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Bad Santa (2003) Rank 1 Reviews
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Film Freak Central
With a premise and producing credit for the Coen Brothers and direction by Ghost World's Terry Zwigoff, the film with the best pedigree of the season is Bad Santa, making its failure particularly depressing. Its tale of ace safecracker and dangerous ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Film Freak Central
MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
You don’t have to be a drunken department store Santa to see how blurry this storyline is, but it couldn’t hurt. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
There are laughs along the way. But too many of them are the sort that send you out into the cold worrying for your own humanity. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
'Tis the season to be raunchy. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (Linda Cook)
Someone deserves a lump of coal for "Bad Santa." The screenwriters, maybe? ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (Linda Cook)
Foster on Film - Christmas
Here is a film that assaults the overripe icons of Christmas, laying low the sickly-sweet sacred cows with a "take no prisoners" roar—except it doesn't. It's more like a troop of girl scouts knocking politely at the door and then wandering off ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Foster on Film - Christmas
Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Isn't up to much of anything besides pretending that swearwords and snot-nosed insults, served up by Santa with an almost institutional monotony, aren't just naughty. They're -- big joke! -- incorrect. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Nitrate Online (KJ Doughton)
Bad Santa is a rank, lumpy skidmark smeared across the underwear of filmmakers who should know better. With Crumb director Terry Zwigoff teaming up with producers Joel and Ethan Coen, expectations of a quirky, cerebral comedy classic are high. Throw ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Nitrate Online (KJ Doughton)
Slant Magazine
ased on a story by the Coen Brothers, Bad Santa is obsessed with detailing the squalor of its titular character's life. A viciously misanthropic con man, Willie T. Soke (Billy Bob Thornton), along with his dwarf accomplice, robs the stores he works for ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Slant Magazine
The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
This is a movie about a very bad Santa, indeed. He's worse than bad. He's vile. He's disgusting. Billy Bob Thornton plays Willie, a department store Santa who is constantly either drunk, horrifyingly inappropriate and obscene to the kids, or having sex, ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
“Bad Santa” is a rank, lumpy skidmark smeared across the underwear of filmmakers who should know better. With “Crumb” director Terry Zwigoff teaming up with producers Joel and Ethan Coen, expectations of a quirky, cerebral comedy classic are high. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
The screenplay just isn't funny: Most jokes fall flat and just lie there in a pool of their own sick. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
3BlackChicks Review (Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel)
Bad Santa - horribly bad santa.. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at 3BlackChicks Review (Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel)
Providence Journal (Michael Janusonis)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
If you're addicted to Billy Bob Thornton's slovenly charm, and thrill to the prospect of watching him talk endlessly about his bodily functions and penchant for anal sex with obese women, this is your movie. If not, it's like 90 minutes in hell. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Tony Medley
One of the happiest moments of my year in movie theaters occurred during this film when I looked at my watch and discovered there were only 20 minutes left before I could leave. Even though those 20 minutes seemed nigh on to eternity, I’m thrilled to ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Tony Medley
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