This bad santa performance is nothing short of amazing. The jokes are very adult oriented and very well placed without sounding juvenile. A Christmas classic to see with your friends and adult family, but spare the kids. They won't get it anyway...

Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham, John Ritter and Bernie Mac star in this 2003 comedy. Thornton (Armageddon) plays Willie, a depressed, sarcastic, alcoholic thief who works as Santa Claus for department stores he robs every Christmas Eve. Cox (Me, Myself & Irene) plays his partner, Marcus who works as his Elf. Soon, an odd kid (Kelly) comes into Willie's life and changes him. Graham (Gilmore Girls, Evan Almighty) plays Sue, a bartender who falls for Willie, the late, Ritter (Problem Child) plays department store boss, Bob and the late, Mac (Ocean's Eleven) plays Gin, the store's head of security who becomes on to Willie & Marcus. This is a good holiday comedy with hilarious and a bit of touching moments. Thornton & Cox are great together and steal the film. I recommend this, but caution that there's a lot of profanity.

This is a really offensive ignorant film that should appeal to mindless corrupted individuals. Why good actors would appear in a film that clearly abuses children by exposing them to bad language, bad motives, bad behavior of the worst sort and have children in the film is anyone's guess? I am convinced all the writers were in their early teens, 14-15 year old boys who think of nothing but sex and every way to demean human kind. It takes a really sick mind, Willie, is a good example, to come up with this mess and think it's entertaining and worth the charge of admission. I would only recommend this film as a case example of what you should not try to pass off on an unsuspecting public as a Christmas film. Sick.

Great comedy and if you watch The Dricetor's Cut it works as character study. This movie is brave and bold. It's unlike any other Christmas movie out there. It's not a sweet story of the spirit of Christmas. But a dark twisted comedy about a man who is broken and the despicable things he does. Hollywood rarely makes movies like this. Of course when you have a movie that is so different the studio will be concerned about how the film will do. In Bad Santa's case the producers went back and filmed additional scenes to make the movie more mainstream. As for which cut you should see If you want a good comedy See The theatrical cut.If you want a complex character study see the director's cut. In the lead role, we have Billy Bob Thornton, who does an excellent job, he brings the right level of patheticness to the character. As his sidekick, we have Tony Cox (Spaceballs, "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Beetlejuice) He has good timing and the acting is solid . The kid is played by Brett Kelly who does a great job for a child actor. Marcus(the sidekick)'s wife is played by Futurama 's Lauren Tom, and she does a good job. Lauren Graham plays the love interest and she is good. But she has a pretty small role. Comedian Bernie Mac and veteran actor John Ritter also have supporting roles. This is in fact John Ritter's last live action role Also, keep an eye out for a famous actress of old age and Lois Griffin's voice Alex Borstein. But the real star here is the script written by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa and rewritten by the movie's director Terry Zwigoff and the Coen Brothers. It's smart and does not talk down to the audience. And it is also fresh.It is not something that has never been done before. More something that is not done very often. It is not only a raunchy comedy. It is a movie that have something to say The script has meaning. The film has meat. In the Bad Santa makes for unique holiday viewing. Well worth watching at Christmas.