Bad Santa (DVD)

So my second christmas review of the season, and this time I'm going to go for a Christmas film which is the complete antithesis of most Christmas films around - at least the majority of it is... "Bad Santa" is about a department store Santa named Willie (played by one of the former Mr Jolies, Billy Bob Thornton). He's a bit of a lowlife, has alcoholic tendencies and the whole Santa gig isn't due to a love of children, it's so that he and his elf ...
...the takings. Every year they target a different store in a different state and clean it out. And every year Willie claims that it is the last time - much to the skepticism of Marcus, who knows that by the next year Willie will be flat broke and won't have anything better to do. He always comes back for more, and this time is no different. But this year, things are slightly more complicated. Willie is becoming more and more dependent on alcohol which ...

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...so perhaps that shows a bad light on me for thinking that way but I admit it, I was somewhat interested to watch this movie knowing thats what it'd be like or would feature... a swearing santa, who'd have thought it?! The movie is ok, although it will be a bit too dark for some im sure and of course this isn't at all for children, even though it does feature one fairly young kid in particular, I certainly wouldn't recommend it be shown to anyone ...
...It was somewhat amusing but I think its too much of a one joke movie really, im certainly glad it didn't last considerably longer. I felt quite sad for the young boy, seeing him getting bullied by the local teenagers and clearly not seeing 'Santa' for who he really is. The boy follows Willie around most of the time because he's clearly shy and lonely and so he wants to be protected by this low life drunk that he somehow believes will protect him ...

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...is it enough to turn Bad Santa good? You're probably thinking that this doesn't sound like a very nice Christmas film. And you're right - it's rude, it's very crude and not at all Christmassy but it IS hilarious! This is most definitely a Christmas film for adults, designed to deliver on laughs and humour and boy does it do that. I'll be honest and say that when it started I was very unsure whether to bother because it didn't seem my sort of thing ...
...I am glad I did. The odd start paves way for the odd story which quickly becomes very funny, although made me cringe quite a bit with its rudeness! At nearly 2 hours long, the film manages not to drag at all but keeps the viewers hooked with its great one-liners and quick changes of direction, and the development of the relationships between the characters is realistic but hilarious! Without a doubt, what makes this film so watchable is the brilliant ...

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...Willie is a Santa, really bad Santa, who is drunken really often. If we look him closer, he is drunken all the time. He works as fake Santa, along with his dwarf friend named Marcus and he works as Santa elf, but really, It looks out really weird and somehow interesting. Every Christmas evening, when all the people are in their homes, and there are nobody in the streets, Marcus and Willie going to disable security alarm and after that, starts real ...
...girlfriend, and what can go bad now? But still, everything is not really ok, because his plan to burglarize don't go as he planned, and everything because of super market annoying director and sexy Santa fan. Everything goes wrong and It seems, that Willie don't get anything this year. But little boy named Kid, thinks that Willie is that real Santa, regardless his bad language and outlook. '''MY EXPERIENCES / VIEWS:''' '''PLOT''' Good thing about ...

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BAD SANTA on DVD released in 2003 and rated 15 is a new movie by director Terry Zwigoff. First things first, there are 3 other reviews about this film on Ciao, and I cannot belive the ratings that they have given this film. Everybody to their own, i know, but come on this film is Excellent fun, a bit grose in places, a bit rude in places but above all very very funny. The Story ( in brief, I will try not to spoil it) Willie is a drunk, but also ...
...Marcus, who is the brains of the operation. They only work for 1 month a year. Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) is Santa and Marcus (Tony Cox) is an elf. They yearly get employed in a large department store, in santa's grotto, and on Xmas eve they break in and empty the safe. A simple plan, which has worked on the 6 years previous. Year 7 however is different! Santa and his Elf find their annual crime spree endangered by a pesky store manager (John Ritter), ...

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...Billy Bob Thornton plays the Bad Santa who gets jobs in large department stores over Christmas with his little Elf friend who is played by Tony Cox. He doeesn't want to be there but it pays for the vodka! Santa is always drunk and really couldnt care less what the children want. He sits in his chair swearing at the children and asking what they want whilst taking crafty glugs of vodka when he can. His Elf friend tries to keep it all together and ...
...remember as although she likes Bad Santa she really wants kids and has taken a shine to the boy. When Santa returns for another season to a new department store the store detective is in on the robbery game and decides he is entitled to half of everything they make. The Elf isn't impressed by this and tries to kill the store detective whilst verbally abusing him in the process. At the end of the story, once they rob the store Santa realises that ...

