Bad Santa is a 2003 Christmas black comedy crime film. The movie was produced by Trypitch Pictures and distributed by Dimension Films and Columbia Pictures. Bad Santa was written by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa and directed by Terry Zwigoff.
The story is two professional thieves named Willie and Marcus reunite once a year for a holiday con posing as a mall Santa and his elf. However this year Willie isn't doing so well, he has become depressed and is drinking and with this behavior he has caught the attention of the mall's security boss. Can Willie get his act together before him and his partner are caught or will they whined up behind bars?
- Negatives
I've got nothing to say. So let's move on.
- Mix
One thing that I think is a mixed bag is the humor. There are parts of the movie where I laughed and other times when I didn't because something just wasn't funny.
In Bad Santa Willie befriends a kid named Therman. And while throughout the movie their friendship does have it's moments there's other times where you question why does this kid put up with Willie's crap?
- Positives
The thing that I found the most enjoyable is Billy Bob Thornton's performance. He did so well that if they ever made another Bad Santa sequel I couldn't see anybody else in this role.
Throughout the movie Tony Cox playing Marcus I found him completely unlikeable. Which makes sense because that was the intent. Marcus is definitely the character you love to hate. So it makes it so great with what happens to him at the end of the movie.
One thing I really like about Bad Santa is it's not the traditional Christmas movie. Typical Christmas movies are always whimsical, happy, or they try to stay family friendly. While not Bad Santa. This is probably the raunchiest Christmas film I've ever seen and I liked that. Because that means there's something that helps it stand out from all the other Christmas movies.
Bad Santa's strengths are standing out from other Christmas movies, Marcus is a pretty good villain, and Billy Bob Thornton's performance. The two things that could have used some work are the sense of humor and Willie and Therman's friendship.
My final rating is Okay
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