CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

SunnyHello Nice effects though.

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

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...

zardoz-13 Sometimes genuinely obnoxious movies can prove entertaining. "Ghost World" director Terry Zwigoff doesn't pull any punches in his sarcastic, sacrilegious, but sizzling saga about a pair of thieves that dress up like Santa Claus and his Elf accomplice and rob a departmental store of everything at Christmas time. The first thing that is going to rile prospective spectators is the abundant profanity. According to the Kids-in-the-Mind website, the F-word or its derivative is uttered 130 times. This should slash a third of the audience for this interesting, artsy, crime thriller/ character study. Oscar winning actor Billy Bob Thornton is thoroughly persuasive as a down-on-his-luck individual who has dedicated himself to a life of debauchery and wound up masquerading as Santa Claus once a year as part of an elaborate crime. Willy (Billy Bob Thorton) is not the brains behind this skulduggery. Instead, Marcus Skidmore (Tony Cox) organizes everything. Marcus is as ruthless as he is short. He is a small person. Nevertheless, nobody should let Marcus' lack of height lull them into a false sense of security. He uses Willy to break into the safe so they can loot it for an eleven-month holiday until time comes for them to look for a new target. This time, they run into a challenging adversary, a Department Store Security Chief (Bernie Mac") who is as smart as he is cunning. In one of his final theatrical appearances, John Ritter plays a sensitive story supervisor who discovers Willy having anal sex with a customer in a ladies' dressing room. The second reason you won't like "Bad Santa" is the amoral behavior of the hero. He drinks himself into a stupor and often winds up bedding down a single girl. His only dictum is that she must cry "Santa" during their sexual follies. "Bad Santa" is a crude, rude, lewd character study with a surprise ending for what is basically a matter-of-fact crime comedy.

sunlit_dreams My husband usually finds most comedy enjoyable. I find only some comedy enjoyable. We are both avid movie-watchers. Neither of us enjoyed this movie at all. At 44mins in (47mins to go), my husband thought it 'might' be picking up... but lost interest in further watching. In my opinion, if it takes half the movie to start getting better, then it's a bad movie.This movie relies on the presentation of an immoral, irreligious, cursing Santa as it's chief premise. That it is a 'bad' movie, in in my opinion, isn't a reflection on the acting or direction, both of which seemed pretty good. Perhaps it's more redeeming feature was Brett Kelly's portrayal of 'The Kid', which makes an excellent foil to Billy Bob Thornton's 'Bad Santa'. The script, however, left a lot to be desired and seemed only designed to appeal to some. For us the dialogue and plot were both pretty uninspired and seriously lacked.If you enjoy a mockery of the traditional concept of Santa, and love a script liberally salted with a wide range of cursing, then you may possibly love this movie. We, however, did not enjoy it. Final tally: 1 for the acting, 1 for the direction & 1 for the presentation. 0 for all else.

stenholmgabriel Great comedy and if you watch The Dricetor's Cut it works as character study. This movie is brave and bold. It's unlike any other Christmas movie out there. It's not a sweet story of the spirit of Christmas. But a dark twisted comedy about a man who is broken and the despicable things he does. Hollywood rarely makes movies like this. Of course when you have a movie that is so different the studio will be concerned about how the film will do. In Bad Santa's case the producers went back and filmed additional scenes to make the movie more mainstream. As for which cut you should see If you want a good comedy See The theatrical cut.If you want a complex character study see the director's cut. In the lead role, we have Billy Bob Thornton, who does an excellent job, he brings the right level of patheticness to the character. As his sidekick, we have Tony Cox (Spaceballs, "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Beetlejuice) He has good timing and the acting is solid . The kid is played by Brett Kelly who does a great job for a child actor. Marcus(the sidekick)'s wife is played by Futurama 's Lauren Tom, and she does a good job. Lauren Graham plays the love interest and she is good. But she has a pretty small role. Comedian Bernie Mac and veteran actor John Ritter also have supporting roles. This is in fact John Ritter's last live action role Also, keep an eye out for a famous actress of old age and Lois Griffin's voice Alex Borstein. But the real star here is the script written by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa and rewritten by the movie's director Terry Zwigoff and the Coen Brothers. It's smart and does not talk down to the audience. And it is also fresh.It is not something that has never been done before. More something that is not done very often. It is not only a raunchy comedy. It is a movie that have something to say The script has meaning. The film has meat. In the Bad Santa makes for unique holiday viewing. Well worth watching at Christmas.