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Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.comfilmcritic.com
Director Terry Zwigoff launched a career with his debut film, Crumb, the disturbing yet fascinating documentary about cult comic book artist Robert Crumb. Itâs rumored that in order to get Crumb to agree to have a biopic, Zwigoff threatened to kill ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at filmcritic.com
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Cursing -- or "cussing" as it's known in hillbilly circles -- is an art form. Only certain people can do it correctly. Take, for example, one scene in Terry Zwigoff's unbelievably funny new film Bad Santa. A department store manager played by the ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Columbus CityScene (Rick Curnutte)Columbus CityScene (Rick Curnutte)
Bad Santa never compromises its singularly offensivethough refreshingvision, and thats something to celebrate. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Columbus CityScene (Rick Curnutte)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
For those who loathe the holidays or have a blacker-than-normal sense of humor, this is best gift you could possibly get this holiday season. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Unfashionable ObservationsUnfashionable Observations
Crude, cruel, foul, obnoxious, demented, despicable, repugnant, hateful, nihilistic, and completely immoral. All of these words fairly describe the tone of Terry Zwigoffâs latest movie, Bad Santa, starring Billy Bob Thornton as the miscreant man in ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Unfashionable Observations
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Nick Schager Film ProjectThe Nick Schager Film Project
Terry Zwigoff's Bad Santa is an uproarious all-out assault on propriety. Billy Bob Thornton plays Willie, a crass, profane drunken crook who, with his midget sidekick Marcus (Tony Cox), spends each Christmas working as a department store Kris Kringle ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The Nick Schager Film Project
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Movies for GuysMovies for Guys
Billy Bob is Santa Claus, who along with his trusty elf (Tony Cox) work at a different department store every year and proceed to rob the place on Christmas Eve. Marcus (the elf) is the brains of the outfit, while Willie (Billy Bob) is Santa, and the ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Movies for Guys
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Daily-Reviews.com (Robert Keser)Daily-Reviews.com (Robert Keser)
...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Daily-Reviews.com (Robert Keser)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Houston ChronicleHouston Chronicle
Has there ever been a Santa less appealing than Billy Bob Thornton's in the new black comedy Bad Santa? Maybe -- take the murdering lunatic who chased Joan Collins on Christmas Eve in 1972's Tales from the Crypt, for example. Even without the violence, ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Houston Chronicle
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Film Blather ReviewFilm Blather Review
Comedy doesn't come any blacker than Terry Zwigoff's Bad Santa, which is an accomplishment in itself, I suppose. But what sets it apart -- indeed, the reason this is one of the best films of the year -- is the way the script lets its characters retain ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Film Blather Review
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for MovieWeb (Brian Gallagher)MovieWeb (Brian Gallagher)
Ah the holiday season is upon us once again. Tis a time of goodwill towards men and being with the ones you love. And, for moviegoers, December brings us the movies that the Oscar voters will be looking the closest at. You know, the serious, dramatic, ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at MovieWeb (Brian Gallagher)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic (Scott Weinberg)eFilmCritic (Scott Weinberg)
Even the most cynical of bastards love a little something about the Holiday Season. It could just be the silly songs or the happily bustling malls, but after a while (say like, two weeks before Christmas actually arrives) it starts to get a bit grating. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at eFilmCritic (Scott Weinberg)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Aisle View at DVDtalk.comAisle View at DVDtalk.com
When I first learned that Bad Santa was produced by the Coen Brothers, and directed by Terry Zwigoff, my exact thoughts were, "This could be a great movie as long as it doesn't end with all the characters learning the true meaning of ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Aisle View at DVDtalk.com
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for MovieWeb (B. Alan Orange III)MovieWeb (B. Alan Orange III)
John Ritter is one lucky SOB. For starters, he hasn't been seen in these parts (i.e., Hades). That's always a good sign. More importantly, he's left us with a lasting achievement. He comes as one of this film's superlative merits, of which it has many. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at MovieWeb (B. Alan Orange III)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Orbital Reviews Orbital Reviews
Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) and Marcus (Tony Cox) are holiday conmen. Every year, the two of them dress up as Santa Claus and an elf, respectively, and work at a mall during the holiday season until finally robbing the mall and leaving the city. They ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Orbital Reviews
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)
Sure to become a holiday perennial for those with a macabre sense of humor, or forever laminated on Santa's naughty list. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Hartford Courant (--)Hartford Courant (--)
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Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
This is a movie made to grab you by the collar and jingle you with laughter like nobody's business. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
Comedy doesn't come any blacker than Terry Zwigoff's Bad Santa, which is an accomplishment in itself, I suppose. But what sets it apart -- indeed, the reason this is one of the best films of the year -- is the way the script lets its characters retain ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for rec.arts.movies.reviews (Wahid Sharif)rec.arts.movies.reviews (Wahid Sharif)
...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at rec.arts.movies.reviews (Wahid Sharif)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
A big, bawdy comedy that wears its considerable chip on its shoulder with a certain unmitigated glee, Bad Santa may be one-note... but its also deeply, deeply funny. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Offbeat, hilarious and gleefully misanthropic, this is the perfect antidote to Hollywoodâs annual glut of sugary Christmas movies. Bad Santa is directed by Terry Zwigoff, who seems to have something of an affinity for non-mainstream, misanthropic ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
The closest thing we have today to a W.C. Fields movie. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Netflix (James Rocchi)Netflix (James Rocchi)
Billy Bob Thornton's work in this Claus-and-robbers comedy is so very naughty that it's very, very nice. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
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Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Elaine Perrone)eFilmCritic.com (Elaine Perrone)
Bad Santa is a Christmas cookie that bites back, hard. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Elaine Perrone)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eye WEEKLY (Joel McConvey)eye WEEKLY (Joel McConvey)
Even after the encouraging news from Matt Drudge that Bad Santa's immoral take on St. Nick had enraged wussy Disney execs, the film still looked... bad. It was impossible to tell from the trailers what this movie, starring Billy Bob Thornton as an ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at eye WEEKLY (Joel McConvey)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
It is smart satire, a rare thing these days, caustic but useful in a way most seasonal timewasters are not. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
Deep down, beneath the rough exterior, past the gaunt and haggard appearance, beyond the alcoholism, womanizing and foul mouth, slightly above the permanently damaged liver and past his dark soul lays Willieâs big heart. The same can be said for Bad ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for stylusmagazine.com (Jay Millikan)stylusmagazine.com (Jay Millikan)
bad Santa is a vile, vile movie. It has no respect for basic human decency, consistently appeals to the lowest common denominator, and casts aside all notions of good taste in search of the most shocking, evil jokes it can lay its grubby hands on. This ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at stylusmagazine.com (Jay Millikan)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Private Joker's Head (Zach Ralston)Private Joker's Head (Zach Ralston)
I donât know how many takes director Terry Zwigoff had to shoot before he got the salad leaf to land exactly where it does on Billy Bob Thorntonâs bottom lip, as he â playing a sour, crude, mean-spirited, alcoholic department store Santa â ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Private Joker's Head (Zach Ralston)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
Do not go into âBad Santaâ thinking youâre about to see the normal âChristmas is magical, everyone goes to bed with visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads, and behind every Scrooge thereâs a jolly old elf just waiting to emergeâ movie. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for musicOMH (Ben Lee)musicOMH (Ben Lee)
Bad Santa turns the usually sentimental genre of the Christmas film on its head, delivering an acerbic, dark comedy which never panders to the audience's sympathies. This season, it's quite simply, a ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at musicOMH (Ben Lee)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Tom Long)Detroit News (Tom Long)
Just plain hilarious, a dark comedy triumph that beats on your typical holiday movie with a baseball bat. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Tiscali UKTiscali UK
There's never been a Christmas film quite like Bad Santa, and there's never been a Father Christmas quite like the one portrayed by Billy Bob Thornton. It's about as far removed from Miracle on 34th Street as it is possible to be, and instead of a ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Tiscali UK
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Wahid SharifWahid Sharif
"Bad Santa" is one of those films where if you can't appreciate the dark humor in it, then something is wrong with you...Seriously. Or, maybe something is wrong with me for laughing out loud and enjoying some of the film's crudeness. Either way, I had a ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Wahid Sharif
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for moviereview (Colin Fraser)moviereview (Colin Fraser)
The eminently quotable Victor Borge once said that âSanta Claus has the right idea. Visit people once a yearâ. Taking his cue from such black sentiment, Terry Zwigoff has created the complete anti-Christmas comedy, although you might not ever want ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at moviereview (Colin Fraser)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Movie-Vault.com (Oktay Ege Kozak)Movie-Vault.com (Oktay Ege Kozak)
