Synopsis
He doesn't care if you're naughty or nice.
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.
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Bad Santa
Cast
Billy Bob Thornton Tony Cox Brett Kelly Lauren Graham Lauren Tom Bernie Mac John Ritter Ajay Naidu Lorna Scott Harrison Bieker Alex Borstein 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 Show All…
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Allan Graf Jennifer Elizabeth Gary Davis Mickey Giacomazzi Michael Adams Tonya Reneé Banks Randy James Beckman Brad Bovee Michael Caradonna Carl Ciarfalio Rick Edwards Craig Jensen Rick Kresse Michael D. Marshall Cliff McLaughlin Rick Miller Hugh Aodh O'Brien Scott Rogers Kerry Rossall Anthony G. Schmidt Ben Scott Peter Weireter Jim Wilkey Joe Bucaro III Katie Rowe Tony Brubaker Jeffrey J. Dashnaw Jimmy N. Roberts
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Michael J. Benavente Gary Gegan Samuel H. Hinckley Matthew Iadarola Jason W. Jennings Larry Kemp James Lebrecht Kyrsten Mate John Nutt Greg ten Bosch Lee Orloff
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Alternative Titles
Badder Santa, Bad Santa 1, Plohoj.Santa, Bad Santa (Director's Cut), Babbo bastardo, Tapló Télapó, Плохой Санта, Bad Santa - O Anti-Pai Natal, 圣诞坏公公, Zły Mikołaj, Ο Αϊ Βασίλης Είναι... Λέρα, Santa je úchyl!, סנטה בשקל, Поганий Санта, Yeni Yıl Soygunu, Papai Noel às Avessas, Moșul cel rău, Méchant Père Noël, 聖誕壞公公, Paha pukki, Лошият Дядо Коледа, Vastik Vana, Zločesti Djed Mraz, Un santa no tan santo, Nevaljali Deda Mraz, Pokvarjeni Božiček, 나쁜 산타, Blogasis Santa, Ļaunais Santaklauss, Дрэнны Санта, Ông Già Noel Xấu Tính, バッドサンタ
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USA
Westwood, CA
19 May 2004
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France
Cannes Film Festival
Theatrical
26 Nov 2003
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USAR
28 Nov 2003
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Canada18A
17 Mar 2004
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AustraliaMA15+
04 Nov 2004
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UK15
05 Nov 2004
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FinlandK-12
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Ireland15
12 Nov 2004
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Norway11
18 Nov 2004
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Germany16
19 Nov 2004
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ItalyVM14
25 Nov 2004
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Netherlands12
10 Dec 2004
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Greece
Digital
25 Nov 2004
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Switzerland18
26 Nov 2004
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Poland12
02 Dec 2004
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Hungary18
04 Dec 2004
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JapanR18+
04 Feb 2015
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Netherlands12
06 Nov 2038
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Austria16
Releases by Country
Australia
17 Mar 2004
- TheatricalMA15+
Austria
06 Nov 2038
- Digital16
Canada
28 Nov 2003
- Theatrical18A
Finland
05 Nov 2004
- TheatricalK-12
France
19 May 2004
- Premiere Cannes Film Festival
Germany
18 Nov 2004
- Theatrical16
Greece
10 Dec 2004
- Theatrical
Hungary
02 Dec 2004
- Digital18
Ireland
05 Nov 2004
- Theatrical15
Italy
19 Nov 2004
- TheatricalVM14
Japan
04 Dec 2004
- DigitalR18+
Netherlands
25 Nov 2004
- Theatrical12
04 Feb 2015
- Digital12 Netflix
Norway
12 Nov 2004
- Theatrical11
Poland
26 Nov 2004
- Digital12
Switzerland
25 Nov 2004
- Digital18
UK
04 Nov 2004
- Theatrical15
USA
18 Nov 2003
- Premiere Westwood, CA
26 Nov 2003
- TheatricalR
Popular reviews
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Very hilarious that the guy who made my favorite documentary of all time also made this. Not surprising at the same time. Enjoyed this more than I should have lmfao
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“I've been to prison once, I've been married twice. I was once draughted by Lyndon Johnson and had to live in shit-ass Mexico for two and a half years for no reason. I've had my eye socket punched in, a kidney taken out, and I got a bone chip in my ankle that's never gonna heal. I've seen some pretty shitty situations in my life, but nothing has ever sucked more ass than this. If I'd known I was going to have to put up with a bunch of screaming brats pissing on my lap for 30 days out of the year, I would have killed myself a long time ago. Come to think of it, I still might. Where…
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“Did somebody drop you on your fucking head?”
