| Badder Santa (Unrated Widescreen Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Terry Zwigoff
Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham, John Ritter, Tony Cox
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (347 reviews)
Sales Rank: 7836
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD
Running Time: 91 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD36515D
UPC: 786936245042
EAN: 0786936245042
ASIN: B00020HAB0
Release Date: June 22, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: November 26, 2003
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Description
Hollywood favorites Billy Bob Thornton (THE ALAMO), Bernie Mac (MR. 3000), and John Ritter (TV?s 8 SIMPLE RULES FOR DATING MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER) kick it up a notch in this unrated version of the outrageous comedy hit BAD SANTA. You'd better watch out -- Santa Claus Willie T. Stokes (Thornton) is coming to town and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Willie's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wise-cracking store detective (Mac), a sexy bartender (Lauren Graham -- TV's GILMORE GIRLS), and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus! You're sure to believe in BADDER SANTA: THE UNRATED VERSION -- once you experience this longer, funnier, and more explicit motion picture!
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Instantly qualifying as a perennial cult favorite, Bad Santa is as nasty as it wants to be, and there's something to be said for comedy without compromise. The Coen brothers conceived the basic idea and served as executive producers, but it's director Terry Zwigoff (Crumb, Ghost World) who brings his unique affinity for losers and outcasts to the twisted tale of Willie T. Stokes (Billy Bob Thornton), a hard-drinking, chain-smoking, foul-mouthed sexaholic safe-cracker who targets a different department store every holiday season, playing Santa while he cases the joint with his dwarf elf-partner Marcus (Tony Cox). With comedic support from Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham, Cloris Leachman, and John Ritter in his final film, Thornton milks the lowbrow laughs with a slovenly lack of sentiment, warming Bad Santa's pickled heart just enough to please a chubby misfit (Brett Kelly, hilariously deadpan) who may or may not be mentally challenged. As dry as an arid martini and blacker than morning-after coffee, Bad Santa is an instant cure for yuletide schmaltz, and if you think this appropriately R-rated comedy is suitable for kids, your parenting skills are no better than Willie's. --Jeff Shannon
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 Crude but funny June 17, 2009
The Bottom Line:
If you go into Bad Santa expecting well-written and acted low-brow humor, you'll likely be pleased by this very black comedy about unsympathetic but very amusing characters; it isn't warm and fuzzy, but it's all the better for it.
3/4
Ho...Ho... Screw it...get me a beer. May 11, 2009
Willie (Billy Bob) and Marcus (Tony Cox) work at shopping malls during Christmas time as Santa and his elf. But unlike your regular Santa and elf, this duo is here to rob the mall blind. After another successful heist, the duo split once again until the next Christmas. Willie claims though this past heist is his last heist and that he is going to change his life around. But Marcus knows the truth. Willie is a screw up and an alcoholic who only cares about money, liquor, women, and self-loathing. And as the next Christmas comes about, Marcus is proven right once again. Though during their preparations for their new heist, Willie comes across a couple people who might actually help him change the way he is. Hopefully it isn't too late.
The first time I saw this, I was literally shocked at how funny this was. Dark funny though. Sure it has Billy Bob in it, but I was not expecting it to be as vulgar and raunchy as it is. Which I absolutely loved. Billy Bob plays the perfect disgusting `doesn't give a crap' drunk. I'm sure the man has plenty of experience being drunk, but sometimes it's so realistic looking that you think he might've gotten drunk for some of the scenes. It's almost hard to explain how great he played his character. You can really tell Willie hates his life and really just doesn't care about anything. When you are at work, and you just piss yourself cause you just don't want to get up, you know you've hit rock bottom. Especially if you work is being Santa. And his interactions with the children in this movie are gut bustingly funny. I'm sure some parents wouldn't like it, but hey, if a kid sat on my lap and then sneezed a ton of chocolate in my face, I would freak out on him also.
Now the whole movie isn't about Willie being a dirt bag though. Even though that does cover a lot. There is a nice story that is going on between Willie and a very weird child that he meets during his Santa moment. The child lives with his grandmother who is basically brain dead unless its time to make sandwiches. So Willie decides to rob the kid's place, until he gets there and discovers that it's a sweet place to stay while they prepare for the heist. Now while the movie is mainly dark at heart, it's this part that we can see the light beginning to flutter awake. While Willie is mainly mean and uncaring to the kid at first, he begins to try and help the kid out from being so weird, but in Willie's way which is usually not the way you teach kids to do things. And then later the kid gives Willie a present, which was very funny, but also really touching. And you can tell in Willies eyes it's the first time in a long time something has made him feel again.
Sadly though I think Bernie Mac and John Ritter weren't that good in this movie. They are very funny guys, but I don't know, their roles just didn't seem right for them. That's just my opinion of course, because it seems like a lot of people like their characters. Everyone else was great though. Lauren Graham is so yummy.
If you're ready for some hilarious crude humor, then light up a cinnamon or pine candle, break out some alcoholic eggnog, and pop in Bad(der) Santa. Just make sure the kiddies aren't around for this one.
P.S. - Every Christmas I gather all my Christmas movies and try to watch as many as I can. My top 5 are (in no particular order) "Home Alone", "Home Alone 2", "Christmas Vacation", "Bad(der) Santa", and "Family Man".
 This movie is a riot! April 12, 2009
The first time I saw this movie I was appalled at the crudeness of it. But then the next day I found myself laughing about some scenes in it so I watched it again. Now it's up there with my favorites. I should mention that I'm 70 years old. Younger people will like it the first time they watch it.
Badder Santa April 11, 2009
Hilarious ADULT film! Billy Bob at his best reprobate self! I watch this whenever I need a lift. Can't help but laugh. I recommend this to anyone who has ever decided to dress up as Santa, get drunk, have sex with a barmaid and rob mall store safes. Bernie Mac at his best, too!
Great movie, now in Blu-ray. April 7, 2009
Not a lot to say. If you like dark, warped and twisted comedy and vulgarity, it's hard to do better than Bad(der) Santa.
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