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{{short description|2003 film directed by Terry Zwigoff}}
{{For|the basketball player known as "Bad Santa"|Kenny Brunner}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Bad Santa
| image          = Bad Santa film.jpg
| alt            = A scruffy dishevelled Santa Claus, standing beside a scowling man in a yellow suit, and a fat child and an Santa helper elf standing in front of them.
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Terry Zwigoff]]
| producer       = {{ubl|John Cameron|Sarah Aubrey|[[Bob Weinstein]]}}
| writer         = {{ubl|[[Glenn Ficarra]]|[[John Requa]]}}
| story          = {{ubl|[[Coen brothers|Ethan and Joel Coen]]}} (uncredited)
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Billy Bob Thornton]]
* [[Tony Cox (actor)|Tony Cox]]
* [[Lauren Graham]]
* [[Brett Kelly (actor)|Brett Kelly]]
* [[Lauren Tom]]
* [[John Ritter]]
* [[Bernie Mac]]
}}
| music          = [[David Kitay]]
| cinematography = [[Jamie Anderson (cinematographer)|Jamie Anderson]]
| editing        = Robert Hoffman
| production_companies = {{ubl|[[Dimension Films]]|[[Triptych Pictures]]}}
| distributor    = {{ubl|[[Miramax|Miramax Films]] (Worldwide)<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad Santa (2003) - Financial Information|work=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=20 May 2021|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Bad-Santa#tab=summary|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520071531/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Bad-Santa#tab=summary|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Columbia Pictures]] (though [[Sony Pictures Releasing|Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International]]; select international territories)}}
| released       = {{Film date|2003|11|26}}
| runtime        = 92 minutes<ref>{{Cite web|title=''Bad Santa'' (15) |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/bad-santa-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zndm1otq|access-date=May 29, 2025|website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $23 million<ref name="boxofficemojo">{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=badsanta.htm |title=Bad Santa (2003) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=2012-07-06 |archive-date=2011-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909104717/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=badsanta.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
| gross          = $76.5 million<ref name="boxofficemojo"/>
}}

'''''Bad Santa''''' is a 2003 American [[Christmas film|Christmas]] [[black comedy]] [[crime film]] directed by [[Terry Zwigoff]], written by [[Glenn Ficarra]] and [[John Requa]], and starring [[Billy Bob Thornton]] in the title role, with a supporting cast of [[Tony Cox (actor)|Tony Cox]], [[Lauren Graham]], [[Brett Kelly (actor)|Brett Kelly]], [[Lauren Tom]], [[John Ritter]], and [[Bernie Mac]]. It was Ritter's last live-action film appearance before his death on September 11, 2003. The film was dedicated to his memory. The [[Coen brothers]] are credited as executive producers. The film was released in North America on November 26, 2003, and was screened out of competition at the [[2004 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4197317/year/2004.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Bad Santa |access-date=2009-12-05 |work=festival-cannes.com |archive-date=2012-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015103202/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4197317/year/2004.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It received positive reviews and was a commercial success.

An unrated version was released on DVD on March 5, 2004, and on [[Blu-ray]] on November 20, 2007, as ''Bad(der) Santa''. A [[director's cut]] [[DVD]] was released in November 2006; it features Zwigoff's cut of the film (including an [[audio commentary]] with him and the film's editor), which is three minutes shorter than the theatrical cut and ten minutes shorter than the unrated version. A sequel, ''[[Bad Santa 2]]'', was released on November 23, 2016, and failed to match the critical and commercial success of the original.

==Plot==
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Willie T. Soke and his [[Dwarfism|dwarf]] assistant Marcus Skidmore are professional thieves. Every year, Willie gets a job as a department store [[Santa Claus]] and Marcus as an elf to rob shopping malls on the night of Christmas Eve, with Marcus' wife Lois as their getaway driver. Marcus takes his job seriously, but Willie, a [[sexual addiction|sex-addicted]] [[cursing]] [[alcoholism|alcoholic]] and [[addiction|drug addict]], is steadily unable to perform with children.

When they are hired at the Saguaro Square Mall in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], Willie's vulgarity shocks the prudish mall manager Bob Chipeska, who brings them to the attention of security chief Gin Slagel. At the mall, Willie is visited by Thurman Merman, a friendly but exceedingly gullible, dimwitted young boy who believes he really is Santa and is constantly bullied by a teenage gang of skateboarders. At a bar, Willie meets Sue, a bartender with a fetish for Santa Claus, and they begin a sexual relationship.