On the outside, âBad Santaâ may seem like a conflicted dark comedy. One that has layers of seriousness and comedy mixed in an uneasy fashion, making the audience feel like they have no idea what type of a movie they are watching. It has hilariously ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Movie-Vault.com (Oktay Ege Kozak)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Writer-directors Ethan and Joel Coen provided the story for this film and their funny, twisted brand of humor is very evident in the final product. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Moving Pictures @ Cin3maMoving Pictures @ Cin3ma
It's not easy these days for a comedy to cause uproar. I remember when the first American Pie came out; it sent shockwaves throughout the film world. Then small random no-name movies were made to cash-in on the aftershocks but failed miserably. Bad ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Moving Pictures @ Cin3ma
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for In Film AustraliaIn Film Australia
A grumbling alcoholic, a lethargic thief and a negligent surrogate father steamrolled into one. With a cigarette in hand and pee stains on his suit, Billy Bob Thornton plays the jolly fat man (this time , bitter and thin) like we've never seen him ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at In Film Australia
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Newsweek (David Ansen)Newsweek (David Ansen)
Zwigoff doesn't hype up the gags, and his deliberately deadpan style gives even farfetched jokes an edge of reality. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Newsweek (David Ansen)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
But Bad Santa does feature one last turn from the late John Ritter as a twittery department-store manager (his name, Mr. Chipeska, is a stroke of brilliance that I still can't quite put my finger on). ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Desson Thomson)Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
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 ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.57 out of 4 stars for Film Fever Film Fever
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Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Mike Clark)USA Today (Mike Clark)
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. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at USA Today (Mike Clark)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Perth Sunday TimesPerth Sunday Times
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Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Harvey S. KartenHarvey S. Karten
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, but not what you think. Yes, he is a man, but no, he only pretends to have reindeer and a sleigh with an army of elves working for him.. In fact, he prefers Miami and Phoenix to the North Pole and works with only ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Harvey S. Karten
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Movie Gazette (Anton Bitel)Movie Gazette (Anton Bitel)
If Christmas is the season to be jolly, a time when feelings of merriness, joy and goodwill to all humankind are supposed to swell in the hearts of us all, then there have always been those, from Dickens' Scrooge through to the Grinch of Dr Suess, who ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Movie Gazette (Anton Bitel)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]Empire Magazine [UK]
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Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Andy Hoglund)Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Andy Hoglund)
To the average Joe, the phrase âpainstakingly funnyâ would seem like a kind of oxymoron. But in the case of Bad Santa, the inane construction forms coherence in way of a hilarious, nasty âantiâ Christmas film. Bad Santa loves to think of itself ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Andy Hoglund)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
You have to give Bad Santa credit for being such a dark comedy about such a bright subject, Christmas. I laughed out loud when one child asks Billy Bob Thornton, dressed as Santa, for a particular toy and Santa responds to the ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Boston Herald (Paul Sherman)Boston Herald (Paul Sherman)
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Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for mazzyboi's movie page (Angelo Aquino)mazzyboi's movie page (Angelo Aquino)
What might seem to be an un-Christmassy movie devoid of the true Holiday spirit, about a boozing foul-mouthed thieving sex-crazed Santa, turns out to be surprisingly enjoyable and, even better, one of the funniest films of the year. Just as scathing as ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at mazzyboi's movie page (Angelo Aquino)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
"Bad Santa" is a hilariously vulgar film that I thoroughly enjoyed but that I cannot in good conscience actually recommend to anyone. Well, maybe to a few friends and acquaintances whose tastes I know well enough to know that they, too, will find it more ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Despite the fact that children wrap around this production like Christmas tree lights, make no mistake, ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
If "Bad Santa" wasn't written specifically for Billy Bob Thornton, it should have been. It's impossible to imagine this film working in any way whatsoever with anyone else in the part. Possibly the most wickedly cynical anti-holiday film ever made, ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)
Ho,Ho, Ho, boys and girls (or rather men and women. Little kids need to stay the HELL away from this movie), a Christmas comedy for the ages has arrived. Bad Santa is the meanest, most heinous, most foul-mouthed comedy I've seen in quite some time and ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (Jason Bovberg)DVD Talk (Jason Bovberg)
I've finally found the Christmas movie that I will watch religiously every year during the holidays. Appealing perversely to my twisted, dark inner coreâthat region just under the shadow of my red-blood-pumping heartâBad Santa is one of the funniest ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at DVD Talk (Jason Bovberg)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for IndependentCritics.com (TC Candler)IndependentCritics.com (TC Candler)
Billy Bobâs Father Christmas is about as politically incorrect a figure as you will likely see all year. This movie wallows in its shamelessness. Lauren Graham holds her own with Thornton as a waitress with a Santa Claus fetish. Throw in an angry ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at IndependentCritics.com (TC Candler)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Ave!Entertainment Ave!
The trailers for "Bad Santa" sure provided a challenge for parents as their kids were now asking "Daddy, why is Santa bad?" Iâm not a parent, nor do I pretend to be, but I suppose parents had to adjust their explanation of Santa Clause a bit, maybe ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Entertainment Ave!
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for CultureDose.net (Tony Pellum)CultureDose.net (Tony Pellum)
Jeanne Eagels is a name that will have romantic connotations for some. The young actress made her name in an adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's short story Miss Thompson, renamed Rain for the stage. She earned an Oscar nomination for a film of another ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at CultureDose.net (Tony Pellum)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Reverse ShotReverse Shot
Typical to his pre-WWII frame of pop reference, Zwigoff said that in casting the put-upon adolescent for Bad Santa he wanted âJoe Cobb, the first fat kid from Our Gang.â Sweet-faced pudge Brett Kelly has the necessary girth for the tragically-named ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Reverse Shot
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for TheBoxSet.com - DVD/Movie Review (Erick Klafter)TheBoxSet.com - DVD/Movie Review (Erick Klafter)
There is most likely one universal image of Santa Claus that we all share, a big round jolly guy who slides down the chimney on Christmas Eve to give all the good boys and girls toys, and then jumps in his sleigh and lets out a huge "HO-HO-HO" as he ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at TheBoxSet.com - DVD/Movie Review (Erick Klafter)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Mark Caro)Chicago Tribune (Mark Caro)
You may never hear as much swearing around kids as in "Bad Santa." There are some lessons here: 1. Don't take kids to "Bad Santa." 2. Don't see "Bad Santa" if you're offended by swearing around kids. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Chicago Tribune (Mark Caro)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
By the end of Bad Santa , you may no longer believe in Santa Claus, but you certainly will believe in Billy Bob. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for FulvueDrive-in.com (Chuck O'Leary)FulvueDrive-in.com (Chuck O'Leary)
A movie that grows on you...Underneath layers of anger, sarcasm, profanity and booze, Bad Santa ultimately reveals a soft heart. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at FulvueDrive-in.com (Chuck O'Leary)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Entertainmentopia (Erich Becker)Entertainmentopia (Erich Becker)
With all the family fare at the box office this month its nice to see a studio go up against the droves of people heading off to the movies over Thanksgiving and giving them a film so anti-family I smiled with glee knowing I wasnât going to be in a ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Entertainmentopia (Erich Becker)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Online (Tyler Hanley)Palo Alto Online (Tyler Hanley)
Uninhibited, vulgar and a bit sacrilegious, this edgy holiday film is not a Christmas movie fit for the kiddies. The title character is a foul-mouthed alcoholic who drinks on the job, soils himself and has tactless sexual encounters in the women's ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Palo Alto Online (Tyler Hanley)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
If you think you can shake your head and mutter, 'That's just wrong,' as you laugh your lungs out, or if you're sick of artificial yuletide treacle, then step right up for a bit of holiday distemper. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Jerry SaraviaJerry Saravia
The only words I have for "Bad Santa" is that it is indisputably funny. Many will disagree but you can't expect anyone to have the same formal opinion when it comes to a movie about an alcoholic, foul-mouthed thief who dresses up as Santa. The reason ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Jerry Saravia
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Cinema Source (Alysa Salzberg)The Cinema Source (Alysa Salzberg)
This isnât another letter asking you to bring me what I want for Christmas, I swear (although Iâm still waiting on that bowhead whaleâ¦). Instead, itâs more of a âthank-youâ note. Funny Christmas ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The Cinema Source (Alysa Salzberg)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The kid gives Santa a carved wooden pickle as a Christmas present. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaça)Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaça)
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Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.28 out of 4 stars for MovieMaze (Toni Strasser)MovieMaze (Toni Strasser)
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Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
