Now, granted this movie is not about upstanding members of society, and I will also grant that this movie is rated R, but I feel that the extent of the use of profanity in this movie was over the top. If I had the forethought to begin a stroke tally for the number of times that the "F" word was used in this movie, it would literally number at least seventy five or more times at least, not to mention other choice lingual utterances. I'm not a prude and I understand that the characters are supposed to be crude and vulgar, but I think that sometimes the use of language in movies is a little bit of overkill. Okay, enough of my soapbox about vulgarity in film, Bad Santa while contaning many instances of profanity also contains references to unusual sexual activities and some bodily functions. This is not a movie for the faint of heart or for someone who is looking for a movie that is relaxing to watch. This is a funny movie, there are many times where the humor comes from some very unexpected places. Believe it or not even for my diatribe above, this movie does ultimately develop a heart and there is a very touching scene towards the end of the picture where the main character experiences a life changing epiphany and changes the whole direction of the story.
All in all this movie would be one that had my friends not taken me to see it, I would have probably waited for this to be released on video. Any parent who brings their children to see this movie ought to have their head examined or possibly be investigated for child abuse as this movie is NOT for kids, at least under the age of 17 years old. I can see no reason whatsoever that a child should be seeing this movie at all.
All in all this movie would be one that had my friends not taken me to see it, I would have probably waited for this to be released on video. Any parent who brings their children to see this movie ought to have their head examined or possibly be investigated for child abuse as this movie is NOT for kids, at least under the age of 17 years old. I can see no reason whatsoever that a child should be seeing this movie at all.