After having casual sex with Sue in his beaten-up [[Chevrolet Impala (fourth generation)|Impala]], Willie is harassed and attacked by a man he had encountered earlier at the bar, but Thurman intervenes. Willie gives the boy a ride home, where he lives with his senile grandmother. Thurman reveals that his mother died and claims his father, Roger, is out "exploring the mountains" (though he is actually in jail for [[embezzlement]]). Willie tricks him into letting him rob their safe and steals Roger's [[BMW 7 Series (E38)|BMW 740iL]].

Bob overhears Willie having sex in a dressing room and sends Gin, who starts to investigate. After Willie sees his motel room being raided, he moves into Thurman's house, much to his delight. Marcus is angry at Willie for taking advantage of Thurman and disapproves of his sex addiction. Gin visits Roger, who inadvertently reveals that Willie is staying with Thurman illegally. Confronting Willie and Marcus, he tells them he has uncovered their plan, blackmailing them for half the score to keep silent.

Willie and Marcus’ partnership begins to falter, further exacerbated when Willie shows up to work drunk, destroying the Santa attraction. Willie, about to commit suicide by inhaling vehicle exhaust fumes, gives Thurman a letter of confession for the police, including his misdeeds and the heist planned for Christmas Eve. However, he sees Thurman's black eye and abandons the suicide attempt to confront the skateboarders; he assaults their leader, intimidating them to leave Thurman alone.

Furious at Gin's blackmail, Marcus and Lois set a trap for him. Feigning the need for a jump-start, Lois hits Gin with the car, crushing him between vehicles. When this fails to kill Gin, Marcus finishes him off by shocking him with jumper cables. Willie and Thurman prepare for the approaching holiday with help from Sue. On Christmas Eve, Willie, Marcus, and Lois raid the mall; although some technical difficulties arise, Willie successfully cracks the safe. He also gets a pink stuffed elephant that Thurman wants for Christmas. However, Marcus reveals to Willie that he intends to kill him, fed up with his increasing carelessness. As he is about to execute Willie, the police unexpectedly swarm in, tipped off by Willie's letter that he gave Thurman. A firefight ensues between Marcus and the cops while Willie flees. Determined to give Thurman his present, he leads the police on a chase to his house, ignoring their orders to freeze. He is shot repeatedly on Thurman's porch but survives.

An epilogue is told through a letter from a recovering Willie in the hospital. He expresses his gratitude to Thurman and reveals that he was cleared of the robbery—as the shooting of an unarmed Santa had embarrassed the police—and will be working for them as a sensitivity counselor. Sue is granted guardianship over Thurman and his house until his father's release, while Marcus and Lois are in prison; Willie ends the letter by hoping that Roger will avoid them and telling Thurman that he should be out of the hospital soon and to be ready for his return. When the skateboard gang leader harasses Thurman again, the latter finally stands up to the former by kicking him hard in the crotch and giving his bully [[the finger]] as he rides away on his bike.

==Cast==
{{cast list|
* [[Billy Bob Thornton]] as Willie T. Soke
* [[Tony Cox (actor)|Tony Cox]] as Marcus Skidmore
* [[Lauren Graham]] as Sue
* [[Brett Kelly (actor)|Brett Kelly]] as Thurman Merman
* [[Lauren Tom]] as Lois Skidmore
* [[John Ritter]] as Bob Chipeska
* [[Bernie Mac]] as Gin Slagel
* [[Alex Borstein]] as Milwaukee Mother
* [[Ajay Naidu]] as Hindustani Troublemaker
* [[Billy Gardell]] as Milwaukee Security Guard
* [[Bryan Callen]] as Miami Bartender
* [[Tom McGowan]] as Harrison
* [[Max Van Ville]] as Skateboard Gang Leader
* [[Octavia Spencer]] as Opal
* [[Ryan Pinkston]] as Shoplifter
* [[Matt Walsh (comedian)|Matt Walsh]] as Herb
* [[Ethan Phillips]] as Roger Merman
* [[Sheriff John Bunnell]] as Police Chief
* [[Cloris Leachman]] as Granny
* [[Kerry Rossall]] as Policeman
* Briana Norton as Pinball Girl
}}

