and you won't be disappointed i'm going to give Bad Santa an A+
mpdmartin
Bad Santa (2003) Reviewed by Martin Davis, Retrospect Film on Facebook 'Bad Santa' has been described variously as 'The nastiest Christmas film ever', 'The ultimate anti-Christmas film' or 'One of the best Christmas films ever'. In truth, it's much more than any of those descriptions. It's quite simply a great film, brilliantly scripted, and with assured direction from Terry Zwigoff, following on from 2001's excellent 'Ghost World'. With some exceptional performances, it's also very, very funny. The only person Willie T. Stokes (Billy Bob Thornton) hates more than anyone else is himself. Consumed with self loathing and drinking himself into oblivion, Willies' life and everyone in it are one endless series of disappointments. Unscrupulous and immoral, Willie is a bad person and he knows it. One thing he is good at though is cracking safes. Every Christmas with the help of his diminutive partner in crime, Marcus (Tony Cox) he finds work as a department store Santa Claus. With Marcus as his elf assistant, their sole intention is to rob the store on Christmas Eve. With Willie permanently drunk, abusive to the kids and having sex in the changing rooms, despite his best efforts, Marcus cannot avert the suspicions of store detective Gin Slagel (Bernie Mac). Slagel quickly brings his concerns to the attention of the mall manager Bob Chipeska (John Ritter), in his last film appearance. Meanwhile Willie is enjoying a passionate affair with Sue (Lauren Graham), a barmaid with a Santa Claus fetish. Things are further complicated by the unwelcome attention of a young boy, Thurman Merman, who believes the foul mouthed Willie to be the real Santa. Willie finally finds a purpose to his life, teaching Thurman to stand up to bullying after the youngster inadvertently saves him from suicide. With the clock ticking, will the Yuletide criminals be apprehended before they can complete their audacious robbery and will Willie find redemption in a childs innocence? Rude, crude and with the blackest of humour, 'Bad Santa' with a total of 300 profanities, may not be to everyones taste but it manages to be both hilarious and moving without once slipping into sentimentality. Both Jack Nicholson and Bill Murray showed interest in the title role but were already committed to other projects. It's difficult to imagine anyone other than Billy Bob Thornton as 'Bad Santa' though and he gives a career best performance, ironically losing out on a Golden Globe award to Murray for 'Lost in Translation'. This is one Christmas film that can be enjoyed at any time of the year. Excellent. Martin Davis, Retrospect Film on Facebook
