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Release Date: 22 June, 2004 Retail Price: $29.99 OUR Price: $22.49 You SAVE: $7.50! Cast: |
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Bad Santa
Eggnog. Cookies. A big fat turkey. A drunken Santa Clause?!? Yes!
Finally a movie that comes along that is so dirty, so crude, that you can't believe that it's a holiday flick! Thank you Billy Bob Thorton. I was never much on Christmas, I could really care less if Christmas even came. So what, I'm a Grinch, I know! I'm not into all them movies like Miracle on 34th Street or It's A Wonderful Life. Finally a movie that puts these movies in their place! Billy Bob Thorton stars as Willie, a mall Santa, who hates kids, loves booze, big women and robs malls after they close with a little help from his "midget" accomplice. The movie co-stars the late John Ritter and Bernie Mac.
Another Side of Christmas
Bad Santa is not your typical Christmas movie fare. Based on an idea by the Coen brothers, Bad Santa follows the exploits of a continually drunk and ill-tempered safe cracker, Willy (Billy Bob Thornton) who poses as a department store Santa with his partner Marcus (Tony Cox) as an elf. Willy has almost no redeeming qualities. He curses at the kids, drinks until he wets his pants and is a sex maniac. While on their latest caper in Phoenix, Willy meets a weird kid Thurman (Brett Kelly) whose mother is dead and his father is in jail although Thurman thinks he's on a mountain climbing expedition. Thurman is watched by his clueless grandmother (Cloris Leachman) and this lack of supervision gives Willy the perfect place to hide out. After at first being disgusted by the kid, Willy grows to have some caring feelings towards him, which leads to the touching but wry ending. Mr. Thornton is superb in his role and he does the almost impossible task of making you care about a guy who is absolutely unlikable. Mr. Cox is a riot as Willy's partner and he has some of the best and dirtiest lines in the film. Lauren Graham appears as Sue a bartender with a Santa fetish who provides the film's most memorable, but unrepeatable line. Bernie Mac appears in an under utilized role as the department store's security chief and John Ritter has a brief appearance in his last film as the store's manager. His one scene with Mr. Thornton & Mr. Cox is hysterical. Young Brett Kelly is the heart of the film. His portrayal of the dimwitted Thurman is touching and sweet. It provides the yin to Mr. Thornton's raunchy yang.
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