Indeed, this black comedy is exciting, and the description of the main character is original. However, I would not recommend this depressing drama of a person with a split personality, watching which can cause not only reflection and inner existential search, but also leave a negative imprint in the fragile subconscious realm. Take the question: Should I identify with a moral outsider who is poisoning his existence? Is he valuable? For me, the answer is obvious - no, it is not.
The idea of the film belongs to the Coen brothers, but not the script, and this is the root of the problem. They are inspirational, but not true creators. Perhaps the film itself is a unique 'product', made taking into account the preferences of the viewer, but its content ... You will, of course, draw your conclusions based on personal mental distortions.
Bad Santa is a completely unique phenomenon that, due to the specifics of the genre, took time to become a legend. At the time of the release, he was undeniably good, but then it was not obvious how good he was.
It would seem how much absurdity was filmed on absolutely any topics and in any genre combinations. But how many of these paintings remain in your memory? How much in the history of cinema? And how many of them did they do?
The basis of the plot, it would seem, a simple story that in one form or another arises in the head of each person. But as simple as it comes, it is just as difficult to formulate it competently and almost impossible to implement.
All the stars came together. A brilliant script, a brilliant implementation, a brilliant game of actors. Now it is simply unrealistic to imagine a picture with some other variable in the composition. It seems that if you twist a little in one direction or another, and the magic disappears.
Reduce the degree of absurdity and the subconscious will begin to draw causal relationships of what is happening, which immediately destroys perception.
Increase the degree and the brain will cease to perceive what is happening as a whole and the picture will fall into a set of “sparkling” gags.
It's the same story with actors. If Billy Bob Thornton at the time of release was already a recognized “asshole” and in principle plays relatively “expectedly”, then the images of the other characters are top aerobatics. Everyone is exactly in his place and slightly change the game or type and everything will fall apart.
It turned out to be a great movie, but when it came out, it seemed like something was going to be the same or better. But more than 20 years later, when the era that gave birth to the film has gone into those halls of mind, where the sun shines brighter, the grass is greener and everything was better, what came to replace it?
In my opinion, nothing, and Bad Santa, detached from the context of time became a classic.
P.S. Look strictly for voiceover 18+
“Dream in one hand, rub in the other, and see which one fills up faster.”
We all love American Christmas/New Year comedies about the magic of the holiday and some incredible miracle. We love these films for the pleasant pre-holiday atmosphere and watch in order to recreate the New Year mood. We usually watch these movies with the whole family, but it's definitely not a movie. That's not what bad Santa is called. Santa, perfectly performed by Billy Bob Thornton (Willy), is the complete opposite of the beloved image of Santa Claus / Santa Claus. Willie is a criminal and a drunkard who is disillusioned with himself and his life. In his own way, he creates a difficult atmosphere of a lost life, in which there is no happiness, no purpose, no future. Yes, it is quite fun to watch, but not without empathy and sadness. And his friend / companion is a dwarf African-American. Beautiful comedy images. And the most positive character of the film is a fat boy played by Brett Kelly. It's just a homorically funny character. Just the image of such a ridiculous, full, naive child can not help but laugh. And when these two characters come together and start interacting, a miracle really unfolds on screen. I didn’t like the ending of the movie, but who did? In any case, this is an original and funny New Year's film that will lift the mood and even make you think about life.
7 out of 10
I know there is no Santa Claus.
I just thought you'd give me a gift because we're friends.
(roughly 75th minute of the film)
Bad Santa
Plot. Willie is an unusual Santa Claus. Once a year (along with his partner) on Christmas Day, Willie robs another department store.
Terry Zwigoff (creator of Ghost World) is a talented director. Unfortunately, he rarely shoots, all his films can be counted on the fingers of one hand. This is Zwigoff's most famous work. An interesting detail, “Bad Santa” was produced by the cult Coen brothers.
The film has a high rating, but let’s be honest – a kind of cinema, a kind of atmosphere. Zwigoff shows not just nothing, but the real (forgive me for rudeness) scum. To call Thornton a bad character is to compliment. By the way, one of the pluses of the film, yes, it is Thornton.
The actor perfectly plays this abomination in the costume of Santa (who copulates with everyone in a row, goes under himself, steals, etc.). According to rumors, Thornton actually drank on the set (talent, a-hee-hee). Ie. Zwigoff does everything he can to make you hate Santa. After all, Santa represents warmth and magic, not vomiting urges.
Next, Zwigoff adds another character – a clumsy schoolboy with curls on his head, who lives with his grandmother. The boy is constantly being bullied by local guys. And this is where a very strange thing happens. On the one hand, an immoral freak. On the other hand, a downtrodden student living in his own world.
They start to influence each other (in a good way). Heroes change. The boy makes his way into Santa's rotten heart. Remember, “What color did he ask for?” Santa's already thinking about him, he cares. If you don’t care, then everything is not lost. Santa becomes a special person in the life of a schoolboy. Even such (forever drunk) nothingness is necessary, says Zwigoff. Amazing.
There's something about this movie. Everyone writes about cynical comedy, I would call Bad Santa tragicomedy. Fun moments are present, of course, but it was not without tragedy.
For Tony Cox in the background - a special thank you!
7 out of 10
Films during the New Year holidays for childhood and adolescence I can divide into three categories: Soviet films, Indian cinema and Hollywood films like ' Home Alone' This is because I didn’t have access to the internet at the time. ' Bad Santa' was one of those cases of New Year's movies that I wanted to see not only out of curiosity, but to try something new in this situation because now to watch the above films with a break on kringe advertising as it is not very desirable. I watched it on New Year's Eve and I have to pay tribute - the film was pleased.
The main character of the picture is Willie as a prototype of a drunkard, a scoundrel and dooming with his unhappy backstory. His only consolation was the robbery of department stores during the Christmas season. And a chance meeting with the same unfortunate boy gradually changes a person’s views.
The very idea of a Christmas movie as a black comedy with elements of drama and instruction is quite interesting. And it's perfect. Humor, though absurd, but not repulsive. Characters are not in doubt, both main and secondary. Billy Bob Thornton is charismatic and realistic. Voice of Dmitry 'Goblin' Puchkova is certainly the best for watching the film because dubbing does not convey the verbal humor associated with swearing.
Conclusion: the film is good to watch during the New Year holidays and at any time of the year.
P. S.: I do not recommend watching the sequel because it devalues all the achievements of the first part.
I watched the movie about 10-15 years ago. His vulgarity made a heavy impression on me then, I did not want to say anything, although the story as a whole liked its plot. Now, after reviewing the film, I have something to say.
