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Director: Terry Zwigoff
Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham, John Ritter, Tony Cox
Studio: Dimension
Category: DVD

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

(8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 12477

Format: Anamorphic, Colour, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 91 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: DISD36515D
UPC: 786936245042
EAN: 0786936245042
ASIN: B00020HAB0

Release Date: June 22, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: November 26, 2003
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

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5 out of 5 stars

Offensive dark Comedy May 14, 2008
For those of us who can't quite get into the Christmas spirit, "Bad Santa" is a massive preemptive strike against all of the insufferable sentimentality we're going to be subjected to a few months from now. This movie is every bit as entertaining and funny as "School Of Rock," but where "School Of Rock" succeeded through the overwhelming weight of its good intentions, "Bad Santa" (its moderately heartwarming ending notwithstanding) is all about bad intentions. This movie, especially in its powerhouse first half, displays such a commitment to mean-spiritedness that you can't help but love it.
Billy Bob Thornton's safe-cracking department-store Santa Willie is the epitome of ugliness, all the more so because he commits much of his mayhem in his work outfit. Early on we see him getting drunk and throwing up in an alley, and from there he remains in the gutter for much of the movie. He chain smokes, he wets himself in his chair, he fornicates in a dressing room, and above all, he swears. I don't find profanity inherently funny, but Thornton's acid tongue manages to turn four-letter words into weapons of unimaginable destructive power. More than anything I've seen since the "South Park" movie, "Bad Santa" manages to elevate nasty language into an art form.
Even in its moments of humanity, the movie doesn't aim too high. Willie does have a love interest, but not quite in the conventional sense: intead, it's a young bar waitress with a Santa fetish who demands that Willie wear his stocking cap during coupling. Willie also finds some meaning in his life by striking up an offbeat friendship with a fat, bullied kid named Thurman, a bond that manifests itself in one unforgettable scene when Willie beats the living hell out of the teen skateboarder who gave Thurman a black eye.

Even though it's Thornton's show, "Bad Santa" also benefits from a top-notch supporting cast. In his last film role, the late John Ritter is the picture of ineffectualism as the mall manager; Bernie Mac is admirably slimy as the self-interested security chief; and the three-foot-tall Tony Cox belies his small size with a scene-stealing performance as Willie's "elf" and partner in crime.

"Bad Santa" doesn't have an enormous level of plot development, but then it doesn't really need much. What's really important is the way the movie's cynicism slices and dices the sugary "cheer" (which is often cynical itself) that typically accompanies the holiday season. Christmas isn't all about irritating songs and people rioting in department stores over cheap presents, and we all owe a debt to "Bad Santa" for dumping a little snow on the parade.

4 out of 5 stars

Without a doubt the funniest black comedy of 2004. January 23, 2005
13 out of 15 found this review helpful

Normally the phrase seasonal comedy is a guarantee of poor quality and a complete absence of actual humour. This unrepentant offering bucks that trend with a no holds barred ride to the dark side.

Alcoholic safe-breaker Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) uses his cover as a department store Santa to rob the very same stores, this year his plans are thrown into jeopardy by a small stupid child and a greedy security guard. The film spends its course riffing off the idea that rather than Santa being an avuncular, cheery, rotund old guy, he is in fact an unreformed drunk with a taste for loose women.

In an attempt to take advantage of the aforementioned stupid small child, by moving into his house, Willie becomes unwittingly drawn into his life. This leads to a series of situations (including a genuinely hilarious three way fight with Willie's partner in crime, who happens to be a midget) that gradually transform Willie and allow him to develop some real relationships. That this is done without ever heading for the sickly sweet scenes that tend to dominate the usual Christmas movie drivel is impressive in itself, that it remains funny and even shocking right up to the end (where youngsters witness the police shooting down santa on Christmas eve) is a minor miracle.

It is worth noting that the film isn't without its downsides, it occasionally veers towards unwanted levels of puerility, and Bernie Mac is truly terrible as the security guard attempting to muscle in on the scam. However, these are minor quibbles with what is without a doubt the funniest, blackest comedy of 2004.

5 out of 5 stars Best movie I've saw in a while!   December 18, 2004
  16 out of 17 found this review helpful

This movie is hilarious. I am definetely buying it when it comes out in the UK. There is constant swearing in it however but you can't help but laugh. I think I must of laughed the whole way through it. Buy it!

5 out of 5 stars Badder!   December 15, 2004
  7 out of 10 found this review helpful

Funniest movie I can remember watching for a long while. Some language, but surely Santa wouldn't be bad if he was an all-American, have a nice day, good guy? ......And then there wouldn't be a movie.
Great antidote to the normal seasonal sloppy stuff.

1 out of 5 stars Badder Movie   November 24, 2004
  4 out of 72 found this review helpful

I have watched a lot of films and I love a good comedy, but this movie stinks.
I think I am quite a liberated non christian type of guy. I swear more than the average person but this movie was annoying due to the fact it contains pointless swearing and profanities. If constant reference to anal sex with large women is your kind of movie, then you will probably enjoy it.
Is anybody really serious thinking that this is Hollywoods view of a normal life as opposed to the "American Dream" scripts we often see?
The lead character is supposedly a brilliant safecracker (Billy Bob Thornton) who dresses up as Santa to rob large chainstores in an inside job. Yeah right, this happens a lot in normal life doesnt it! The alcoholic tendancies and the loathing of himself apparently is the excuse for all the nasty references to just about everything and anybody in the film. Santa pulls the lovely local bar maid (Lauren Graham) as she apparently like to have sex with foul, drunken losers who dress up as Santa. Get real!

In line with Hollywood and general Christmas type of stories, all well that ends well, and that is probably the best part of this film. Yes, you guessed the end credits.

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