“On my head?”
“Well, yeah. What, are they gonna drop you on somebody else's head?”
“How can they drop me onto my own head?”
“No, not onto your... God damn it! Are you fucking with me?”I made my family watch this together. Pretty sure I’m the least favorite child now. Worth it.
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🎅🏼92%
❤️🔥85%
🔙Arthur Christmas🔙
🔜Dear Santa🔜This movie is comedy gold and Billy Bob Thornton is my Santa Clause, as I grow older this movie grows on me and year after year I appreciate it a little bit more. It’s a Christmas tradition at this point, Willie is an unforgettable character and the movie is unapologetically funny. It’s one of those movies that couldn’t be made today because of all the snowflakes crying about dark jokes.
The cast is amazing, the chemistry between the whole crew is there but especially between Willie and Thurman, honestly one of my favorite duos. Bernie Mac is so funny in his role, everything he says is hilarious and I do miss his charm in…
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Marcus: Sketch it up, you fucking moron. Fucking Leonardo da Vinci.
Gin: What'd you call me thigh-high?
Marcus: I called you a fucking guinea homo from the 15th-fucking-century, you dickhead!
This is everything I want from a Christmas movie, swearing, adult content and small bits of Christmas spirit-ish stuff.
The story was good and I liked the idea of an alcoholic Santa robbing malls with his little midget helper, while slowly connecting with a fat loser kid.
The actors fit their roles perfectly and I simply just love Billy Bob Thornton in everything he do. The comedy was also great mostly because of the chemistry and the delivery that the actors had. Bernie Mac and Tony Cox were hilarious and their… -
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"I'M ON MY FUCKING LUNCH BREAK, OKAY?!"
Hands down the funniest Christmas movie ever made. To me, watching this is like seeing an old friend after so many years. Y'all pick up right where you left off and continue to laugh your fucking asses off all over again. Thornton, Cox, Mac, Ritter & Thurman Merman all absolutely sleigh.
🎅🎄🍸🍹🥃🥷💰💎
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Sounds like it wasn’t the easiest shoot (Billy Bob was “method drunk”, Todd Phillips reshoots, etc) but the result is a most entertaining “unpleasant” Christmas confection.
You can always tell where the Coens did a polish (especially the voice over in the beginning.)
Mean, slimy yet you’re smitten by the end. -
Santa crashing out will always be entertaining, this might be a personal christmas fav, & i think that says a lot about me LMFAO i luv the chaotic characters, the cast, & the unhinged energy! Bad Santa reminds me of MTV/having cable📺
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Bad Santa may be vile, crass, and misanthropic, but thanks to Glenn Ficarra & John Requa's sharp script, Terry Zwigoff's noirish direction, and fantastic performances from a superb cast, it has a genuine wit and real edge to it as well as a surprising amount of heart that's twisted yet very much organic, and for that, it's one of my favorite Christmas films of all time.
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"Goodnight Santa. Goodnight, Mrs. Santa's sister."
An incredibly self-destructive man uses posing as Santa Claus as a way to rob malls at Christmas time. I didn't see this when it first came out. Billy Bob Thornton plays a complete jackass named Willie and he really works hard to make you hate him. He does a good job too. In fact, at about 20 minutes in, I was pretty sure there wasn't a single thing that this guy could do that would make me like him. We kind of started to get a scene where it looked like we'd see some humanity in him where he drives a kid home from the mall... put then he proceeds to rob the kid's…
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