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Bad Santa, 2003

Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham

Directed by: Terry Zwigoff

Written by: John Requa

Language: English

Country: USA, Germany

Runtime: 91 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:7.3

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The mood of Bad Santa is clever, humorous, and biting. The plot centers around cons and scams, themes of life is a bitch, and disorder. It features dark humor and irreverent humor. Bad Santa is a comedy and crime movie. In approach, it is realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in the suburbs. Bad Santa is set in the USA. It happens in contemporary times. Note that it includes mild violent content, drugs/alcohol, and profanity.

Summary of Bad Santa

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 plays his horny sidekick, Marcus, the real mastermind, who is even more foulmouthed than Stokes. Brett Kelly is Thurman Merman, an eight-year-old who desperately needs to believe in the real Santa Claus--and just might have a good enough heart to change Stokes's evil ways. Or maybe not. And Lauren Graham plays Sue, a young sexpot who wants to get a different kind of gift from Santa. Providing excellent comic relief in this black comedy is John Ritter, in his last film role, as the mousy mall manager, and Bernie Mac as Gin, the mall security guard who suspects something is not right. Be warned--BAD SANTA is not a family holiday movie. It is lewd, crude, and very funny, but it is most definitely not for children. Joel and Ethan Coen, the brothers behind such quirky hits as RAISING ARIZONA and BARTON FINK, are the executive producers who came up with the idea in the first place, influenced by the likes of THE BAD NEWS BEARS and SOUTH PARK.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA, Germany
Release date:	26 November 2003
Runtime:	91 min

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Billy Bob Thornton

as Willie

Bernie Mac

as Gin

Lauren Graham

as Sue

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Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa (2003)

Bernie Mac, Billy Bob Thornton and Tony Cox in Bad Santa (2003)

Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa (2003)

Billy Bob Thornton, Brett Kelly and Tony Cox in Bad Santa (2003)

Billy Bob Thornton and Lauren Graham in Bad Santa (2003)

Tony Cox, Billy Bob Thornton and Brett Kelly in Bad Santa (2003)

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USA Today

This is a filmmaker who instinctively knows that a shot of Santa sitting at a bar as Ricky Nelson sings Jingle Bells will be no-frills funny. Full Review

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by: Mike Clark

Washington Post

Suddenly, you're looking at life in his (Thornton's) jaundiced way and laughing with a sense of vicarious liberation, even when he says the most outrageous things -- to children, no less. And I daresay you can still recover your holiday spirit when... Full Review

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by: Desson Thomson

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Laugh-out-Loud funny. One of Billy Bob Thorton's best films. Billy Bob has a tremendous range, from good guy to villain to comedic roles. I enjoyed this film very much. I recommend it. Read and rate it

10.January.2011
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by: Netflowers
Netflowers rated this movie0/10

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