First, in order to judge the film reasonably, it is necessary to resolutely move the age-coded contingent of 16+ from the screen. In the same group, sophisticated individuals and other graduates of the institutes of noble maidens should self-involve themselves. Here we also add those who generally try to stay away from criminal topics in any of its manifestations, including swearing at the place and not the place. So will those who in principle are able to evaluate this film as a work of art designed for a specific audience.
Secondly, you need to be very short-sighted to perceive GG at face value, and do not understand that he is a household character, as a collective image of various bad habits and inclinations. After all, quite rightly for all this, he is constantly criticized by his partner-elf, and moreover, Willie himself is well aware of all this, even deciding to commit suicide. So if anyone thinks that the filmmakers enjoy their hero, I would reasonably suggest that this is sarcasm and bitter irony: Willie himself, in a fit of revelation, claims to be living confirmation that Santa Claus does not exist. Is that not a good enough explanation?
As for the personality of the main character, it is characteristic that here in no way gives even the slightest hint of his possible correction in the future. However, he was able to fully reveal himself as a person who still has room for self-sacrifice and good deeds. The final letter alone, although unnaturally pathetic and verbose for this character, is in itself a small fairy tale that he was able to give for Christmas to his little friend, and in his person – to grateful viewers.
It would be cheap hypocrisy to brand the main character for his many vices: as they say, which of you is without sin, let the first throw a stone at him. And although GG does not repent of anything, and his vices are disapproving, but he deserves human compassion due to the peculiarities of his upbringing - there was simply nowhere to take up ideas about a different way of life. And despite this, he is not exactly a rude moron and a soulless beast, he found a place for humanity. I believe that the so-called arc of the hero in this story is quite marked.
It is also necessary to pay tribute to the professionalism of Willie, thanks to which the plot has a clear deep track. This professionalism, although in the case of thieves, still clearly hints at the importance of mastering at least some profession in life. And preferably at the highest level, which was really valuable the main character. By the way, there are numerous cases when specialists of this kind became quite law-abiding experts on safes. It's like hackers: on the one hand, they're dangerous hackers, on the other, they're high-end programmers. The main thing is what to do with them.
Conclusion. I have to state that this story is a sad and at the same time good fairy tale, but for adults and sophisticated viewers. An adventurous crime novel, a real Christmas tale in which the negative protagonist not only commits a number of good deeds, but also avoids deserved punishment for the crimes committed. Well, isn't that a fairy tale?!
The film ' Bad Santa' came out really gloomy and heavy. I don’t know why the filmmakers decided to assign him a comedy genre, but it doesn’t smell like comedy. A film about a man who has no place in the world. There is no place not because he has a "#39" mental organization, not because he was deceived/betrayed/substituted. No, he has no place in this world because he's a bad person. But let's start in order.
The story told to us has absolutely no meaning. Two guys rob shops every Christmas and then run away for the next year. The whole story is just to put the theme of a Christmas tale here and try to play on the contrasts. But something went wrong.
The director’s contrast failed. We were shown the unsightly details of the life of Willie and the boy #39, but no Christmas tale was shown. As a result, we see a dark story about the life of a not the most pleasant type, which for some reason they try to turn into a comedy. This film would have been much more suited to the film format 'Leaving Las Vegas' but apparently the niche was already occupied and the director tried in ' black comedy'. Unfortunately, it did not work out, it did not fart.
In the dry residue we have the story of Willie. Drug addict, alcoholic, ragged, rude, smelly, dirty and unshaven mu*ak with pooped pants. Isn't that very unpleasant? Seeing people like this on the street, we usually turn away and grin in disgust. But this character causes us sympathy, as it is played by the talented man Billy Bob Thornton. That's really an actor. He pulls the whole film out of the hole where he was diligently driven by the writer and director. It's interesting to watch him, even when he's wearing a Santa suit. And we laugh when he jokes never once funny.
All in all, we got a single-actor theater. A very grim theater that was struggling to turn into a comedy, but failed. In 'Leaving Las Vegas' we had a generally good man who just got confused and came to his very grim finale. There is a very bad man here who is also going to his gloomy ending. We were shown a pleasing ending designed to say that everything will be fine, but any reasonable person knows that there will be no good ending for Willie. It will not change and sooner or later will meet its end.
The film is not bad if you forget about all the efforts to make a comedy. Looks with interest and expectation. But all this is not the merit of the director and screenwriter, but the merit of the charisma of Billy Bob Thornton. It’s much more fun to watch his life in Miami, or his bar bashing, than the jokes and dialogues with the rest of the characters. You can watch, but I don’t recommend anything.
Not all Christmas comedies are remembered. Many of them wear out immediately after viewing and in recent decades nothing has been able to change this trend. Directors refuse to take risks, work hard and get their fair share of attention, but do absolutely nothing for art and special precedent. Terry Zwigoff is different. He certainly didn’t make many films during his career, many viewers don’t know anything about him at all, but in 2003 he directed Bad Santa 39 and shot two birds with one stone. Zwigoff made one of the most interesting and unusual films about Christmas, and also left his name in the history of comedy cinema, agreeing to do on the set what his colleagues could not.
The main character of this festive performance becomes a thief and alcoholic Willie. He has golden hands, a sharp eye and a fine hearing, but excessive alcohol consumption gradually leads to degradation and Willie begins to lose his skills. It does not like his friend in criminal cases, Marcus, but they seem to be created in order to work as a couple, and therefore shortly before the next Christmas, the heroes go to a new city to profit from easy prey.
The scheme of work is simple. Willie dresses up in Santa Claus, Marcus in his loyal assistant elf, after which they get a job in a large supermarket and subsequently rob him. To do this, you need to undergo training for a couple of weeks, but the benefit is definitely worth it. But this time it won't be as usual. Willie accidentally connects with a fat schoolboy who lives with his grandmother and suddenly feels warm feelings for him. But at the same time it does not prevent him to drink, walk and meet girls.
If there is an absolute antithesis of Santa Claus, it is not Krampus, but Willie, who is unable to control himself, swears in one word, drinks and fights. Willie doesn't even want to whitewash his name. He understands who he is and what his actions lead to. But if you think there's no moral here, then meeting Willie with the kid changes almost everything. No, of course, Willie will continue to bully, but at the same time he will remember about conscience and morality, and in the case of such a person it is just a feat.