This film is a breath of fresh air at a time when movies try far too hard to keep everyone unruffled. Clever direction and casting make this a thoroughly rude holiday classic for adults--and it's about time we had one of those! Willie (Thornton) is a ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Sun Newspapers of Cleveland Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
Thornton's Willie T. Soke and his "elf" sidekick (Tony Cox) only work about one month a year: December. They spread holiday "cheer" during shopping hours while casing the store for their ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for The Film HobbitThe Film Hobbit
Bad Santa is an unredeemable comedy that finds humor in the most reprehensible, morally corrupt, and disturbed side of Christmas without blinking once. Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) is an absolute, unforgivable wreck who, even in some sort of weird ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The Film Hobbit
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for DVDRAMADVDRAMA
Lâéditeur apporte un soin tout particulier à cette édition. Le transfert est lumineux à souhait et bénéficie dâun éclat de toute beauté grâce à une très belle restitution des couleurs, ces dernières accusant une superbe saturation. La ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at DVDRAMA
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for FOCUS Online FOCUS Online
Der abgewrackte Kriminelle Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) hat eine besondere Masche: Er tritt als Weihnachtsmann auf, um in Einkaufszentren den Tresor ausräumen zu können. Der chronisch mies gelaunte Suffkopp sitzt jeweils gemeinsam mit seinem ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at FOCUS Online
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for DVD Times (unrated edition)DVD Times (unrated edition)
Written by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra and adapted from an original idea by Joel and Ethan Coen, Bad Santa tells an altogether different, festive tale that separates it from every other Christmas themed movie ever made and ultimately makes it one of the ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at DVD Times (unrated edition)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for DVD TimesDVD Times
Bad Santaâs accompanying featurette reveals the filmâs outlook with its title, âNot Your Average Christmas Movieâ. But then this perhaps goes without saying. Seasonal features are usually the perfect home for the lachrymose â consider the ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at DVD Times
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Moda Magazine (Susan Granger)Moda Magazine (Susan Granger)
Christmas cynics rejoice! Here's a big bad comedy just for you. Willie T. Stokes (Billy Bob Thornton) is a surly, sleazy, sarcastic alcoholic who earns enough money cracking department store safes at Christmastime to support his boozing-and-babes ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Moda Magazine (Susan Granger)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (JoBlo)JoBlo's Movie Emporium (JoBlo)
Does the idea of a half-shaven Billy Bob Thornton dressed up as Santa Claus, swearing like nobody's business and drinking like it was going out of style, sound funny to you? If not, I would tell you to skip this film entirely because that concept is ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium (JoBlo)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Close-Up Film (Paul Nash)Close-Up Film (Paul Nash)
Bad Santa is not your typical Christmas film, as such comedic gold Q&A interchanges can firmly attest to. The Santa in question is the demented creation of Willie T. Stoke (a viscerally harsh Billy Bob Thorton), possibly the worst St. Nick to ever grace ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Close-Up Film (Paul Nash)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Terry Zwigoff�s Bad Santa is a no-holds-barred misanthropic black comedy that takes every cherished clich� of Christmas movies and stands them on their head. Crass, crude, vulgar, and often side-splittingly hilarious, this is a movie that makes no ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
No doubt about it: Bad Santa is blasphemous. But, to borrow a phrase from another famous hedonist, Homer Simpson, it’s also sacrilicious. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
Bad Santa is vulgar, crude, and offensive. It boasts no admirable characters and few redeeming moments. Most, if not all, of the characters are wracked with personality disorders. It's packed with foul language; Quentin Tarantino could take lessons on ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ DataShowBIZ Data
Family associations, conservative groups, religious organizations, and Matt Drudge may be up in arms over Miramax's Bad Santa, suggesting that the film sullies the reputation of Disney for championing traditional heroes and values, but critics, by and ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Annette Cardwell)filmcritic.com (Annette Cardwell)
Director Terry Zwigoff launched a career with his debut film, Crumb, the disturbing yet fascinating documentary about cult comic book artist Robert Crumb. Itâs rumored that in order to get Crumb to agree to have a biopic, Zwigoff threatened to kill ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at filmcritic.com (Annette Cardwell)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)
Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) and Marcus (Tony Cox) are a tagteam of criminals who pose as Santa and his elven helper in shopping centers every year. When the mall closes for the evening on Christmas Eve, Willie cracks the store's safe and Marcus takes the ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Media-Assault.com (Sean Caszatt)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
I love Yuletide -- it's my favorite time of year. It's unfortunate that the Christians have coopted a perfectly lovely celebration of the winter solstice, but they're not the first to do so and they likely won't be the last, and there's no one to ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for MovieFreak.com (Dennis Landmann)MovieFreak.com (Dennis Landmann)
You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Stokes (Thornton) is coming to town and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Willie's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at MovieFreak.com (Dennis Landmann)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Haro OnlineHaro Online
Bad Santa has a lot of things going against it. It is a Dimension (i.e. Miramax) film with no website, and a Christmas story about a foul-mouthed, alcoholic Santa Claus. It doesn't sound that interesting. Yet, this strange juxtaposition between the ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Haro Online
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for IOFilmIOFilm
Terry Zwigoff - many may remember his excellent Crumb - has come back with a memorably irreverent black comedy, following the exploits of a beer-swilling, abusive, womanizing Santa (Billy Bob Thornton), who has a deal going with elf-playing dwarf Marcus ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at IOFilm
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
People who write letters to newspapers complaining about nudity, cursing and anti-Christmas content in Love Actually (Lobsters in the manger?! Those heathens!) will die if they see Bad Santa. It will literally kill them. Their empty heads will explode ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for The Movie ChicksThe Movie Chicks
Dear Santa, Maybe you didn't hear about this new movie, it isn't doing a thing for your image. Not only does it make you look bad, but elves don't fare much better. Not that we're being tattletales, we just thought you should know. Before you go all ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The Movie Chicks
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.24 out of 4 stars for Cinema BlendCinema Blend
Bad Santa is an unredeemable comedy that finds humor in the most reprehensible, morally corrupt, and disturbed side of Christmas without blinking once. Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) is an absolute, unforgivable wreck who, even in some sort of weird ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Cinema Blend
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Annette Cardwell)filmcritic.com (Annette Cardwell)
Finally, misanthropes have a holiday film of their very own. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at filmcritic.com (Annette Cardwell)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)
It unapologetically exults in its characters' glorious imperfection. It's good to know that oddballs, outcasts and people who don't look like Barbie and Ken still have a place in American movies and that not everyone in Hollywood pays lip service to the ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Time (Richard Schickel)Time (Richard Schickel)
Not for everyone. The plot is full of holes, and its language is worse than it has to be. But it has some swell supporting performances and a lot of vulgar inventiveness, and best of all, it plugs into -- and electrifies -- the mostly unacknowledged ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Time (Richard Schickel)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
Bad Santa is a foul-mouthed fairy tale for grown-ups. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
Crude, profane, utterly offensive -- and one of the most darkly funny movies I've seen in years. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
Takes all the Christmas season's bad vibes and converts them into an achingly funny and corrupt dark comedy. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for EnPrimeur.ca (Nicolas Lacroix)EnPrimeur.ca (Nicolas Lacroix)
... un veritable regal pour les cyniques et ceux qui en ont plein le dos du sentimentalisme crasse... ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at EnPrimeur.ca (Nicolas Lacroix)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
It isn't always a model of ingenuity, but more often than not, it's terrifically funny. As in still-laughing- the-next-day funny. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)
This is a superb stink bomb of an entertainment, generously larded with jokes about alcoholics, short people, dim children and the kind of sexual congress that until recently was illegal in nine states. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
The movie actually has a heart -- a coal-black heart, but a heart nonetheless -- and it's bitingly funny. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for MovieFreak.com (Gregory L. Amato)MovieFreak.com (Gregory L. Amato)
Crude, yes. Disgusting, sometimes. But it's also a hilarious undoing of the typical sickly sweet holiday fare. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at MovieFreak.com (Gregory L. Amato)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)
No attempts at shoving Christmas spirit down your throat, or relaying little morality plays couched in the guise of comedy. It's just a down and dirty, raunchy yuckfest. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine (--)Empire Magazine (--)
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Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Supercala.com (John Venable)Supercala.com (John Venable)
It's raunchy, booze-soaked, foul-mouthed, mean-spirited, and funny as hell. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Supercala.com (John Venable)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
If you're sort of a Grinch, or you just need a brief respite from the sugarplums and tree ornaments for 90 minutes, Bad Santa is a nasty and joyously caustic good time. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
This extravagantly foul, outlandishly profane, howlingly funny comedy about a thieving, hard-drinking, child-loathing department store Santa is a shock to the yuletide system. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.13 out of 4 stars for DVD-Dweeb.Com (Oliver Korioth)DVD-Dweeb.Com (Oliver Korioth)
