Overview
You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Soke is coming to town, and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Wille's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender, and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.
While the comedy is what brings people to see the movie (there are a ton of classic lines), in the end it is Thorton’s transformation (not unlike the Grinch) that elevates the movie to be something a little bit more.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Bad Santa
Movie title: Bad Santa
Movie description: You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Soke is coming to town, and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Wille's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender, and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.
Date published: 2025-11-28
Director(s): Terry Zwigoff
Actor(s): Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, Brett Kelly, Lauren Tom, Ajay Naidu, Alex Borstein, John Ritter, Bernie Mac, Lorna Scott, Harrison Bieker, Alexandra Korhan, Dylan Charles, Billy Gardell, Lisa Ross, Bryan Callen, Tom McGowan, Grace Calderon, Christine Pichardo, Bucky Dominick, Georgia Eskew, Hayden Bromberg, Max Van Ville, Briana Norton, Octavia Spencer, Hallie Singleton, Ryan Pinkston, Matt Walsh, Natsuko Ohama, Dave Adams, Ethan Phillips, Joey Saravia, Cody Strauch, Marshall Dvorin, Curtis Taylor, John Bunnell, Janet Dey, Cloris Leachman, Sarah Silverman
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime
My Review
While the comedy is what brings people to see the movie (there are a ton of classic lines), in the end it is Thorton’s transformation (not unlike the Grinch) that elevates the movie to be something a little bit more.
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My Review - 7/10
7/10