With children such a film as ' Bad Santa' you can not watch in principle. It got a high limit rating for a reason, so those under eighteen should wait before sitting down at the screen. Humor here is hard, obscene vocabulary is very much, but served all this Zwigoff is so funny that during viewing you can not restrain yourself. As they say, have fun on your health. And just relax.
Summing up all of the above, I will say that 'Bad Santa' came out great. Christmas comedy has an unexpected and memorable look. Sometimes the film is rude, but so funny that you can forgive him absolutely everything. Be simpler people and be able to have fun properly.
10 out of 10
It became clear from the first frames - Terry Zwigoff, a director with a clear and unconventional sense of humor. This is expressed at least in the fact that under the red cap of Santa and multi-colored Christmas tinsel hides not the New Year’s agenda, but the topic is completely psychological in a tragicomic guise. Rarely anyone manages to combine these genres so that it looks harmonious. “Bad Santa” is a picture from this category, where the human drama is both funny and sad. And what is more damn hard to understand, because life itself has no clear boundaries between light and dark.
The drunken Willie is also not as simple as it may seem at first glance. A pretty tattered life of a lost person meets the viewer in an equally tattered and fattened costume of Santa Claus. Overturning one glass after one and juicily tightening with a papyro, our hero is not the thousandth “man from the oven”, who on weekdays puts kids on his knees, and on Saturdays sits red pants in the bar. Willie is a bear cub in a difficult psychological state and a rather marginal character in general. In tandem with a black dwarf, they clean out shopping centers, acting according to a simple but well-established scheme.
It seems to be an ordinary semi-criminal story. But only until a curious and slightly backward child appears in the plot.
Such an absurd technical set appeals precisely to the fundamental comedy that was invented hundreds of thousands of years ago. Zwigoff, apparently, is familiar with the theory very well, and therefore before the observer there is not just a gegovan history, but the holistic development of all participants in the action without exception. The characters are written well, Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox and Brett Kelly were alive and interesting, and the dialogues themselves are geometrically simple, and, for this, at least, amusing.
Of course, without criticism, the picture will not leave. Moral uncles and aunts will point to American toilet humor, even though it is only a tool, not a cause (and not everyone can boast of it). Accidentally wandering viewer, following the sign "SANTA", can get burned, not expecting a rough return from a good-natured old man according to the canon. But it is those who do not build illusions on an ordinary, in fact, day in the year, will see on the screen not only gilding and bright garlands, but real redemption. It’s not going to be a holiday at all.
Some say that Christmas can not be touched, they say it is a holy holiday that unites the whole family at one festive table. Terry Zwigoff thought quite differently when he took up the idea of Bad Santa. In this film, Christmas is no longer a touching holiday, there are many ambiguous moments in it, and although viewers who are used to watching Home Alone will be in a slight shock from what they see, I will honestly tell you - there is much more festive mood in Bad Santa than in the whole case of champagne.
The main attraction of the comedy, of course, is Willie. That is, an alcoholic, a brawler, an adultererer and at the same time a talented safe burglar, who trades with his little companion Marcus before Christmas in large shopping centers.
Dressing up as Santa Claus and his assistant elf, Willie and Marcus memorized how the alarm worked, what the security routine was, and where the most important jewels were in addition to the safe. And this year, too, should not be an exception. having gone to another city, our comrades are preparing to take another jackpot, but the problem is that Willie is increasingly rolling down a slope and only a miracle can save him.
In this film there is a lot of alcohol, promiscuous intimate relationships and obscene language, but you can not say that there is no morality, warm feelings and correct conclusions. Zwigoff wasn't going to take down the vulgarity for the sake of vulgarity, it's not in his rules. So he set Willie on the path of re-education. And how it will look, can not be described in trivial words, as it is worth seeing.
Billy Bob Thornton is definitely playing Willie. Without him, this movie would have lost half its dirty charm. If you do not take into account the frankly weak sequel, Willie will forever remain with Thornton in the list of his best images.
Bottom line: “Bad Santa” despite all the contentiousness of the product, is definitely recommended for viewing to everyone who can sit at the screen due to rating maturity. Look, have some fun. And don't abuse it!
"Bad Santa"-class comedy 2003 with Billy Bob Thornton in the title role. The most striking thing is that despite the frankly vulgar, toilet humor in the film - a pleasant atmosphere Christmas and New Year holidays. I'll take everything in order.
I will immediately say that I like the film in "correct translation of the Goblin", and in dubbing. Dmitry Puchkov with his translation is cool annealing in the film. It’s also a good option.
The acting in this film is above all praise. I would like, of course, to highlight Billy Bob, who plays the role of a drunkard and bear cub Willy and Tony Cox, who plays Willy’s partner, dwarf Marcus. Also pleases the eye of the boy Terman Merman performed by Bretta Kelly. Each of these characters has a special color.
I really like the storyline about the relationship between the boy and Willie, Terman, of course, sometimes brings out Bad Santa with his questions and constant desire to make sandwiches, but he makes Willie believe in Christmas. By changing Willie himself. Making him kind. That is, at this point, the obscene comedy turns into a good drama. Which I really like.
Also in the film are amazing Christmas songs and music Chopin.
In general, the film turns 15 this year, but for me it is not outdated, I am happy to review it. I advise you to watch (but only people under 16 do not recommend because of some scenes, who saw-will understand).
8.6 out of 10
P.S. Finally, I would like to say about the “main villains” of the film performed by John Ritter (who I remember as the good-natured father of “Difficult Child”, where he played wonderfully) and Bernie Mac (who played perfectly in the trilogy about Ocean’s friends ), their characters turned out to be memorable and very successfully fit into this film. It is a pity that the actors are no longer with us.
Oh, and how much noise there was around this provocative candy, even now echoes can be heard. Praise the Lapland deer, the bulk of the pucans safely exploded, and the tooth-cheekingly cute Santa with an inexhaustible hole was formed by a replicated antihero who kicked the screaming Kevin McCallister. Anticipating the fashion for sociopaths with a heart of gold, the bear cub in a red coat is now perceived as a benchmark of rethinking, rubbing on a thin line of black humor with criminal equipment. The lustful bulldy Willie, once a year trying on the clothes of the snowman, as if born with his nail in the board - well, on which side of the damn ocean will not understand the overgrown wonderworker? It is not for nothing that the roots of the anecdote “what distinguishes our Santa Claus from their Santa Claus” are lost. The presence of a weighty degree and some kind of girl, if anything. And the worst, incorrigible thief, faking after two words on the third, the long-legged escort did not give up for nothing - he is managed by a burnt-out dwarf, supermarkets get rid of the proceeds. Year after year, an unusual partnership pours in a full-flowing river, until a timid conscience was formed on the puffy boy's face, which made old Willie think: can you dive early after the fucking life?