You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Stokes is coming to town and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Willie's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at DVD-Dweeb.Com (Oliver Korioth)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.11 out of 4 stars for Latino ReviewLatino Review
I really did not know what to expect from this film at 1st. The trailer for âBad Santaâ made the film look as if it was a cheapie early 90âs half-assed comedy that the studios produce to make a quick buck. While in the Zeroâs studios still make ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Latino Review
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.10 out of 4 stars for Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
Thanksgiving begins the start of the Christmas season, and all that goes with it. One of the things thatâs traditional is the skewed Santa movies. "Elf" and "The Santa Clause" for example managed to get some ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.05 out of 4 stars for Comingsoon.netComingsoon.net
This is the unrated version of Bad Santa with 5 extra minutes of footage. Willie T. Soke is the worst department store Santa in the history of Christmas. He's a drunk, he cusses in front of children, he's a sexaholic, and he pees himself while on the ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Comingsoon.net
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.05 out of 4 stars for Frank's Reel ReviewsFrank's Reel Reviews
Itâs now official â 9 out of every 10 Christmas movies are about someone being changed by the magic of the season. Bad Santa is no exception, the only thing new we see with this offering is the universal idea that studios are still trying to ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Frank's Reel Reviews
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.04 out of 4 stars for The Boston PhoenixThe Boston Phoenix
The culture wars have moved on from the Ten Commandments to Santa Claus. Disney is reported to be upset at the depiction of Father Christmas in this film, which is being released by the studioâs loose-cannon "indie" affiliate Miramax. And perhaps for ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The Boston Phoenix
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.01 out of 4 stars for The Phantom TollboothThe Phantom Tollbooth
Americans are very protective of their Christmas holiday. The gift-giving, the tree, the feeling in the air, it all makes for one big month-long span of good cheer that is quickly shrugged off upon returning to the real world come January. _Bad Santa_ ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The Phantom Tollbooth
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.01 out of 4 stars for DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
âBad Santaâ might be one of the more off-color comedies to come around in years. Itâs also almost depressing to watch as these characters donât have any single redeeming qualities. Then again, thatâs the point. Billy Bob Thornton, best-known ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
As in `Crumb' and `Ghost World,' Zwigoff specializes in the fatalistic worldview of the outcast yet intelligent loser. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (C.W. Nevius)San Francisco Chronicle (C.W. Nevius)
A tasteless, vulgar, savage assault against everything that is good and decent in the Christmas season. I think you are going to like it. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (C.W. Nevius)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
"Ghost World" director Terry Zwigoff, working with a depraved script by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, has fashioned the sickest -- and funniest -- black comedy in years. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for eCinemaCenter.com (Gabe Leibowitz)eCinemaCenter.com (Gabe Leibowitz)
A word of advice: see Bad Santa , but see it once without checking your movie listings twice. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at eCinemaCenter.com (Gabe Leibowitz)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for CineMe (Daniel Meyer)CineMe (Daniel Meyer)
...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at CineMe (Daniel Meyer)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for BBC FilmsBBC Films
Funny, sweary and exceptionally acted by Billy Bob Thornton, Bad Santa is the rudest Christmas movie you will ever see. It's a one-joke flick, really, but a rib-cracking one at that. Criminal cad Willie Soke (Thornton) hires himself out as Santa in ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at BBC Films
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Thornton and Cox are wickedly funny, and Bernie Mac has some good moments as the cynical mall detective on their trail. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
If you've had it with all that feel-good holiday sludge, hook up with the combustibly nasty Bad Santa. It could become a Christmas perennial for Scrooges of all ages. Billy Bob Thornton is sinfully funny as Willie T. Stokes, a butt-smoking, ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
Each scene is expertly laid out and when the film wraps at its unlikely conclusion, the audience will be glad it sat down to such a vile but hilarious picture. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Forget spiked fruitcake: This is bad taste with a real kick. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling StoneRolling Stone
If you've had it with all that feel-good holiday sludge, hook up with the combustibly nasty Bad Santa. It could become a Christmas perennial for Scrooges of all ages. Billy Bob Thornton is sinfully funny as Willie T. Stokes, a butt-smoking, ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Rolling Stone
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Zertinet Movies ReviewZertinet Movies Review
It is impossible to look at this pathetic man and not laugh. Here is a mall Santa, suit torn apart, taking shots in a bar, yelling at kids, wetting his pants, committing crimes and swearing. He is not so much out of step with the Christmas spirit, but ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Zertinet Movies Review
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Full MoyerThe Full Moyer
Not only is this Santa bad, he is vulgar, crass, dirty, foulmouthed, loose-moraled - come to think of it, I can't imagine a worse Santa. In spite of this, Bad Santa is a brilliant dark comedy, full of huge laughs from beginning to end, as long as you ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The Full Moyer
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
First, let me get out of the way that I'm not giving Bad Santa a bad review because I found it morally repugnant or that I'm upset at yet another desecration of a beloved icon. It's not the fact that the film is vulgar that I dislike it so; it's the ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Weekly (Tyler Hanley)Palo Alto Weekly (Tyler Hanley)
Bad Santa is the best adult comedy since There's Something About Mary . ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Palo Alto Weekly (Tyler Hanley)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Mary Brennan)Seattle Times (Mary Brennan)
A profane, wildly politically incorrect and sometimes shockingly funny holiday comedy. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Seattle Times (Mary Brennan)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for FilmStew.comFilmStew.com
Santa's got himself a mixed bag in Terry Zwigoff (Crumb)'s latest film, a dark comedy that's chock-a-block with attempts at offending you and soliciting your sympathy, but which fails to do either consistently enough to be effective. Bad Santa, a ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at FilmStew.com
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for NYC Film Critic (Ethan Alter)NYC Film Critic (Ethan Alter)
Bad Santa is a one-joke movie, but fortunately it's a good joke. What if that jolly Santa impersonator you hurry by in your local department store is actually a rude, crude criminal who loathes Christmas and everything it stands for? Thoughts like this ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at NYC Film Critic (Ethan Alter)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for TheMovieBoy Review (Dustin Putman)TheMovieBoy Review (Dustin Putman)
Seemingly made as a spite against all of the safe, cheerful, child-friendly Christmas movies released each year, "Bad Santa" is an unapologetically profane comedy that aims to shock with its decided bad taste. Nonetheless, in its own lewd and ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at TheMovieBoy Review (Dustin Putman)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Slant Magazine - DVD ReviewSlant Magazine - DVD Review
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 - DVD Review
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
It's enough to make Will Ferrell's Elf blush. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Jay's Movie BlogJay's Movie Blog
First, a rant about AMC Fenway's pricing - $7.50 for a matinee? $3 for a small soda? (which, to be fair, seems to be about the same size as a Loews medium). That's something like $1.25 more than at Boston Common, and the presentation isn't that much ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Jay's Movie Blog
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Hollywood.com (Leigh Johnson)Hollywood.com (Leigh Johnson)
Bad Santa is fine holiday fare--if by holiday you mean a day for a mean-spirited Santa to take stuff from other people, cuss up a storm and drink 'til he pukes. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Hollywood.com (Leigh Johnson)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Apollo Movie Guide (Brian Webster)Apollo Movie Guide (Brian Webster)
Two crooks rob a different department store each year, after working there as Santa Claus and an elf. Things get tricky when Santa meets a troubled little kid who knows what Christmas is really all about. Billy Bob Thornton and Tony Cox star. Directed by ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Apollo Movie Guide (Brian Webster)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Kvikmyndir.com (--)Kvikmyndir.com (--)
...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Kvikmyndir.com (--)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
This coal-black comedy provokes frequent laughs, but many of its jokes feel downright cruel. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
It uses black comedy to turn a white Christmas into slushy fun. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for PopMatters (Matthew Callan)PopMatters (Matthew Callan)
Even in this cash-strapped and cynical era, folks still feel obliged to believe in the myth of Holiday Spirit. In movies, this typically takes the form of the curmudgeon who finds the true meaning of Christmas, and those few comedies that dare to poke ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at PopMatters (Matthew Callan)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
Bad Santa is a movie for those who prefer their humor brutal. It's like Bad Lieutenant with holiday spirit - the anti- Elf. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Flipside Movie Emporium (Sean O'Connell)Flipside Movie Emporium (Sean O'Connell)
From the bottom of the "Naughty" list comes Terry Zwigoff's Bad Santa, a dark comedy so black it resembles a Christmas lump of coal. Zwigoff's screenwriters use nasty adult humor (leave the kids at home, please) to provide shock therapy to your funny ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Sean O'Connell)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for DVDActive (Peter Martin)DVDActive (Peter Martin)
