This 2003 R rated Christmas movie is two years away from officially being a classic.
I've watched this movie every year since its release, and I still laugh out loud upon every viewing.
Tony Cox and Billy Bob Thornton are thieves who pose as an Elfe and Santa Clause during the Christmas season so they can rob various department store safes every December. The above picture is the actor Brett Kelly who plays the bullied Thurman Merman in "Bad Santa."
Willy (Thornton / bad Santa) and Merman become adult and child counterparts. Upon their first meeting Thornton asks if he was dropped on his head, and Merman replies; "How could they drop me onto my head?"
"No, not onto your head, goddamn it, are you fucking with me?" Thornton said.
Bad Santa is very blunt with the kid Merman and says he got sick because he loved a woman who wasn't clean, so yes, this movie is not fit for all ages or those opposed to crass and dirty humor.
The sexy Lauren Graham is the one adult who has the potential clean up the booze laden bad Santa and restore some conscience in his soul. John Ritter did a fantastic job as Bob Chipeska, the department store manager.
Chipeska, (Ritter) is a very straight-laced fellow who refuses to cuss or talk about sex candidly, and this adds to the guffaws in this flick. Chipeska frequently tattles on bad Santa to the store's security chief Gin, Bernie Mac who also nailed his role.
Lisa Ross is the one stripper, Tiffany who is topless in "Bad Santa," and Thornton asks her if she wants to play hide the Nazi, an obvious reference to intercourse. Excessive alcohol use, fornication, nudity and profanity are needed in "Bad Santa" just as it's needed in "Animal House." Four stars easy for this movie.
Mark Izzy Schurr
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