Strictly speaking, the canonical image of Santa has long needed a powerful radicalization, and apparently this was the supreme acting mission of Billy Bob Thornton. Not counting Blanchett's red-haired hickeys in "Bandits," of course. The purest Mephistopheles from Arkansas gave up a luscious image on the mountain, over which you can laugh with equal zeal and scatter. Klaus is so bad that all other crime in comparison with him looks like a gang of demoted elves, unable to guard the place of the future robbery and stably interrupted by proctological propark. Walk - so with a capitalist scale, and the pricking sprouts of damn tolerance are stuck with clusters in the throat of the worried store owner. The engine of the black comedy Terry Zwigoff hangs balls not some cartoon characters - he bends in three perishes the age-old ideas of cute Christmas comedies, where every sock is shining with light. Oh, come on! Bad Santa is responsible for the whole society, overfed by charity and able to declare his updated ideas, which in no way destroy the festive mood, but only season it with an atomic dose of pepper.
The virtuoso profanity and record holder for infusion of alcohol is not so terrible as he eagerly seeks to appear. If it were otherwise, Zwigoff's tape would be lost somewhere in the suburbs of a fucking never-given art house, and instead elbowed the road to the status of modern classics. No miracles, mind you, were not required, and all the credit went to the correct morality, decorated with an unimaginable flavor. The ugly, vile and incorrigible crook is in fact much more honest than the Lisopol environment, in which children are left to themselves and are brought up by New Year calendars with candy. The result is at least curious: the pussy boy who mistook bad Santa for a homegrown sorcerer wipes his alcoholized eyes, pushing him to an emergency jerk of the parking brake inside himself. Of course, the criminal will not overnight be righteous, but in a new way to approach the usual craft, finding useful inclusions in it, he is able. And this speaks for the paradoxical ability of the picture to remain a real Christmas film, combining deliberately repulsive style with a humanistic attitude. When a burned-out criminal begins to think about good deeds without much benefit - this is the real miracle that children dream of, and so often adults crumple.
It would be naive to think that Bad Santa is involved in a traditional entertainment test like Home Alone or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Zwigoff, paired with Thornton, will mix the audience as if in passing, with a shade of condescension, not for a minute letting you forget about the complete immorality of the leading lyceum. And indeed, Willie is a folk hero, although you are a sled cracker, and not suitable, but still mockingly at ease became them. The allegory character, the personification of rebellious negativity, squeezes the gas pedal when it comes to real comedy, which involves a stereotypical hapooga played by a black (this is an important nuance!) Bernie Mac. Evil in the picture is situational, it migrates with the dexterity of an experienced illegal and eventually merges with another safe, which specializes in the plant Santa. It often happens that mercy gets stuck somewhere halfway to a bright Christmas, and then you have to be guided by the old-fashioned principle of “wedge kicking out”. Spiritual implementation of this method, it seems, was simply doomed to success, since the people are always ready to respond to burning themes, filmed with the necessary level of creativity. “Bad Santa” immediately clawed his place behind the penalty area in the field of first-class Christmas paintings, which is not able to prevent even the ugly sequel, which should be ranted only in a state of severe hangover.
You will not be able to find a more boring Christmas film, and in the film not only Santa, but also humor is bad.
In search of an unconventional Christmas movie, I decided to trust the commentators and various lists like Best New Year/Christmas Movies and still watch this movie. Disappointment befell me when I accidentally folded the player and noticed that I was already watching more than half of the film, and there were no cool and sharp black jokes. There was a boring Santa alcoholic with incontinence and frankly weak jokes. I quite understand comedies with vulgar jokes and “American humor”, I really like black humor and the art of sarcasm, but none of this in the film, unfortunately. If it were not for the Christmas paraphernalia that flashed throughout the film, the film would be very gray and as boring as possible. I do not understand why this film is considered by some almost a masterpiece of the comedy genre and where he got the love of the audience. You will not get any Christmas mood or cool jokes from this film.
But there are advantages.
For example, Billy Bob Thornton played the role of “bad” Santa, but the movie, unfortunately, did not save. And the film has a dynamic ending and a slightly touching happy ending. In general, for lovers of witty “dirty” jokes, lovers of subtle, black humor, connoisseurs of the art of sarcasm and seekers of the New Year mood, I definitely do not recommend watching the film. I don’t even recommend “flat” jokes. Better watch Home Alone or the sticky Love Actually again than this.
5 out of 10
Typical American comedy, with stupid jokes, black humor and vulgar moments, but damn it, it's beautiful. I can't explain why, but she fascinated me with her simplicity and stunning dialogue. A great combination of family and light holiday Christmas and killer black humor. If you take into account all the Christmas comedies of this particular format, then you probably can not name at least 3 films more or less similar to this one. Most likely, they simply do not exist, because Bad Santa is unique and charming in its own way. On the expanses of the film industry, a huge number of state studios producing “unique” comedies. Many of us watched and forgot after 2 days even the title, not to mention the plot and actors. But as soon as the conversation turns to evil irony and jokes "below the belt", those who watched automatically recall this Christmas story about the unusual Santa Claus. We can consider the creation of Terry Zwigoff the ancestor of this genre.
Stealing, immoral lifestyle, alcoholism, drugs - all this was collected by our hero, Vinnie, who, according to tradition, does not go to the bathhouse and does not meet with friends or relatives, but robs another department store to somehow hold out until the next New Year and repeat the criminal crime again. Ironically, there is a boy in his life who believes in Vinnie for real, as in the fabulous Santa, who can fulfill any desire and create a miracle. The main essence of cinema is the transformation of a typical nihilist who has collected “all the charms of urbanism” through faith and childish love, and all this with a huge amount of black humor and vulgar sketches.
Oh, Billy Bob Thornton, you're great. The acting of the actor is so realistic that for a second it seemed to me that he behaves in life as well as his main motto: “Pofigism”. Denial. Lust. The combination of Tony Cox and Billy Bob Thornton is hellishly perfect, perfect complement each other.
Watching a comedy of this nature, it is difficult to imagine in it Christmas songs, which play in the good New Year cartoons of Disney, for example. I can tell you with complete confidence, this combination of black comedy and soundtracks, a unique “fusion” in the movie, which will be almost impossible to copy.