It turns out that there are some things which, unlike puppies, arenât for life; theyâre just for Christmas. For example, canny marketing men have long-since discovered that no-one really wants to watch festively themed movies in the balmy months of ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at DVDActive (Peter Martin)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Terry Zwigoff's ("Ghost World"/"Crumb") Bad Santa poses as an antidote to all the usual syrupy Christmas holiday fare. It seems destined to be a cult favorite as a classical anti-Christmas regular on home video. It's suited for those desiring a ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (--)Baltimore Sun (--)
...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Baltimore Sun (--)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
The results may leave you aghast or breathless with laughter, but you won't be neutral. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Bad Santa's Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) is the kind of guy who makes Scrooge look like a generous, mild mannered eccentric. With a character as thoroughly unlikable as this, you know immediately that Bad Santa is not going to be just another modern-day ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Net (Nick Watts)DVD Net (Nick Watts)
Those ghastly holiday-themed films that seem to fill videostores and TV broadcasts leading up to Christmas now have some serious competition. Jonathon Taylor Thomas, after his groundbreaking work in Iâll Be Home for Christmas, may just have some ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at DVD Net (Nick Watts)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
In a world that has embraced the putrid âElf,â one of the single worst Christmas films ever to see the light of day, it would figure that I would in turn fall madly in love with what may be the most vile and grossly disgusting Christmas comedy of all ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Zap2it.com (Michael Szymanski)Zap2it.com (Michael Szymanski)
This is a holiday film to go out and see with the guys. It's funny, irreverant and filled with liquid spirit. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Zap2it.com (Michael Szymanski)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Newsday (Jan Stuart)Newsday (Jan Stuart)
A foul-mouthed joy for much of the way. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Newsday (Jan Stuart)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)
So Kris Kringle is an ill-mannered rogue with the off-color antics of a drunken sailor on leave, huh? Say it ain't so, Santa, say it ain't so. Well, in Terry Zwigoff's terminally subversive and flat out ribald holiday heist flick Bad Santa, the rotund ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Jam! MoviesJam! Movies
Warning to parents: Bad Santa is the least appropriate followup to Elf for your kids this side of a porn flick. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Jam! Movies
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
A must-see movie for the Scrooges of the world. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Talking Pictures (U.S.) (Tony Toscano)Talking Pictures (U.S.) (Tony Toscano)
Bad Santa is easily the funniest film this year... ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Talking Pictures (U.S.) (Tony Toscano)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Movie Insider (Dustin Putman)The Movie Insider (Dustin Putman)
Seemingly made as a spite against all of the safe, cheerful, child-friendly Christmas movies released each year, Bad Santa is an unapologetically profane comedy that aims to shock with its decided bad taste. Nonetheless, in its own lewd and lascivious ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The Movie Insider (Dustin Putman)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Moovees.com (Bill Payne)Moovees.com (Bill Payne)
Bad Santa is the anti-Elf. In contrast to the saccharine, family-friendly Will Ferrell comedy smash, Bad Santa is profane, rude, and often hilarious. It's a rare thing to have a Christmas movie with a hard-R rating, and this one is definitely not for ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Moovees.com (Bill Payne)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
To say that Bad Santa is one of the darker Christmas comedies is like saying that George Bush has a few PR issues that affect the way heâs viewed by much of the rest of the world. Both are understatements. Never has there been a more foul-mouthed ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for rec.arts.movies.reviews (Homer Yen)rec.arts.movies.reviews (Homer Yen)
...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at rec.arts.movies.reviews (Homer Yen)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for CineMe (Daniel Meyer)CineMe (Daniel Meyer)
...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at CineMe (Daniel Meyer)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Zertinet Movies (David Johnson)Zertinet Movies (David Johnson)
...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Zertinet Movies (David Johnson)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
It happens to be one of the year's funniest movies, a little one-note at times, but, boy, Zwigoff knows how to make some crazy music from that single note. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Does the idea of a half-shaven Billy Bob Thornton dressed up as Santa Claus, swearing like nobody's business and drinking like it was going out of style, sound funny to you? If not, I would tell you to skip this film entirely because that concept is ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Mutant Reviewers From HellMutant Reviewers From Hell
If ever there was a film that would uplift your spirit, gladden your heart, and restore your faith in the meaning of Christmas, itâs got to be⦠well, um, Itâs A Wonderful Life. Bad Santa, on the other hand, revolves around Willie (Billy Bob ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Mutant Reviewers From Hell
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
It could become a Christmas perennial for Scrooges of all ages. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Gambit Weekly (New Orleans, LA) (David Lee Simmons)Gambit Weekly (New Orleans, LA) (David Lee Simmons)
This anti-holiday film is so crude one wonders if the film's producers, Ethan and Joel Coen, had actually recruited ... Peter and Bobby Farrelly ... to direct this film ... . ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Gambit Weekly (New Orleans, LA) (David Lee Simmons)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Willie T. Soke (Billy Bob Thornton) has done prison time, been married twice, had his eye socket punched in and has a bone chip in his ankle that will never go away, but as he downs yet another Old Grandad in a seedy bar wearing a Santa suit, he informs ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Thornton plays this loser with reckless glee, snarling and snapping at anyone who expects him to be a jolly Santa. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)The Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
A nicely caustic complement to the typically saccharine holiday fare. Think of it as the sour part of a delicious sweet-and-sour sauce for the holidays. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Flipside Movie Emporium (Sean O'Connell)Flipside Movie Emporium (Sean O'Connell)
From the bottom of the "Naughty" list comes Terry Zwigoff's Bad Santa, a dark comedy so black it resembles a Christmas lump of coal. Zwigoff's screenwriters use nasty adult humor (leave the kids at home, please) to provide shock therapy to your funny ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Sean O'Connell)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Eye (Frank Ochieng)Movie Eye (Frank Ochieng)
[a] dark and dour laugher that gleefully sticks its tongue out. Bad Santa is proof that getting coal in your Christmas stocking isnt such a terrible gesture after all ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Movie Eye (Frank Ochieng)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
Baaaad Santa. Good movie! ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
"Bad Santa" is one hilariously crass Christmas comedy -- and most certainly not for kids. From the comical poor taste of running the title credit over a shot of a bitter, broken-down, booze-hound mall Santa (Billy Bob Thornton) ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, Santa was puking and soiling himself. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
...deserves a place among treasured Christmas pictures - as it certainly provides a welcome respite from the relentless holiday cheer that generally accompanies such films. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Bad Santa not only embraces bad taste, it envelops it. And I couldnt stop laughing. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
Those who love this movie are likely to cherish it with the kind of devotion that people feel for the Coen brothers' The Big Lebowski . ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
The kind of rare perverse treat that John Waters would undoubtedly go crazy for...Billy Bob Thornton is genuinely perfect. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
For those who don't mind a little bile in their eggnog, it's the perfect antidote to all that prefab Christmas cheer. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Steve RhodesSteve Rhodes
BAD SANTA, by GHOST WORLD's Terry Zwigoff, is an R-rated black comedy that's definitely not for everyone, which is an understatement. This hilarious comedy is a pull-no-punches tale of a disgraceful department store Santa Claus named Willie T. Soke. As ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Steve Rhodes
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (Nick Rogers)State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (Nick Rogers)
At its dysfunctional, hysterical conclusion, Bad Santa takes the notion of happy, puts it on puree and then pours it out sort of how life usually is. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (Nick Rogers)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.99 out of 4 stars for Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
Thereâs something about Billy Bob Thornton thatâs just irresistible, a certain balance of charm and sleaziness, not to mention his deadpan sense of humor... Heâs the Man, basically. Be it in heartbreaking drama or broad comedy, heâs always ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.99 out of 4 stars for Comingsoon.netComingsoon.net
To many people, Christmas is a time of the year to spend with family and friends, thinking of their good fortune and sharing it with others. Bad Santa is not the movie for those people. Billy Bob Thornton is a mall Santa of the worst kind. He drinks, ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Comingsoon.net
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.98 out of 4 stars for Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
It's not in a critic's job description to tell a filmmaker how to make a better film; there are plenty of suits in Hollywood happy to do that at the drop of an option. But "Bad Santa," TerryZwigoff's new film, is one of those maddening experiences that ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.96 out of 4 stars for Bangin' Banana (Joe Marchese)Bangin' Banana (Joe Marchese)
Bad Santa starts out with a drunken, no good, thief named Willie (Billy Bob Thornton). Willie partnered up with Marcus (Tony Cox) developed an elaborate holiday scam where they work as in small town malls as a Santa Clause / Santa's helper. Willie and ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Bangin' Banana (Joe Marchese)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.95 out of 4 stars for Latino ReviewLatino Review
