Bad Santa 2 (2016)

Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve.

Director:

Mark Waters

Writers:

Johnny Rosenthal, Shauna Cross

Stars:

Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Tony Cox

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Billy Bob Thornton	...	Willie Soke
Kathy Bates	...	Sunny Soke
Tony Cox	...	Marcus Skidmore
Christina Hendricks	...	Diane Hastings
Brett Kelly	...	Thurman Merman
Ryan Hansen	...	Regent Hastings
Jenny Zigrino	...	Gina De Luca
Jeff Skowron	...	Dorfman
Cristina Rosato	...	Alice
Mike Starr	...	Jolly Santa
Octavia Spencer	...	Opal
Ranee Lee	...	Choirmaster
Selah Victor	...	Breast Feeding Mom
Lombardo Boyar	...	Valet Boss
Dean Hagopian	...	Costume Greeter

Storyline

It's the most wonderful time of the year again, and the not-in-the-slightest reformed safe-cracker Willie Soke is breathing the air of freedom once more, failing miserably to keep himself afloat thirteen whole years after his last achievements. Still addicted to alcohol and at the end of his tether, Soke will reluctantly accept his former sidekick Marcus' truce and his daring plan for another Yuletide caper--this time targeting a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. However, as Willie slips back into his Santa's red suit again, much to his disappointment, he will discover that another partner in crime is also eager to join in the heist: his desperate for cash estranged mother, Sunny. Can Willie work around his mummy issues, especially now that the closest thing to family, Thurman Merman, comes to town for a visit?

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Plot Keywords:

breasts | bare breasts | huge tits | tight dress | intoxication | 

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Taglines:

Giving the holidays another shot.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for crude sexual content and language throughout, and some graphic nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Instagram

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 November 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bad Santa 2

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$26,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,176,680, 25 November 2016

Gross USA:

$17,782,178

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$24,079,268

Company Credits

Production Co:

Broad Green Pictures, Ingenious Media, Miramax

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min 97 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (ACES) Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sunny claims to have given birth to Willy when she was 13; Kathy Bates is actually just 7 years older than Billy Bob Thornton.

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Goofs

When Willie and his mom are talking in her apartment for the first time, her right bra strap goes from on her shoulder, to off her shoulder, and back and forth when the view changes to a view of Willie or a view of her.

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Quotes

Diane: I'm a good girl, Mr. Cook. But sometimes I need to be bad.

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Connections

Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Billy Bob Thornton/Lily Collins/Dr. Sanjay Gupta/Atom Willard (2016)

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Soundtracks

Winter Wonderland
Written by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith
Performed by Bob Dylan
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Horrible

I have to admit that I might not be the target audience as I was hoping that my Sneak Preview ticket would land me in a showing of Arrival. But instead it was Bad Santa 2.

As I hadn't watched the first one, I had no expectations coming into this one. What I saw though was a horrible piece of comedy and wanna be edgy screen writers with a clichéd main stream comedy approach.

Skip this if you like good movies. You might enjoy this if the funniest thing you saw this year was naked Sasha Baron Cohen taken from behind by an elephant while sitting in another elephants vagina. And even that movie was much funnier than what Bad Santa 2 tried to do here.

Garbage/10