8 out of 10
When it comes to successful black comedies, I’m always one of the first to think of Bad Santa. In fact, this genre is not as simple as it may seem, it is not enough just to remove a story from the life of a complete asshole mocking others. The hero, despite all the considerable set of negative qualities, should still cause sympathy among the audience.
And Billy Bob Thornton turned out just such a hero, yes, he is a bastard, but besides this he is a rather tragic figure who survived many terrible moments. And thanks to the character, all these indecent, and sometimes just unpleasant jokes seem really funny. It is unlikely that not a charismatic character, the audience would forgive such an attitude to children.
The plot of this story is as simple as possible, but at the same time quite original. And although the criminal plan of the characters seems rather primitive, but their relationship with each other is quite complex. Well, a separate point is the relationship of the protagonist with a dull boy, in which he sees a partial repetition of his own fate.
The already iconic Christmas tape about the most unlucky Santa Claus in the world hardly needs additional recommendations.
It's clearly not from my opera. I'm not saying I'm a prude. Sometimes I get a lot of pleasure from dirty movies with black humor. But here he's too black, too dirty, too smelly. Not for me this comedy, I failed to enjoy.
I didn’t like the main character and the environment. Here he is, a bumjar, the king of alcoholics from the train station, a reckless booze man who is kept on this earth only by the love of alcohol. But for some reason, he's got chicks hanging on him. He smells like shit, then vomit, overcooked, but it doesn't scare chicks away. At the same time, note that these are not some homeless people from the corner, but quite normal women. For me, it was a culture shock and only disgusted. I was not at all funny about such a violation of human dignity.
Next on the list is the whole situation with the child, who also caused me only disgust. Everything so smeared, dirty, sloppy, not funny at all. And it was a pity, how can you mock a child like that? Is that a good example?
The only good thing about this movie is that it makes fun of liberals. When a couple of thieves sit in the office of the chief of security and say they're going to sue for being fired because Santa's assistant is black, so is a dwarf. That was funny, that was a real blow to Hollywood. I don’t know how this movie was released.
In the end, I will say that this film is a strong black, which is unlikely to appeal to many. There are a couple of funny things about it, but overall it’s a movie that sucks.
The New Year holidays are a test. After a busy year and want at least a little rest from everything that happened to you, and the movie “Bad Santa” like nothing else will help you in this.
When most people enjoy their holidays, watching good old movies, sometimes you can look at what is happening with the prism of cynicism, along with the beautiful and terrifying Willie, who is attracted to him from the very first shot, although such a nasty type should make you want to stay away from him.
At first, it may seem that we are just a comedy, stuffed with very black, vulgar humor, which later went into quotes, but behind this shell is almost a drama about human loneliness. The film shows how, in contrast to the happy inhabitants, those who, for a number of reasons, are not able to celebrate it like everyone else: someone’s family does not celebrate, someone has only a half-crazy grandmother at home, and some have come to once again penetrate into the internal structure of the shopping center, in order to then safely (or not very) rob it. At some point, these people came together and helped each other become a little better. So the immoral alcoholic Willie found something good in himself, which clearly has long forgotten, and the downtrodden plump boy, not without the help of Willie, became more confident in his abilities.
“Bad Santa” is an “evil” film, much more imbued with the spirit of Christmas and real miracle than many good family films about the same holiday. While watching it, you actually begin to believe that this miracle actually happened to the heroes, that they were able to start with a clean face and rebuild their lives. However, for these reasons, you start to fear the continuation of the film, because in your head already formed a happy picture.
- You know, I seem to have had a break in my life.
“Bad Santa” is a typical example of how movies can still surprise. Regardless of the genre and theme. It would seem, well, what unexpected can promise a comedy dedicated to such an obscure topic as Christmas and Santa Claus? Yes, anything, especially if it reigns over the invisible spirit of the Coen brothers, who acted here as producers and authors of the idea. The doubts of the viewer finally dispel in the third minute, after the main character, earning part time in the supermarket Santa, a former convict, who is firmly “under the shafe”, manages to relieve himself in his pants, right on the “workplace” (in addition, all this is shown in the close-up!). This is an extremely convenient moment for all children under 14 who inadvertently wander into the session to quickly leave the viewing. For it will continue, if not worse, then certainly in the same spirit. All the rest, it is recommended to get comfortable in chairs, stock up on the maximum supply of cynicism and prepare for the contemplation of one of the blackest, but definitely fun and successful comedies of recent years. Over the next hour and a half, the above-described Bad pseudo-Santa will swear viciously, both at children and at adults (and dubbing definitely smooths out many sharp corners), constantly get drunk in drebadan, mate with a considerable number of ladies who succumbed to his dubious charm and together with his partner (a black dwarf dressed under an elf!!!) rob the shops in which he works. The plot, of course, has the main intrigue in the face of a plump lonely boy, who after a long communication has a chance to change the worldview of the hero, but the “sauce” under which such a standard story is served easily overlaps with the “correctness” of this storyline. The lion’s share of the film’s color is due to the brilliantly played Billy Bob Thornton and the screenwriters who put a decent amount of witty phrases into his mouth. So, if you are not afraid of the prospect to taste the sparkling, but very “sharp” comedy delicacy from Terry Zwigoff – turn on, download or buy the film and enjoy watching.
8 out of 10
I got sick and, unfortunately, lost my beard. I have to wear a bagel.
The whole essence of this film lies in the phrase "I am Santa, who drinks, eats and thr...sya". He robs shopping malls once a year. This is not a fairy-tale film for Christmas, but there is a place for a fairy tale in the form of a pink elephant.
The director of this picture was Terry Zwigoff, who had already lit up with the film “Ghost World” in 2001, which was nominated for an Oscar.
Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) and Marcus (Tony Cox) are sophisticated scammers. They change into Santa and Elfa every year and work at shopping malls across the country. But that's just their temporary cover. One of them breathes overheat and pushes one child after another. That's 30 days a year! Our Willie is an outspoken wizard and barely works out the role of a good wizard until the end of the day, and his partner Marcus is a notorious workaholic, he is even meek, constantly lectures using profanity, instructs Willie on the right path. In general, the skirmishes between Marcus and his partner deserve special attention.
If I had been bigger, I would have warmed up properly.
But Willie remains true to herself and is unlikely to miss the moment to show her antisocial behavior on children and passers-by. It's all right here because your dwarf-elf partner calls you a moral and physical freak. And it's a sin to argue with him, so Willie doesn't argue. Towards the end of the film, “Santa” may ask itself the question that hides the inner drama of this character. What do I do with my life?
