Part of Holiday Classics
Criminals Willie and Marcus disguise themselves as Santa Claus and his elf and travel across the country to major malls, using the good will people have toward Santa to rob the mall stores blind. The problem is, Willie can’t stand kids and it’s all he can do to keep himself from getting fired while on the job. Their plan still progresses beautifully until the two reprobates meet an introverted 8-year-old boy who thinks Willie is the real Santa Claus. Overweight, awkward, and the frequent target of bullies, the boy manages to arouse something like sympathy from Willie, who tries to give him some advice and develops something vaguely resembling Christmas spirit along the way.
“This willfully tasteless comedy might just save Christmas…. Bad taste is better than no taste, as style empress Diana Vreeland said, and BAD SANTA spreads it freely and honestly, like fertilizer. You see, love actually is all around, as long as you know where to look.” —Stephanie Zacharek, Salon “An unrepentantly rude, anti-seasonal dish of malice and mischief. Director Terry Zwigoff works from a story that originated with the Coen brothers and passed through at least four writers, including him...The results may leave you aghast or breathless with laughter, but you won't be neutral.” —Lawrence Toppman, Charlotte Observer