Kids better watch out because mean-spirited, fall-down drunk Willie Stokes will certainly make you cry. For the kids in the film, Willie Stokes is perhaps the worst Santa Claus the world has ever seen. Stokes is played by Billy Bob Thornton, who brings ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Latino Review
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.95 out of 4 stars for filethirteen.comfilethirteen.com
Here's the test: Every time Billy Bob Thornton, as the titular bad Santa here, has a child placed upon his knee, he looks at the imp and snarls, "What the fuck do you want?" If that's funny to you, you'll love "Bad Santa." To me, that is hilarious. I ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at filethirteen.com
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.93 out of 4 stars for The Spinning Image (Joshua Dudley)The Spinning Image (Joshua Dudley)
The first thing that you need to know about Bad Santa is that it has the most bad language in a theatrical movie release since South Park. The title character throws around the âFâ word so much youâd think he was getting paid for using it. I ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The Spinning Image (Joshua Dudley)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.91 out of 4 stars for U.S. Conference of Catholic BishopsU.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout, I'm telling you why: A chain-smoking, skirt-chasing, foul-mouthed Santa is coming to town -- or at least to a theater near you. Billy Bob Thornton stars in "Bad Santa" (Dimension), director ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.89 out of 4 stars for The Filmsnobs (James Owen)The Filmsnobs (James Owen)
Is Santa Claus a sacred image in our society? People - and when I say people I really mean Disney executives so I don't know if the phrase is proper - are pretty upset with the film Bad Santa and its depiction of a man playing the jolly old elf who as a ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The Filmsnobs (James Owen)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.88 out of 4 stars for St. Louis Post-DispatchSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
Billy Bob Thornton is about the last guy you'd expect to see playing any kind of Santa. Something about him suggests he's been around the block too many times to buy into the underlying goodness of humanity. In fact, he's at his best when assuming the ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.88 out of 4 stars for filmdeculte.com (Nicolas Plaire)filmdeculte.com (Nicolas Plaire)
Non content dâêtre un père noël de pacotille, Willie est en plus un arnaqueur à la petite semaine. Sa méthode: cambrioler le soir de noël avec son collègue nain-noir-elf le grand magasin qui lâemploie. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at filmdeculte.com (Nicolas Plaire)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.88 out of 4 stars for Joe Critic.com (Rick Elliot)Joe Critic.com (Rick Elliot)
If you like your Christmas icons boozed up, oversexed, and prone to drop an f-bomb every other word, Bad Santa just may be the film for you. A Wonderful Life this ainât! Billy Bob Thornton and his diminutive sidekick, Tony Cox, are criminals ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Joe Critic.com (Rick Elliot)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.87 out of 4 stars for BBC FilmsBBC Films
Billy Bob Thornton is the eponymous Bad Santa - a misanthrope whose only sense of Christmas spirit comes packaged in a bottle. Director Terry Zwigoff followed up his offbeat teen flick ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at BBC Films
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.86 out of 4 stars for allesfilm.com (Markus Steiger)allesfilm.com (Markus Steiger)
Bad Santa ist der übliche Weihnachtsfilm, der von einem üblichen Regisseur gedreht wird. Das denkt man sich, wenn man das Plakat zum Film sieht und auch sonst nicht so filminteressiert ist. Beim Namen Terry Zwigoff sollte sich für den geübteren ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at allesfilm.com (Markus Steiger)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.85 out of 4 stars for Mediasearch, Australia Mediasearch, Australia
Watching Ghost World director Terry Zwigoffâs latest comedy Bad Santa makes you realise just how politically correct most films are. Never has a by-line been more accurate: this Santa really âdoesnât care if youâre naughty or niceâ. So ensure ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Mediasearch, Australia
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.85 out of 4 stars for Guess the GrossGuess the Gross
Thereâs a story about a bad author that goes something like this: After receiving rejection after rejection and feeling like his work is not even being read, he decides to paste pages 13 and 14 of his next submission together. When the inevitable ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Guess the Gross
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.83 out of 4 stars for Reel.comReel.com
Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) is one nasty Santa. He's a foul-mouthed alcoholic who thinks nothing of waking up to the clock radio and starting the day by drinking the dregs of a Corona from the night before (with a cigarette butt at the bottom). Along ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Reel.com
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.82 out of 4 stars for hip online hip online
This holiday season the traditional Christmas tale will never be the same with the cleverly twisted, merrily irreverent story of a Santa so bad he's wickedly funny. Terry Zwigoff's BAD SANTA stars Billy Bob Thornton as one of the most crooked, corrupted ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at hip online
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.82 out of 4 stars for Time OutTime Out
Willie T Stokes (Billy Bob Thornton) is a shopping-mall Santa with a difference: a cynical, safe-cracking alcoholic with a penchant for sex with hefty women and a wholly unconcealed dislike of kids. Indeed, he only does the job as a cover for the ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Time Out
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Panorama (Jean-Franois Vandeuren)Panorama (Jean-Franois Vandeuren)
Bad Santa forme au final une comédie dépravée et grinçante dont on ne peut que savourer chaque excès avec un plaisir coupable ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Panorama (Jean-Franois Vandeuren)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Variety (Dennis Harvey)Variety (Dennis Harvey)
First-rate talent and a uniquely dyspeptic mood separate this effort from more routine, populist stabs at tasteless yukkage. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Variety (Dennis Harvey)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Film Monthly (Mike Julianelle)Film Monthly (Mike Julianelle)
Some people hate Christmas. Some people hate themselves. Some people hate life. Some people hate other people. And some people love drinking. Willie, as played by Billy Bob Thornton, is "some people" in Bad Santa. And it's probably not for ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Film Monthly (Mike Julianelle)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for The New York Times - Family Movie Guide (Peter M. Nichols)The New York Times - Family Movie Guide (Peter M. Nichols)
An unusual Christmas scam brings together the drunken safecracker Willie T. Stokes (Mr. Thornton) and a dwarf named Marcus (Mr. Cox). Each year they visit a different mall as, ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The New York Times - Family Movie Guide (Peter M. Nichols)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
A raunchy romp for adults who enjoy a hint of perversion, especially if they're ready for the cotton-candy sweetness of Christmas to be spiked with 100-proof bourbon. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.78 out of 4 stars for cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
La proximidad de la temporada navideña generalmente trae a los cines un desfile de cintas bobas y predecibles, que sólo buscan explotar la comercialización de la Navidad y aprovechar que los padres de familia, desesperados por encontrar ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.77 out of 4 stars for DVD MovieGuideDVD MovieGuide
Usually studios wait until the holiday season to release Christmas movies on DVD. Witness the debuts of The Grinch and Santa Clause 2, both of which failed to appear on DVD until almost a year after their theatrical appearances. Elf will soon follow this ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at DVD MovieGuide
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.76 out of 4 stars for Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews (Harry Knowles)Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews (Harry Knowles)
...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews (Harry Knowles)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.76 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City Deseret News, Salt Lake City
OK, this "Bad Santa" is really bad! Maybe not in the traditional sense of the word, but still. . . . The title character of this dark, politically incorrect and extremely R-rated comedy is a foul-mouthed, hard-drinking, unrepentant louse of a ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
Not since Bill Murray played crabby TV executive Francis Cross in Scrooged has Christmas cheer seemed so overrated as it does in Bad Santa. It is a haphazard little comedy that probably shouldnât play at any multiplex exhibiting The Cat in the Hat -- ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for CinemaSpeak.com (Dan Tester)CinemaSpeak.com (Dan Tester)
Bad Santa is a Christmas movie that follows in the grand Hollywood tradition ofâ¦absolutely, positively nothing. I can't recall a major studio release that was anything like Bad Santa, Christmas themed or not. It is like a bizarre underground ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at CinemaSpeak.com (Dan Tester)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Film Ireland Film Ireland
A year after its American release, this festive offering from Terry Zwigoff finally comes to these shores. A good film doesn't go stale as quickly as the Christmas biscuits, but those of you expecting something in the league of Ghost World or Crumb will ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Film Ireland
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for DVD Verdict (Bill Gibron)DVD Verdict (Bill Gibron)
Man, Christmas can suck. Now, forget the whole commercialism vs. purity BS and face some frightening facts. More times than not, this holiday has had its way with you psychologically, and you've sat back and taken it like a French field marshal. Maybe ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at DVD Verdict (Bill Gibron)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia City Paper (Sam Adams)Philadelphia City Paper (Sam Adams)
Bad Santa. Inevitably, after directors meet their first success, theyâre advised to strike while the iron is hot, and maybe give something more commercial a try, just so they donât get boxed in. The result is that a labor of love thatâs been worked ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Philadelphia City Paper (Sam Adams)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Homer YenHomer Yen
Here's a film that features Santa Claus, but it is decidedly not the family-oriented movie that some might assume based on the title. In fact, so repugnant is the main character of this movie that old Saint Nick would've filed an injunction to prevent ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Homer Yen
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for MovieholeMoviehole