Between the false Santa and his client, a simple boy (Brett Kelly) begin to build a relationship, Willie wakes up something like fatherly feelings, which makes the viewer of the whole film think whether the Kid will demote this cynic? Maybe Willie sees himself in him as a child, the same outcast and alone.
I am living proof of the complete absence of Santa Claus.
- I know Santa's gone. I thought you'd give me a gift of friendship.
The movie is Christmas and a miracle must happen. Willie finds a home, makes acquaintance with a lovely waitress, decorates a Christmas tree and brings a pink elephant. What's not idyllic?
If you compare with modern Russian New Year comedies, stuffed with poorly hidden advertising, disgusting game, stupid plot and solid vodka, then Bad Santa definitely wins over them, albeit by a small margin. Yes, there is more vulgarity, swearing, and there is murder (if you look at the Goblin translation), but frankly there is more meaning and acting. Billy Bob Thornton's acting is commendable. The viewer truly believes in such a Santa, a person who can be found in any big city, who is tired of his life, but does not want to change anything. Of course, we won't see "Bad Santa" on the main channels switch-don't switch. One might wonder, although the answer has long been known. Yes, this film is not for children, but it is definitely included in the list of must-see for the New Year.
8 out of 10
The story tells the story of a man who has been dragged along by life, because of which he can only drink and complain. He has to work as an animator in a Santa Claus costume, but for a reason. Our hero Willy is still not quite an ordinary guy, he is a good bear cub. He has a friend and collaborator, Marcus, who is a dwarf himself, but that doesn’t stop him from being a brain in a department store heist, and a conscience for the main character. By the will of fate Willy meets a fat kid Terman, who is pussy at school, and tries to somehow help him. Willy is not like "Master of Support" .
Billy Bob Thornton shows himself in all its glory, and no matter how you turn, you sympathize with his hero. He is rude, brutal and sharp on words - this is what makes him so bad. It is very interesting to look at the twists and turns of the characters, and yet the actors of this picture somehow change, someone for the better, and someone for the worse.
A great analogue of the New Year's film instead of "House Alone", true only for adults. Worth watching and time, especially in winter.
Director Terry Zwigoff in this film is very neglectful of the notorious American political correctness. At first glance, everything seems politically correct. So, as the central characters involved as many as two black types (pardon, African-American), one of which is also a real dwarf with long sharp ears (almost like an elf), and the other is a former cop who perfectly knows the method of deduction (almost like Sherlock Holmes). But! Both of these African-Americans turn out to be very bad people, namely, assholes, scum and bastards. At the same time, their pale-faced colleague, an eternally boozy and always obscene criminal, by the end of the film causes obvious sympathy among the audience.
Inadequate political correctness is the first, but not the only, positive thing. The film also comprehensively explores an important worldview issue. Here is its essence: is a homeless alcoholic with many years of experience to lead an active and full sexual life? The drunken hero of Billy Bob Thornton, flaunting in a peeled Santa Claus costume, his incredible sexual aggressiveness as if proves to the audience: yes, he is capable, even as he is capable! He methodically commits adultery several times a day with random customers of the supermarket (and in the most ingenious ways), using fitting booths, places for rest for children and other secluded places for this purpose. In addition, he has a relatively constant cute mistress, who in the process of intercourse all the time rapturously squealing in ecstasy: “Have me, Santa Claus, have me, Santa Claus!” (in the Goblin translation, the word “have” sounds more refined, so opponents of obscene expressions are not recommended to watch).
The film touches on another moral and ethical issue. All random women, with whom the rabid drunkard copulates daily, are very fat. Incredibly fat! In addition, the schoolboy deceived by Bad Santa, who believes in the triumph of good and justice, is also very fed up, for which he is subjected to ridicule and bullying from his peers. However, all this ends in a pleasant and unexpected happy ending, and throughout the film there is a simple idea: fat people and fat people, do not complex, you are no worse than all these hangers!
The result is educative, informative and (in some places) highly intelligent cinema. So I like the slightly obscene but extremely cute Christmas comedy Bad Santa.
Just a couple of minutes ago I finished watching this film, and I can’t wait to present my fresh and – I can’t help but insert an epithet – still warm impressions of him.
Of course, this picture causes mixed emotions. On the one hand, it is fun, because it has a car and a small cart of good jokes, and a drunk Santa, who swears when communicating with children is just a bomb, although it looks slightly disgusting and immoral. On the other hand, it makes it somewhat hard on the soul, since the main character, famously played by the incomparable Billy Bob Thornton, is a man with a very terrible and sad past. His soul is crippled, literally unarmed eyes can see huge old scars.
Therefore, it is no wonder that the film at first seems quite depressing and can even repel. In the first ten minutes, it generally feels like you were thrown into a creepy and cold prison cell, where you are forced to listen to the prisoner’s story about how he got into the zone, replete with profanity.
However, then the picture somehow magically acquires a certain charm and charm. It is likely that this is because the main character begins to change right in front of the viewer, some of his spiritual wounds are healed, and we see how he is from the most real moral freak (because this is how he was shown to us at the beginning of the tape), who spat juicily from the high bell tower on all sorts of rules, prohibitions and laws, turns into a good and responsive person. In other words, it becomes a character that you want to empathize with. And after this metamorphosis, it is simply impossible for the viewer to break away from the screen.
In short, this picture is about human values and what Christmas really is about. I would recommend it to everyone without exception. Except maybe the kids. They will not be happy to see such a Santa.
7 out of 10
More than once I came across references to "Bad Santa" in various texts. But I put it off. Even the presence of the trademark correct translation from the Goblin did not make me forget everything in the world to watch the film. Yesterday, a harmless gif with a scene from the film dramatically changed my attitude.
I remember, more or less known in the open spaces YouTube EugeneBad ComedianBazhenov lamented about the main character of the film Leviathan" Andrei Zvyagintsev. He said that the main character as the plot develops does not change, and reacts to all the events around the only way – a bottle of Russian vodka. Partly the same type is presented to the audience in Bad Santa, but the writers of Glenn Ficarra with John Requa managed to shift the vector of humanity of the main character for the better. Why rather unpleasant and in a good way pathetic man found peace of mind.
