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Title: Bad Santa (2003)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Billy Bob Thornton | ... | Willie | |
| Tony Cox | ... | Marcus | |
| Brett Kelly | ... | The Kid | |
| Lauren Graham | ... | Sue | |
| Lauren Tom | ... | Lois | |
| Bernie Mac | ... | Gin | |
| John Ritter | ... | Bob Chipeska | |
| Ajay Naidu | ... | Hindustani Troublemaker | |
| Lorna Scott | ... | Milwaukee Mother | |
| Harrison Bieker | ... | Milwaukee Boy | |
| Alex Borstein | ... | Milwaukee Mom with Photo | |
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Alexandra Korhan | ... | Girl on Santa's Lap |
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Dylan Charles | ... | Milwaukee Bratty Boy |
| Billy Gardell | ... | Milwaukee Security Guard | |
| Lisa Ross | ... | Milwaukee Bartender | |
Willie T. Stokes is a convicted con man who's led a miserable life. He drinks heavily and constantly embarrasses himself publicly. He only works once a year dressed as Santa. But then come Christmas Eve, he and his pint-sized helper dwarf Marcus stage elaborate robberies and take their department stores for everything they got. This time around, Willie gets distracted by large women, a bartender who is attracted to Santas, and a kid who's convinced he's the real deal. However, Marcus must once again put up with Willie's heavy drinking and a series of incidents that constantly shoot themselves in the foot. Will Willie and Marcus make it to next Christmas? Or will this be the year the dynamic duo finally face justice? Written by halo1k
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Forget Jimmy Stewart and that claymation crap! If you like Christmas movies with more of an edge and lots of comedy however, "Bad Santa" might just be your new favorite holiday movie. In my mind, usurping "A Christmas Story" and "Scrooged" as the funniest holiday movie yet, Bad Santa (or BS as I like to call it) pulls no punches as it delivers a raunchy, yet funny, and yes, even a little bit of a touching film.
Billy Bob Thorton is a drinking, fornicating, defecating thief who freeloads for the whole year, only to work 25 days in December while robbing a mall of all it's holiday proceeds. His partner in crime is Tony Cox, Santa's little person helper who keeps him sober and lucid enough through the season to not royally screw things up.
I won't go into details, because frankly the plot needs work. But the acting is superb, the script hysterical, and the unbelievable jokes and inappropriate situations are just so entertaining you won't care about anything else.
Bernie Mac and Lauren Graham deliver polished supporting roles, as does John Ritter in his final film role before his death. The kid doesn't have many lines (and I want to slap him for the ones he does deliver), but just looking at him makes me laugh, so I can't complain there.
Basically, this is the ultimate inappropriate Christmas movie; one that makes you stand up and scream, "Holly s*!t I can't believe they did that!" This movie is just so blatantly wrong, the only other film I can compare it to is "South Park: The Movie." Just as South Park crosses every line of decency that previously existed, so does BS. A great movie because of it? Hell no. But a funny and entertaining one? Hell yes!