Willie T. Stokes [Billy Bob Thornton] is about the furthest person youâd think would inhabit a Department Store Santa Suit. Dejected, disrespectful and abhorrent, heâd rather be anywhere but on a comfy chair having children tell him their Christmas ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Moviehole
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
In BAD SANTA, a film produced by the Coen Brothers and based on their original story, we have a holiday story for our times. One that dares to show us without pulling any punches the nightmare that all this enforced good cheer has become, that exposes ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Cinema 2000 Cinema 2000
Ora estamos mais uma vez no Natal e as pessoas andam a fazer compras nos centros comerciais. Entre elas estão dois condenados que vão de centro em centro roubando tudo o que podem. O dueto disfarça-se como Pai Natal e o seu elfo, dividindo o seu tempo ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Cinema 2000
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for St. Petersburg Times (Steve Persall)St. Petersburg Times (Steve Persall)
The title Bad Santa doesn't come close to describing what Billy Bob Thornton does to the image of jolly old St. Nick. But Bad, Drunken, Profane, Kinky, Caustic, Criminal Santa Who Hates Children wouldn't fit on a theater marquee. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at St. Petersburg Times (Steve Persall)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.64 out of 4 stars for Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
Comedy: A disgruntled, alcoholic man works as a department store Santa so that he and his diminutive associate can rob their places of work, but has his life changed when he encounters a sweet but oblivious and needy boy. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.64 out of 4 stars for Flak Magazine (David Essex)Flak Magazine (David Essex)
There are many things wrong with Bad Santa: It has more plot holes than plot fabric, several storylines and much of the continuity seem to have been abandoned in the editing room, and it's gratuitously gross and offensive in ways too numerous to list. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Flak Magazine (David Essex)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.63 out of 4 stars for Film e Dvd Film e Dvd
Due complici vanno in giro per le strade vestiti uno da Santa Clause e lâaltro da elfo. Il loro lavoro, però, non è mettere il buon umore bensì rubare nei negozi. Le cose si complicano quando un bambino di otto anni insegna loro il vero significato ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Film e Dvd
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.61 out of 4 stars for The (Georgetown) Hoya The (Georgetown) Hoya
Bad Santa, Billy Bob Thorntonâs latest movie, is a hilarious dirty comedy that rides on outrageous one-liners and the riotous impertinence of South Park. In the role he was born to play, Thornton is Willie T. Stokes, a washed-up, wisecracking ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The (Georgetown) Hoya
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.53 out of 4 stars for IndiewireIndiewire
"Bad Santa" blew in like a gust of fabulously acrid wind, mocking the sterile fare that preceded it this year. "Legally Blonde 2" and "The Matrix: Revolutions," for example, are clean and, yes, square in very different ways. Terry Zwigoff's movie (which ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Indiewire
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for Expanded Cinemah Expanded Cinemah
USA. Vacanze di Natale. In un centro commerciale ad ascoltare i desideri dei bambini câè una particolare coppia composta da un Babbo Natale trasandato, Willie, ed un nano di colore vestito da gnomo, Marcus. In realtà sono due rapinatori ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Expanded Cinemah
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Ty Burr)Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Without question, not for the children. It is, however, just the cup of rancid black-comedy eggnog for anyone fed up with holiday cheer in all its manifestations. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
My first reaction to Bad Santa was pretty negative. After seeing it in the theater, I gave it only one and one-half stars, saying that the upbeat ending ruined what could have been a deliciously dark comedy by shining a happy light on the miserable ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
I found "Bad Santa" funnier in theory. The film certainly does offer a great idea - a department store Santa hugely upset with where his life has ended up who makes a criminal living robbing the department stores he and his partner (Tony Cox) have found ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
This year's "Death to Smoochy", 'Santa' is an acidic black comedy which never ever delves into sentimentality and stays succinctly in the realm of nastiness throughout its runtime. Unlike 'Smoochy' though, its not too eccentric (or for that matter ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for High Plains Reader (Greg Carlson)High Plains Reader (Greg Carlson)
"Bad Santa" could have been a really excellent movie. With its relentless profanity, ruthless social agenda, and cynical bite, Terry Zwigoff's film gleefully wallows in its own misanthropy. Along the way, however, the old cracks of "script by ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at High Plains Reader (Greg Carlson)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for In Review (Adam Suraf)In Review (Adam Suraf)
In âBad Santaâ Billy Bob Thornton embodies everything you could possibly think to be against the spirit of the commercialization of the holiday season. For everyone who detests this time of year; all of the cheery mall shoppers, store hoppers, ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at In Review (Adam Suraf)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for The MovieHamlet (Stefan Hedmark)The MovieHamlet (Stefan Hedmark)
It begins with a Santa throwing up in the alley behind a bar. He then goes on swearing, being mean to children and sodomizing fat women. The bad Santa is actually a boozy safecracker whoâs robbing department stores; one day he grudgingly befriends a ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The MovieHamlet (Stefan Hedmark)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Motion Picture Purgatory (Rick Trembles)Motion Picture Purgatory (Rick Trembles)
There ain't no Sanity ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Motion Picture Purgatory (Rick Trembles)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
In an epoch of bad manners and worse taste, the generally appalling "Bad Santa" warrants categorization in a class of its own. It's a button-pusher designed to titillate audiences who are offended by nothing and to transfix and leave agape most others ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Karina MontgomeryKarina Montgomery
Most holiday themed movies are about redemption, acceptance of your fellow man, finding love and/or family, rejecting crass commercialism, or some combination of the two. Somehow, in the midst of Bad Santa, all of these things happen, but believe me, ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Karina Montgomery
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.49 out of 4 stars for Cutting Edge Cutting Edge
Als je het wat hebt gehad met alle kerstmisachtige joligheid, dan is âBad Santaâ misschien we het ideale tegengif. Zoals Sinterklaas bij ons, doet de kerstman in de States een tour de force door overal tegelijk aanwezig te zijn. Zo kan hij in tal van ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Cutting Edge
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.45 out of 4 stars for Off-screen Off-screen
In mezzo a tanti presunti autori, che nel tentativo di portare avanti un discorso estetico coerente si perdono nella scopiazzatura di se stessi (vedi M. Night Shyamalan), ecco invece un regista intelligente che sceglie di aggiornare il proprio cinema per ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Off-screen
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Movies for the Masses (Joseph Proimakis)Movies for the Masses (Joseph Proimakis)
full review in Greek ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Movies for the Masses (Joseph Proimakis)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ Data (--)ShowBIZ Data (--)
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Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Radio Free Entertainment (Andrew Manning)Radio Free Entertainment (Andrew Manning)
Tony Cox as a hilarious, pint-sized guttermouth is the main attraction of this movie, which is somewhat more depressing than the trailers would have you believe. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Radio Free Entertainment (Andrew Manning)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Slate (David Edelstein)Slate (David Edelstein)
Billy Bob Thornton's performance is--there's no other word--beautiful. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Slate (David Edelstein)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Daytona Beach News-Journal (Fl.) (Jeff Farance)Daytona Beach News-Journal (Fl.) (Jeff Farance)
It's weirdly touching and horrifyingly hilarious. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Daytona Beach News-Journal (Fl.) (Jeff Farance)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Mediasharx (Marcus Ferrell)Mediasharx (Marcus Ferrell)
...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Mediasharx (Marcus Ferrell)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)
My kind of Christmas movie--profane, subversive, and swarming with scuzzballs. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at New York Magazine (Peter Rainer)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Peterborough This Week (Mike Sage)Peterborough This Week (Mike Sage)
you will laugh harder than you ever have at mentally challenged children, vertically challenged adults and the sanity-challenged elderly being cheated, abused and exploited ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Peterborough This Week (Mike Sage)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
It's one hilarious but nasty look at the commercialism of Christmas. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
It constantly fascinated me -- albeit not always in a good way. What it did not do is make me laugh. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Best of all is Lauren Graham, who creates the emotional heart of a picture determined not to have one. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
Grinches and Scrooges everywhere have finally found a holiday movie to call their own. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Jay Boyar)Orlando Sentinel (Jay Boyar)
The cast is resourceful enough to keep the film at least watchable throughout. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Jay Boyar)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.37 out of 4 stars for CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Tommaso Tocci)CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Tommaso Tocci)
Di film sul Natale ce ne sono tanti e ogni paese ha i suoi punti fermi della festività, come del resto ben sappiamo noi italiani. All'interno di questo grande filone, poi, c'è quello dei film che mirano a dissacrare l'evento e le convenzioni che gli ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Tommaso Tocci)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.36 out of 4 stars for Plugged InPlugged In
Play a round of free association with me for a minute. When you think of Christmas, what dances through your mind? Visions of sugarplums? Brightly lit evergreens, colorful presents, nativity scenes and figgy pudding? Well, director Terry Zwigoff wants to ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Plugged In
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips Jr.)Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips Jr.)
