Not that anyone is going to go through 38 pages of comments to get to mine, but... I loved this movie. Even though it was a piece of crap in some ways, crass, sick and unrealistic as heck, it was an artful piece of crap. The bad Santa has issues he cannot overcome. Lets face it, the guy is broken and ain't nobody gonna fix him. Unless, of course it is another misfit. Nothing seems to phase Willie, "The Bad Santa"'s impervious puss except for a totally lovable, loving, innocent child who unconditionally trusts him, warts and all. In that way, the writers have taken redemption, married it to profanity and hatched a love child of grace and truth. You can't go any lower than the main character, the disgusting, disgusted, disillusioned Willie. But, that is what makes Willie just perfect for a naive, misfit child. A child who has little political savvy except for that which allows him to look beyond Willie's flaws. This movie could have tanked, were it not for the delicate balance between repugnance and hope and longing fulfilled. It isn't for sissies or judgmental people. But there is a little bit of us all in and through it.
Review of Bad Santa