A hero who considers vodka water, who has no idea of cultural and polite speech, who occasionally likes to make it difficult for women to go to the toilet, could hardly elicit collective sympathy from "perfect" Americans. And if you add here the lack of goals with dreams, then empathy would not go. But the devilishly charming Billy Bob Thornton brought such an attractive energy to his character that it became quite difficult to refrain from the charisma of a drunkard and a rude person.
The story itself turned out to be simple with a few characters. However, not without the presence of elements of good fiction. For example, where did social services look when a school-age child essentially lived in a huge house alone (yes, next to a deranged grandmother)? No one calls, none of the relatives goes to visit, none of the neighbors complains about women moaning in the evening. For example, the hopeless boulder was so strong back that none of the eight bullets failed to touch vital organs. For example, a girl can be so aroused by the costume of Santa Claus that she is ready to rape a man herself, as long as he does not remove his fetish robe. Although taking into account the Christmas entourage, such moments can be considered as the fact that on Christmas, miracles happen.
In the end, each character gets a gift. The hero of Billy Bob Thornton is finding the motivation to live a joyful life. A boy is the ability to lift his foot in the right direction at the right time. The girl of the main character is a huge house and the opportunity to take care of the child. A dwarf with his nasty-looking wife - round the clock comfortable "care" in a special boarding house. It turned out an unassuming script without surprises and plot twists. Something to be happy about.
I especially remember two scenes with sparkling dialogue. The first was in the car, when the boy and Santa played the game "how fast Santa will freak out." The second was in a supermarket, where there was a tough conversation between the black brothers without the participation of a sleeping white. What other scenes will you remember? You'll find out if you have to watch Bad Santa. You don't have to wait like me. I highly recommend it.
The main character, perhaps the main and most famous film in the career of director Terry Zwigoff - Willie, a man of a sloppy look, who for several weeks a year puts on a costume of Santa Claus and moonlights with his partner a dwarf in some supermarket. Every year on Christmas night, Willie cleans the supermarket, which allows him to live comfortably for the next 360 days, spending money mainly on drinking and beautiful girls are not very difficult behavior.
Willie is a kind of center of the picture, in fact, this is a movie about one person. The picture does not show us an exciting plot, does not confine the viewer to the screen, for the most part it just stretches. One scene is replaced by another, as the days in the life of the main character change, nothing begins, nothing ends. It seems that this is realism in all its glory. Willie is a real man with all the men's doodles: a three-day bristles, an eternally crumpled face and horny matyugas for all occasions. This is not the typical Christmas movie that you used to watch every year on the New Year holidays, gathering in front of the TV with the whole family. Here Zwigoff allegedly shows us the harsh reality that Santa Claus does not exist, and behind a good-natured grandfather in a red suit and with a large white beard is actually an unemployed loser, ready to pretend to be a clown for several days in a row, in order to earn a few pennies before the holidays.
But the problem is that, starting as a somewhat dull, but still a criminal comedy, Terry Zwigoff's film eventually slides into a banal melodrama, reminding the viewer of the notorious family values, already, admittedly, stuffed with edge. Yes, a Christmas miracle is happening, and not even one. A drunken drunk, whose overcooked viewers with particularly sensitive noses can catch even on this side of the screen, incomprehensibly clings to a young beauty, a fat and ungroomed boy, long abandoned by his parents, acquires a kind of family. And despite the fact that the film does not have the sterile kindness of ordinary Christmas pictures, behind all this simple and sometimes toilet humor, the sideline with the robbery of supermarkets and the incomprehensible wild sexuality of the main character with all the scenes of random copulation that follow from this superpower, there is a familiar naive plot, and before the final credits we learn that everything ended as best as possible. The bad boy started behaving well. The good boy is even better. You know, it's just boring.
Zwigoff took a few shiny Christmas balls, garlands and crackers, put them in a pile, turned on the tape recorder disc “100 best classical tunes” and under such inappropriate accompaniment fired a bunch of clumps of liquid dirt. It turned out not to be very disgusting or immoral, but now you want to either wash the toys, or, even easier, throw them in the garbage can and forget about them forever.
6 out of 10.
What do you think of Santa Claus? A good-natured wizard in a long fur coat to the floor with a beard to the waist, a magic staff and a bag of gifts. Approximately the same looks and his American counterpart Santa Claus, only the fur coat is shorter. And, despite the fact that with age comes the understanding that the image of the New Year wizard is most often either an actor or our relative, this faith in the New Year miracle persists for a long time. The film Bad Santa on the one hand completely debunks this myth, and on the other - still returns our faith in the miracle.
Meet me, Willie. At Christmas, he works as Santa Claus in malls, which he then robs, and the rest of the year he drinks constantly, has fun with women and does not know what to do with his life. Even theft does not satisfy him. During the next pre-Christmas turmoil-preparation for the robbery, Willie is attached to a boy who believes he is the real Santa Claus!
You could call this comedy typical and purely American. You will agree, an abundance of vulgar humor, vulgar situations, plus - countless curses. And yet, the film is highly ironic, sarcastic, raising some pressing issues, such as the search for meaning in life, the problem of alcoholism (strangely enough), as well as children's problems. And so the Christmas miracle can be embodied in the image of a plump boy who believes in miracles, for Willie, and in the image of a drunken grandmother-thief who is tired of his life. As a result, he will become a true friend to the boy.
I don’t think I’ve seen a movie with Billy Bob Thornton in the lead role before – I remember it was very spectacular in the background. Here he is without a doubt the king of the evening! Or rather, apathetic, tired of the life of Willie, who is tired of everything. No wonder he was nominated for a Golden Globe - he played brilliantly: this eternal pofigism, an endless stream of swearing and even the desire to commit suicide. His world is opposed to the world of a boy (Brett Kelly), whose name we will know only towards the end of the film! The boy naively believes from the real Santa Claus, even if he comes to him at the wrong time - the explanation is instantaneous. Throughout the film, you can see how these two become dear to each other and one does not let the other finally go mad.
Among the secondary heroes are Tony Cox, Willie Marcus' partner, playing an elf and trying to reason with Willie, Lauren Graham, barmaid Sue with very interesting fantasies, Bernie Mac, the head of security Gene, who knows how to bargain.
Overall, the film was better than I expected. I was ready for vulgar humor and situations, but to my surprise, it has both a Christmas sentimentality and a festive atmosphere, a lot of parodies of this festive atmosphere, classical music along with rather non-classical situations. It’s an atypical, but still a holiday movie!
7 out of 10
So, on New Year’s Eve, I wanted to see something thematic and new (for me personally). So to speak, to master the unpromised land. My choice fell on Bad Santa.
