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Bad Santa [DVD] [2003]
enlarge	Director: Terry Zwigoff Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham, John Ritter, Tony Cox Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent. UK Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy Used: £1.76 as of 22/11/2009 21:39 GMT details You Save: £18.23 (91%) New (21) Used (22) from £1.99 Seller: aabooksuk Rating: 24 reviews Sales Rank: 1898 Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), Hindi (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), German (Dubbed) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 95 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3 Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.6 EAN: 5035822910737 ASIN: B000AMZ4N6 Theatrical Release Date: 2003 Release Date: November 14, 2005 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Instantly qualifying as a perennial cult favorite, iBad Santa/i 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 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 iBad Santa/i'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, iBad Santa/i 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. i--Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com/i

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 24 1 2 3 4 5 Next » Quite Brilliant December 19, 2008 Mr. R. West (UK) 4 out of 4 found this review helpful Refreshing ribald humour. The kind of film that brings sanity during an absurd time of year. I want a sequel. Pay no attention to the guy slagging this DVD off.... November 29, 2005 M. Dixon (London) 13 out of 17 found this review helpful ....it#x27;s the best Christmas comedy there is. One of the most vulgar and hysterical films ever. Stuff THIS in your stocking! September 25, 2005 21 out of 31 found this review helpful As long as you don't mind serious vulgarity, possibly the funniest movie ever made! My new favourite christmas film March 7, 2007 Franklin T Marmoset 5 out of 8 found this review helpful Billy Bob Thornton stars as Willy, a drunken loser and criminal who, once a year, dresses up like Santa for one of those shopping mall jobs where kids sit on your knee and tell you what presents they want. He's not doing this to share the holiday spirit, though - this is a scam that culminates with Willy and his elf sidekick Marcus stealing the Christmas Eve takings from the mall's safe. Things take a turn for Willy, however, when he finds himself making an unusual friend in earnest but deeply oblivious kid Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly), who loves Santa so much he'll put up with whatever foul-mouthed abuse Willy throws his way. br / br /Thornton is on very course and funny form in this one as possibly the worst incarnation of Santa Claus christmas has ever seen. He falls asleep in his chair, pees himself, cusses out any kids he doesn't like (which is pretty much all of them), and seems almost impervious to sentiment. Young actor Kelly is also very good as the lovable and naive Thurman, even when he has snot dripping down his face. Oddly, the relationship between these two is similar to the one Thornton had with Lucas Black in Sling Blade, although with more swearing and comedy violence. br / br /More than anything else, Bad Santa is just flat-out funny from start to finish. Adding to the enjoyment, though, is the way it neatly avoids the torrent of sickly sentimentality that, for some reason, always tends to engulf christmas films. Although it does have its touching moments, it was nice to see a film that dared to take a look at the festive season from the perspective of characters who don't give a stuff about yuletide joy and all that. This is an excellent dark comedy and is recommended to all. Excellent dark comedy..... August 20, 2006 Brendan O. Clarke (Edinburgh) 4 out of 7 found this review helpful For those of us who can't quite get into the Christmas spirit, "Bad Santa" is a massive preemptive strike against all of the insufferable sentimentality we're going to be subjected to a few months from now. This movie is every bit as entertaining and funny as "School Of Rock," but where "School Of Rock" succeeded through the overwhelming weight of its good intentions, "Bad Santa" (its moderately heartwarming ending notwithstanding) is all about bad intentions. This movie, especially in its powerhouse first half, displays such a commitment to mean-spiritedness that you can't help but love it. br /Billy Bob Thornton's safe-cracking department-store Santa Willie is the epitome of ugliness, all the more so because he commits much of his mayhem in his work outfit. Early on we see him getting drunk and throwing up in an alley, and from there he remains in the gutter for much of the movie. He chain smokes, he wets himself in his chair, he fornicates in a dressing room, and above all, he swears. I don't find profanity inherently funny, but Thornton's acid tongue manages to turn four-letter words into weapons of unimaginable destructive power. More than anything I've seen since the "South Park" movie, "Bad Santa" manages to elevate nasty language into an art form. br /Even in its moments of humanity, the movie doesn't aim too high. Willie does have a love interest, but not quite in the conventional sense: intead, it's a young bar waitress with a Santa fetish who demands that Willie wear his stocking cap during coupling. Willie also finds some meaning in his life by striking up an offbeat friendship with a fat, bullied kid named Thurman, a bond that manifests itself in one unforgettable scene when Willie beats the living hell out of the teen skateboarder who gave Thurman a black eye. br / br /Even though it's Thornton's show, "Bad Santa" also benefits from a top-notch supporting cast. In his last film role, the late John Ritter is the picture of ineffectualism as the mall manager; Bernie Mac is admirably slimy as the self-interested security chief; and the three-foot-tall Tony Cox belies his small size with a scene-stealing performance as Willie's "elf" and partner in crime. br / br /"Bad Santa" doesn't have an enormous level of plot development, but then it doesn't really need much. What's really important is the way the movie's cynicism slices and dices the sugary "cheer" (which is often cynical itself) that typically accompanies the holiday season. Christmas isn't all about irritating songs and people rioting in department stores over cheap presents, and we all owe a debt to "Bad Santa" for dumping a little snow on the parade. br / br / Showing reviews 1-5 of 24 1 2 3 4 5 Next »

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