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(1 - 50) of 51 OFCS Rating: 73% Fresh Page   12   > Next "Hilariously irreverent antidote to a cloying Christmas."   Movie Gazette   Anton Bitel "At the end of 'Bad Santa,' redemption comes for its foul-mouthed main character -- but not for the movie itself."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker A- "For those who loathe the holidays or have a blacker-than-normal sense of humor, this is best gift you could possibly get this holiday season."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 2.5/5 "...if the idea of a drunken Santa Claus having rough anal sex with an obese prostitute doesn?t disturb you, then the sight of it will. "   NutzWorld   Blake French 2/4 "Drunk and disorderly."   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth 3/4 "...deserves a place among treasured Christmas pictures - as it certainly provides a welcome respite from the relentless holiday cheer that generally accompanies such films."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B- "As if the sweet traditional holiday films weren't bad enough."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 4/10 "BAD SANTA is one of those few Hollywood films that live to their names."   Draxblog Movie Reviews   Dragan Antulov 3/4 "The kind of rare perverse treat that John Waters would undoubtedly go crazy for...Billy Bob Thornton is genuinely perfect."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman A+ "Sure to become a holiday perennial for those with a macabre sense of humor, or forever laminated on Santa's naughty list."   FilmJerk.com   Edward Havens B "A pleasant bit of bittersweet candy. It should be approached only by those whose tastes run that way, but connoisseurs of such finery will find it pretty @&*%@ delectable."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "Fails miserably because Thornton's character is so woefully underwritten that his shtick becomes frustratingly tiresome after about 20 minutes."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress A "The script is imbued with a wicked wit [and] supplemented by a set of tremendous performances."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 3/4 "[a] dark and dour laugher that gleefully sticks its tongue out. Bad Santa is proof that getting coal in your Christmas stocking isn’t such a terrible gesture after all"   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng D+ "A one-joke conceit that can't sustain itself over feature length, a good idea drowned in a sea of crudity and ineptitude. You'll leave it feeling more hung over than Willie."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/4 "A word of advice: see Bad Santa, but see it once without checking your movie listings twice."   eCinemaCenter.com   Gabe Leibowitz 3/4 "If you appreciate movies that don't compromise on their comedic journey into the heart of darkness, this is for you."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/4 "Crass, crude, vulgar, and often side-splittingly hilarious"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 5/5 "Billy Bob Thornton's work in this Claus-and-robbers comedy is so very naughty that it's very, very nice."   Netflix   James Rocchi 6/10 "If you hated Elf, you'll love Bad Santa!!"   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 7/10 "Thornton's Santa is...a grumpy, slovenly, depressed, twice-divorced, suicidal, profane, boozing, thieving, safecracking, immoral, womanizing ex-con. He is the Anti-Claus."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 7/10 "More heart and soul than The Grinch and The Cat in the Hat put together."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3/5 "full review in Greek"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 1/5 "Bad Santa - horribly bad santa.."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 2.5/5 "Bad Santa makes Fargo look like The Grinch, but with a killer soundtrack. See for yourself. But be warned."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 1.0/4 "You don’t have to be a drunken department store Santa to see how blurry this storyline is, but it couldn’t hurt."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 3/4 "Billy Bob’s gloriously shameless performance alone assures this will become a cult classic."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest "John Ritter's final film is a sad reminder of how the double entendres of Three's Company have now been replaced by flagrant, in-your face fouls."   FilmStew.com   Larry Carroll B- "Bad Santa is a movie for those who prefer their humor brutal. It's like Bad Lieutenant with holiday spirit - the anti-Elf. "   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 5/10 "This is a Christmas film like few that have ever been made, and it certainly gets points for originality, but it is mean-spirited, repetitious, and not very funny."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 1.5/4 "Terry Zwigoff flips the bird at holiday cheer"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "[U]nrepentant and unapologetic... unrelentingly twisted. And that’s just wonderful."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 4/5 "The film would be unforgivable if it weren't so damn funny."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 3.5/4 "Bad Santa not only embraces bad taste, it envelops it. And I couldn’t stop laughing."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan D "Despite funny moments, the best efforts of Thornton and Cox, and top-notch support from John Ritter and Bernie Mac, it runs out of steam and becomes just unpleasant. "   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow A- "An uproarious all-out assault on propriety."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 4/5 "Uma lição de crescimento e otimismo que todas as crianças deveriam receber. Isto é, caso pudessem assistir a Bad Santa - algo que elas definitivamente não devem fazer."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4/5 "This film is a breath of fresh air at a time when movies try far too hard to keep everyone unruffled."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline A- "Bad Santa never compromises its singularly offensive–though refreshing–vision, and that’s something to celebrate."   Columbus CityScene   Rick Curnutte 5/5 "The movie is less about gaining the Christmas spirit than about defying the corporate ethos that hijacks and then abandons that spirit every year."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves B+ "Writer-directors Ethan and Joel Coen provided the story for this film and their funny, twisted brand of humor is very evident in the final product."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 4/5 "If you're sort of a Grinch, or you just need a brief respite from the sugarplums and tree ornaments for 90 minutes, Bad Santa is a nasty and joyously caustic good time."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg B "The potshots are broad and extremely offensive, but also droll and consistently wicked."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Sean O'Connell "I found the escalating disreputability of Bad Santa completely cathartic."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 8/10 "Christmas cynics rejoice! Here's a big bad comedy just for you."   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 1.5/4 "The cinematic equivalent of a lump of coal in your stocking."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 1/4 "Populist capitulation ironically results in a product not broadly redemptive, but particularly irredeemable."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 3.5/4 "Each scene is expertly laid out and when the film wraps at its unlikely conclusion, the audience will be glad it sat down to such a vile but hilarious picture."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 3/4 Read review   Zertinet Movies   David Johnson  (1 - 50) of 51 OFCS Rating: 73% Fresh Page   12   > Next