The New Year is a time of celebration and wish fulfillment. This is a time when you want to congratulate your friends, relatives and friends simply because they still remain close to you, and the holiday is only an occasion for all this. Willie, the protagonist of the movie Bad Santa, has a completely different idea of the Christmas spirit.
Willie is a tough, resentful life and useless drunk, working for a pittance Santa Claus. That’s how he describes himself at the beginning of the film. His work is only a mask behind which he hides his true intentions. And what he really does, he does much better than sitting in red and white clothes to please small children. But he does not even suspect that one day one of them will be able to radically change him.
One day, at the end of his life, he met an unusual boy. The boy, in turn, had his flaws. But as you know, minus on minus gives a plus. And in our case it was not without a positive result. The boy still managed to melt a heart long ago frozen and drowned in alcohol.
The main character came out, quite colorful and all this thanks to the magnificent play of Billy Bob Thorntonon. Looking at him, really felt the taste of overcooked, seasoned with scoundrel, which did not cease to accompany him throughout the picture.
The partner of the main character perfectly complements and gives comedy to the genre, issuing machine-gun queues scrabble and black like his shoes jokes.
Overall, the film turned out well. It can be called in different ways, but in any case not childish, because the image of everyone’s beloved Santa here was completely destroyed and buried under piles of booze bottles. Special thanks to Dmitry Puchkov (Goblin) for the adaptation. After all, films of this nature are very difficult to take seriously without a strong word.
As you know, every thing combines two opposite qualities, which somehow must coexist with each other. For many, Christmas is the most anticipated, amazing and bright event of the year. Time to meet with relatives, hot dinner, gifts, smiles and congratulations. Surrounded by caress and care, a person is fond of the familiar rituals of joint pastime (salad, oranges, champagne, conversations) and becomes ... a little kinder and more responsive.
On the other hand, ask any licensed psychoanalyst or paramedic what time of year the peak of accidents, suicides, or heart attacks is. When depression worsens, does loneliness increase, etc.? While everyone is resting, Hippocrates supporters are working double shifts. And this is what they see: one (large) part of civilized humanity sweeps goods from the shelves full of red price tags in a crowd to give them to the complacent numerous relatives, and the other, broken into atoms, drowns one by one in a sea of despair and alcohol: “My beer-drenched soul is sadder than all the faded Christmas trees in the world” (Bukowski).
The quintessence of this contingent of lost souls is the character of Thornton by the name of Willie (as can not be more in the New Year’s charming) If it is true that everything funny is born out of the neighborhood of the incompatible (like disguised men, stupid top-secret spies, a Negro and an Asian in one bundle, etc.), then the situation “Christmas vs. Willie” gives rise to a caustic, indecent (in a good sense) bold and ridiculous satire on this sacred and purest holiday for many.
Attacks on the mythical notion of Christmas are fierce. The film is strikingly kept on the very edge of vulgarity, constantly taking risks, being dangerously close to tastelessness and immorality, but (in my purely subjective view!) invariably wins in each individual scene.
The action of the film takes place in the center of all New Year's wishes and the most impossible fantasies - a supermarket. It is no secret that the status of the New Year as a religious holiday is already atavistic and now it is just a catalyst for consumers to support the economy. Therefore, the unity of the family is expressed exclusively in joint consumption. Everything becomes fake - smiles, compassion, joy and even the beard of Santa. The only character who appears in all his “primitive” naturalness is Willie. A drunkard, a womanizer, a thief and a deceiver suddenly looks like a truly pure and natural “man” (but is this what Rousseau dreamed of?). If only in a strong drink.
In principle, the film can distinguish three subjects related to each other: hypocritical, rotten world, dirty Willie with a good soul and curly fat boy, the personification of the purity. The main character is exactly in the middle. Interest in Thornton’s character depends on his ability to waltz between these two extremes, for any shift in one direction or another is fatal for the film. But contrary to the general cynical mood of the picture, the main character in the end still reaches for the light, which, accordingly, leads to a happy ending, contrasting with the main dark background of black comedy, as if supporting them destructible concepts.
The whole film is built on the contrast of white and black (starting with the title). Special mention deserves the soundtrack, which consists entirely of wonderful classical compositions, on which the red thread lies obscene language, sex or violent scenes of violence (a la Kubrick).
In general, against the background of hundreds of thousands of monotonous snow-white New Year films, bad Santa stands out sharply with a black blot. Despite a sufficient degree of vulgarity, profanity, gloomy humor and immorality, he, perhaps, carries a colossal charge of good and positive.
Surely only the lazy didn't watch it ... I'm not lazy, I'm from the resistance. Often I slow down where people have long looked and forgotten everything. Stopped from viewing the alleged predictability of the plot, well, what can you see new in the New Year, in Santa, in the Americans?
Finally, the Americans stopped malting sweet dishes and the sweet fairy tale about Santa turned out to be more or less a real story of living people. The story is funny, although it may be partly the fault of the translator that the translator rashes and reworks the film from the category of a family film to the category of watching only adults.
Santa is a restless dickheaded alcoholic who does not hide his figistic mood for the new year and in general for everything related to his work. This weirdo can pee at the workplace and in the toilet someone to pull, and the boss to send somewhere far away, without fear of being fired. He has a friend of a dwarf Negro, whose physical merits they use for their intended purpose - to climb where it is unrealistic for a person and take everything that can not be taken.
Santa has a friend, a fat nasty boy, with whom Santa, well, a very bad Santa, for some reason tinkers. And he may not have the skills of upbringing and expresses himself clearly not childish, still he begins to help the guy. You will learn to fight, you will invent something else.
The conclusion is that it’s fun to watch only with the translation I saw. I don’t know the names of the translators, so I don’t recommend anything. The movie was good.
I don’t know why, but every time I switch channels and get to the movie “Bad Santa” I want to watch it again.
I probably love movies about Christmas, a holiday in which you want to believe in the miracle that we so miss.
I also like films where the characters are scoundrels, but to which in the process of the film there is sympathy and we see that in their souls there is also a place for bright and good.
The appearance in the life of a fat boy, Santa, was the brightest adventure in his life. The way the main character explained everything to the boy clearly about life, it is better not to say. Maybe the boy just lacked a good kick in the ass and he got it.
Billy Bob Thornton handled his role beyond praise. Santa in his performance I liked even more, those Santa Claus and snowmen from my childhood, which can be called one word lyceums, who wanted one thing, when finally finished the New Year's performance, but carefully concealed it.
9 out of 10