Bad Santa is vulgar, crude, and offensive. It boasts no admirable characters and few redeeming moments. Most, if not all, of the characters are wracked with personality disorders. It's packed with foul language; Quentin Tarantino could take lessons on ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips Jr.)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for The Onion A.V. Club (Scott Tobias)The Onion A.V. Club (Scott Tobias)
There are exactly two big, heartwarming moments in Terry Zwigoff's gloriously rude black comedy Bad Santa: The first involves a raging, drunken mall Santa repeatedly punching an adolescent boy in the face, and the second centers on the delivery of a ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at The Onion A.V. Club (Scott Tobias)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.18 out of 4 stars for El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
"Bad Santa" es la nueva película de Terry Zwigoff, un realizador que interesó en su momento con la estupenda "Ghost World", y que vuelve a apostar por una historia de contenido bastante vitriólico, diseccionando la cara más deprimente de Estados ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.08 out of 4 stars for Xi-online (Beri Shalmashi)Xi-online (Beri Shalmashi)
Elk jaar met kerst lichten Willie (gespeeld door Billy Bob Thornton) en Marcus (Tony Cox) de boel op. Marcus is een elfje en Willy is Santa. Bad Santa. Dit wordt een kerstknaller en dat moeten de producenten, niemand minder dan de gebroeders Coen, ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Xi-online (Beri Shalmashi)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (Jeffrey Westhoff)Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (Jeffrey Westhoff)
While often insanely funny, Bad Santa is a one-joke movie, and it oversells that joke. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (Jeffrey Westhoff)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Town (John J. Puccio)DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
How old were you when you first realized or first discovered that there was no Santa Claus? Six? Eight? How old were you when you realized or discovered that not every Santa on every street corner and in every department store was as upright and squeaky ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Enjoy it, or avoid religiously. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Fails miserably because Thornton's character is so woefully underwritten that his shtick becomes frustratingly tiresome after about 20 minutes. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for MovieJustice (Aldwyn Francis Champagne)MovieJustice (Aldwyn Francis Champagne)
...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at MovieJustice (Aldwyn Francis Champagne)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Boeuf (David N. Butterworth)Movie Boeuf (David N. Butterworth)
Drunk and disorderly. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Movie Boeuf (David N. Butterworth)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Mr. CrankyMr. Cranky
Spirited holiday moviegoers will be delighted to learn that Santa is actually a foul-mouthed criminal with a penchant for hard liquor and anal sex. Such is the shtick of "Bad Santa." Willie Soke (Billy Bob Thornton) gets hired as a department store ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Mr. Cranky
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for JackassCritics.com (Grim Ringler)JackassCritics.com (Grim Ringler)
Once upon a time Santa was kicked out of his magical castle when Mrs. Claus found out he had slept with her sister. This was a sad occasion for St. Nick. So, being that he had nowhere to go, he took up residence with a young orphan boy who wanted nothing ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at JackassCritics.com (Grim Ringler)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for ToxicUniverse.com (Tony Pellum)ToxicUniverse.com (Tony Pellum)
Terry Zwigoff has never been interested in the conventional hero. R. Crumb, the comic book artist, perverse eccentric and central "protagonist" in Zwigoff's pet project, Crumb is, at best, the least bizarre of a deeply disturbed family. Enid (Thora ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Tony Pellum)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Light Sleeper: Late Night Writings on CinemaLight Sleeper: Late Night Writings on Cinema
A film about the pain of living. Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) is at the end of the line. Heâs in a cesspit and slowly sinking deeper. He tries to leave his drunken morally-vacant criminal life, tries to build something better for himself, but itâs not ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Light Sleeper: Late Night Writings on Cinema
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Cinopsis Cinopsis
Grossier, mal élevé, alcoolique, Willie a un job de père Noël dans les grands magasins. Mais lui et son compère Marcus, un nain, sont surtout des voleurs professionnels qui pillent les magasins qu'ils animent durant la période de Noël. Après un ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Cinopsis
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Toronto StarToronto Star
...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Toronto Star
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for PreViewed DVDPreViewed DVD
What's not to like? Bad Santa should be the perfect anti-holiday movie. First, it's from an idea from executive producers Joel and Ethan Coen (Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing, The Man Who Wasn't There, and others), it's directed by Terry Zwigoff (Crumb, ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at PreViewed DVD
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
Here's the in-your-face answer to super sweet holiday movies and it's not meant for the kiddies. This Santa, maliciously played by Billy Bob Thornton, is a drunk, a fornicator, a safe-cracker, a slob, a dispenser of non-stop profanity and a man who can't ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Citysearch (Justin Hartung)Citysearch (Justin Hartung)
In the end, it's hard not to be impressed by the way Bad Santa rips into sanctimonious holiday traditions with the demented glee of an 8-year-old unwrapping an X-Box. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Citysearch (Justin Hartung)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
What's meant to be a live-action South Park just winds up in a scatological dead end. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for rec.arts.movies.reviews (Mark R. Leeper)rec.arts.movies.reviews (Mark R. Leeper)
This is a Christmas film like few that have ever been made, and it certainly gets points for originality, but it is mean-spirited, repetitious, and not very funny. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at rec.arts.movies.reviews (Mark R. Leeper)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Aspires to the devilish crudity and unfettered social commentary of South Park. But Zwigoff's direction lacks the exaggerated cartoonishness necessary. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Lou Lumenick)New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
A determinedly raunchy holiday comedy about a libidinous, larcenous and perpetually soused St. Nick with a nonstop potty mouth. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Spectrum (Vince Koehler)Entertainment Spectrum (Vince Koehler)
Don't bring the kids! This movie can offend, but many find the humor funny. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Entertainment Spectrum (Vince Koehler)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for David N. ButterworthDavid N. Butterworth
How bad is "Bad Santa"? Pretty bad. It's definitely not for kids and, unless pervasive profanity in the face of our impressionable youth makes you titter, it's not really for adults either, discerning ones that is, since those tend to prefer a little ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at David N. Butterworth
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (Dennis Lim)Village Voice (Dennis Lim)
Bad Santa is a one-joke film; to his credit, Thornton embodies that joke with vicious, vaguely insane conviction. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Village Voice (Dennis Lim)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for City Pages (Rob Nelson)City Pages (Rob Nelson)
The red-hatted, beard-wearing character in Terry Zwigoff's Bad Santa is bad indeed. How bad is he? When we first encounter this degenerate St. Nick, a.k.a. Willie T. Stokes (Billy Bob Thornton), he's in a back alley puking up whatever holiday cheer he ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at City Pages (Rob Nelson)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Mark R. LeeperMark R. Leeper
What would happen if a store Santa were not the kind of person that you would want around children? Suppose instead he was a totally selfish, degenerate alcoholic who had the wrong body build for Santa, was obviously drunk on duty, refused to wear the ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Mark R. Leeper
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.75 out of 4 stars for CinemaZone.dkCinemaZone.dk
Mængden af talent taget i betragtning burde Bad Santa have været årets skarpe og vittige højdepunkt på vej ind i julesæsonen, som godt kan nå at føles omklamrende i al sin insisterende hyggelighed. Måske netop udsigten til den kvælende ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at CinemaZone.dk
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.75 out of 4 stars for Draxblog Movie ReviewsDraxblog Movie Reviews
The author of this review is among those people who are getting increasingly troubled with the whole concept of Christmas in modern world. What used to be a time of joy is now turning into unbearable emotional and financial burden, as well as ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Draxblog Movie Reviews
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.75 out of 4 stars for Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
First, let me get out of the way that I'm not giving Bad Santa a bad review because I found it morally repugnant or that I'm upset at yet another desecration of a beloved icon. It's not the fact that the film is vulgar that I dislike it so; it's the ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for NutzWorld (Blake French)NutzWorld (Blake French)
...if the idea of a drunken Santa Claus having rough anal sex with an obese prostitute doesn?t disturb you, then the sight of it will. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at NutzWorld (Blake French)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Sacramento News & Review (Mark Halverson)Sacramento News & Review (Mark Halverson)
Too much of it was just repellent, redundant or irrelevant. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Sacramento News & Review (Mark Halverson)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Projectionist (Sean Caszatt)Projectionist (Sean Caszatt)
...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Projectionist (Sean Caszatt)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Ray Greene)Boxoffice Magazine (Ray Greene)
An unsubtle and even cynical exercise. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Ray Greene)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Cinerina (Karina Montgomery)Cinerina (Karina Montgomery)
Bad Santa makes Fargo look like The Grinch, but with a killer soundtrack. See for yourself. But be warned. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Cinerina (Karina Montgomery)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Lee's Movie Info (Gareth J. Von Kallenbach)Lee's Movie Info (Gareth J. Von Kallenbach)
A Dysfunction Christmas Classic is here. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Lee's Movie Info (Gareth J. Von Kallenbach)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for IGN Movies (KJB)IGN Movies (KJB)
A wildly uneven but occasionally funny blast of holiday ill-will. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at IGN Movies (KJB)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
The movie drags you into a dark- comedy alley and beats on you. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Crazy for Cinema (Lisa Skrzyniarz)Crazy for Cinema (Lisa Skrzyniarz)
This holiday tale of misfits and woe has its' laugh-out-loud moments, but there arenât enough of them to string together a full blown comedy hit. BAD SANTA expends much effort to be a Christmas flick for adults â a story without the requisite ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Crazy for Cinema (Lisa Skrzyniarz)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Bad Santa is a very naughty, not-for-kids, black comedy. It seems well-intentioned â it tries to give an outlet to those who hate Christmas and resent having their noses rubbed in it. But in order for this comedy to work, it needs to drown in its ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
The notion of a cheerfully mean-spirited Christmas movie--one that turns the conventions of the sappy holiday fare audiences have been fed for decades on their head--is a great one, and it would be wonderful to report that âBad Santaâ fulfilled its ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie VoiceFilm Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
âBad Santaâ is a rank, lumpy skidmark smeared across the underwear of filmmakers who should know better. With âCrumbâ 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
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Foster on Film - ChristmasFoster 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" roarâexcept 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
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Nitrate Online (KJ Doughton)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)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
'Tis the season to be raunchy. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
You dont have to be a drunken department store Santa to see how blurry this storyline is, but it couldnt hurt. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)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)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)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)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (Linda Cook)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)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Slant MagazineSlant 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
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Film Freak CentralFilm 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
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)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)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)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)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Providence Journal (Michael Janusonis)Providence Journal (Michael Janusonis)
...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Providence Journal (Michael Janusonis)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for 3BlackChicks Review (Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel)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)
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 0.64 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle 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
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 0.50 out of 4 stars for Tony MedleyTony 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, Iâm thrilled to ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Tony Medley
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 0.00 out of 4 stars for kids-in-mindkids-in-mind
A grifter and his partner (Billy Bob Thornton and Tony Cox) meet every Christmas season to case department stores while dressed as Santa and his lead elf. Between seasons the Santa spends his time in a drunken stupor, bitter and angry and anything but ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at kids-in-mind
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 0.00 out of 4 stars for James BowmanJames Bowman
Most of us have probably felt the urge from time to time to give Santa Claus with all his relentless jollity a good kick in the pants, but there ought to be some happy medium between the ghastly sentimentality and consumerism of the American Christmas ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at James Bowman
Bad Santa (2003) scores a combined 0.00 out of 4 stars for Kansas City Kansan (Steve Crum)Kansas City Kansan (Steve Crum)
The f-word laces Billy Bob's every comment, including those directed at children. Shock humor abounds, if that is your cup of body waste. ...read the complete Bad Santa movie review at Kansas City Kansan (Steve Crum)
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