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Bad Santa (2003) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Bad Santa (2003) a score of 2.8464 out of 4
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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 (2003) review at eye WEEKLY (Joel McConvey)
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Haro 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 (2003) review at Haro Online
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Cutting Edge
Als je het wat hebt gehad met alle kerstmisachtige joligheid, dan is “Bad Santa” 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 (2003) review at Cutting Edge
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Film Freak Central
With a premise and producing credit for the Coen Brothers and direction by Ghost World's Terry Zwigoff, the film with the best pedigree of the season is Bad Santa, making its failure particularly depressing. Its tale of ace safecracker and dangerous...read the complete Bad Santa (2003) review at Film Freak Central
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kids-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 (2003) review at kids-in-mind

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Overall Rating:
2.9053
Bad Santa (2003) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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2.8464
Bad Santa (2003) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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