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" When washed-up crooked and corupt department store santa, Willie T.Stokes (Billie Bob Thornton) isnt making appearnces at shopping malls, hes a safecracker who make a annual big score on christmas eve. But when Willie and his midget partner, Marcus (Tony Cox) come to phoenix for their next heist, they fall under the suspicious eye of Bob (John Ritter)c the store manager, and Gin (Bernier Mac) a savvy mall detedtive. Willie also has to deal with ...
...Willie is the 'real' santa!." x- The Story -x The film starts in a bar in Milwaukee, where the we find Willie drinking his life away, (Billy Bob Thornton), a foul-mouthed, lonely old alcoholic who is a no good washed-up pervert. Willie works the in the christmas holidays in shopping centres as a Santa with his 'little person' friend Marcus (Tony Cox), who works as santa's elf. Every Christmas Eve, the theife's disable the security alarm after the ...

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This review is covering the BAD SANTA (unseen) DVD which contains unseen footage (apparently as it was too rude for the big screen). The film is rated a 15 (maybe should be an 18) Starring Billy Bob Thornton (Bad Santa - Willie T Stokes) Tony Cox (Marcus) John Ritter (Bob) Bernie Mac (Gin) Running Time: 135 mins Special Features include Outtakes, Deleted Scenes and a Featurette Storyline Every year for the past seven years Willie(Billy Bob) ...
...store at christmas to play Santa and his Elf. Their ulterior motive is to rob the store on Christmas Eve and live off their earnings for the whole year. This plan has worked well so far, but when they arrive in Phoenix to their next heist, the store manager begins to get suspicious of them and employs Gin the store detective to keep a very close eye on them. Santa is foul mouthed and a total drunk often arriving at work legless, he hates children ...

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Bad Santa. A miserable conman and his pint size partner pose as Santa and his little helper,only to rob department stores on Christmas Eve but run into problems when the conman befriends a toubled boy. Starring Billy Bob Thornton,Tony Cox,Brett Kelly,Bernie Mac,John Ritterand Lauren Graham. Well I watched this film "Bad Santa" and found it very depressing and here's me thinking it was going to be a comedy. Bad Santa(Billy Bob Thornton) is acting ...
...but saw the name Santa and imagined something a little different. The troubled child in this film also concerned me but I can't put my finger on why he made me feel uncomfortable.I love Lauren Graham who plays the love interest in the film who is in "The Gilmore Girls" who is very caustic and funny in the "Gilmore Girls" but even she didn't hold my attention.There is also John Ritter and Bernie Mac in the film but not as youv'e seen them before.Even ...

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...brought this crap, thinking oh Bad Santa, sounds like a lot of fun and frolics around the festive season. How wrong can you be? Whoever thought this one up, in my opinion needs to seek professional help. It's sick from beginning to end. The Film is based on an alcoholic loser who happens to be an expert safe cracker. And a midget who is partner in crime. Every year they manage to persuade department stores to hire them as a Santa Clause and ...
...the layout and security in the building, and then find a way of stealing all the Christmas takings, which ties the pair over until the following year. All sounds good, except for the fact that Santa is a sexually deranged pervert, who seems hell bent on having sex with every that moves, especially the more ugly and fatter woman who are vulnerable and easy targets for him. He also befriends an autistic boy and his Grandma, moves into their house ...

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Bad being the operaitive word, Foul mouthed Billy Bob Thornton spends each christmas posing as the worst department store santa his only advantage is he has his only little elf who just happens to be a criminal mastermind and the two set out each year to rob the stores they are working. Until one day Santa finds himself in a spot of trouble and moves in with a small child (the best thing about the pic!) who is obsessed with making a friend of Santa. ...
...continues on his lude and filthy way of life. This film could have been so much more. Billy Bob is a fantastic actor but can't seem to grasp slapstick comedy! It also wastes good use of it's excellent supporting cast including Bernie Mack and the late John Ritter. Watch this come christmas when the kids are in bed and their aint much else on the TV. ...

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