==Production==
In January 2002, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' announced that Terry Zwigoff would be directing ''Bad Santa'' (his fourth picture and follow-up to ''[[Ghost World (film)|Ghost World]]'') under [[Dimension Films]], with Glenn Ficarra and John Requa writing the screenplay and the [[Coen brothers]] serving as executive producers.<ref name="dunkley">{{cite web |last1=Dunkley |first1=Cathy |title=Dimension Films more than naughty |url=https://variety.com/2002/film/news/dimension-films-more-than-naughty-1117859333/ |website=Variety |date=January 29, 2002 |access-date=June 1, 2019 |archive-date=June 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607012706/https://variety.com/2002/film/news/dimension-films-more-than-naughty-1117859333/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Coens had developed the concept for ''Bad Santa'', before eventually hiring the writing team of Ficarra and Requa to bring the story to life.<ref name="fretts">{{cite web |last1=Fretts |first1=Bruce |title=How the First 'Bad Santa' Boozed Down the Chimney |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/movies/how-the-first-bad-santa-boozed-down-the-chimney.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 2, 2016 |access-date=June 1, 2019 |archive-date=May 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518130408/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/movies/how-the-first-bad-santa-boozed-down-the-chimney.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Coens told Ficarra and Requa that the story would center on an alcoholic "bad [[Santa Claus|Santa]]" who seeks redemption very later on; additionally, they wanted it to be as funny as ''[[The Bad News Bears]]''. Afterward, Ficarra and Requa completed what they described as a "really crass script", with the Coens adding "a bunch of crass jokes".<ref name="fretts"/> When the script's final draft was sent to [[Universal Pictures]], the studio rejected it because "[I]t was the foulest, disgusting, misogynistic, anti-Christmas, anti-children thing we could imagine," all of which influenced [[Bob Weinstein]] of [[Miramax|Miramax Films]] (Dimension's parent company) to give it the [[green-light]].<ref name=" fretts"/>

===Casting===
The Coens initially tailored roles for specific actors, such as [[James Gandolfini]] as Willie (since they had worked with him on ''[[The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)|The Man Who Wasn't There]]''), [[Danny Woodburn]] as Marcus, and [[Angus T. Jones]] as Thurman.<ref name=" fretts"/> [[Bill Murray]], [[Jack Nicholson]], and [[Robert De Niro]] were also considered for the role of Willie, but it eventually went to Billy Bob Thornton. [[Mickey Rooney]] auditioned for the role of Marcus.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://collider.com/rabbit-hole-creators-glenn-ficarra-john-requa-interview/ | title='Rabbit Hole:' Glenn Ficarra & John Requa on How Real-Life Espionage & David Fincher Influenced the Series | website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] | date=28 March 2023 | access-date=26 May 2023 | archive-date=26 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526004216/https://collider.com/rabbit-hole-creators-glenn-ficarra-john-requa-interview/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Zwigoff cast Tony Cox for the role of Marcus and Brett Kelly for Thurman, which led to disagreements between himself and the producers.<ref name="fretts"/> Upon learning of Cox's casting, the Coens told Weinstein that they "hate" him, and according to Zwigoff, Dimension was pining for "a more Disney-like generic cute kid" to play Thurman. "Maybe there are other actors who could do a great job with these parts. But Tony and Brett are just funny. They are these characters," explained Zwigoff.<ref name="fretts"/>

===Filming===
The movie was filmed in various parts of California. Filming began on July 8, 2002, and ended in September 2002.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307987/locations/ |title=Bad Santa (2003) - Filming & production - IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=2025-03-10 |via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> The "Miami Beach" sequence at the beginning of the movie was filmed in [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], while all of the scenes at Thurman's house were filmed in [[West Hills, California|West Hills]]. All of the Saguaro Square Mall scenes were filmed entirely in the northeastern wing of [[Del Amo Fashion Center]] in [[Torrance, California|Torrance]], particularly in the former [[Montgomery Ward]] building, which was used for the mall's fictional anchor store, "Chamberlain's". The store and the entire wing were both vacant at the time of the movie's filming. The wing and building where the movie was filmed have since been demolished and replaced with the mall's new open-air [[lifestyle center]].

==Reception==
===Box office===
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The film grossed over $60 million domestically and more than $76 million in total worldwide.<ref name="boxofficemojo"/>

===Critical response===
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On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Bad Santa'' has {{a or an|{{RT data|score}}}} rating, based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The site's critics consensus reads: "A gloriously rude and gleefully offensive comedy, ''Bad Santa'' isn't for everyone, but grinches will find it uproariously funny."<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=bad_santa|title=Bad Santa|type=m|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 70 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref>{{Cite Metacritic |id=bad-santa |title=Bad Santa |access-date=April 14, 2022 |type=m}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a "B" grade on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |title=CinemaScore |publisher=[[CinemaScore]] |access-date=April 14, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220413083139/https://www.cinemascore.com/ |archive-date=April 13, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>

An editorial in ''[[The Washington Times]]'' likened the movie to an "evil twin" of ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]'' and chided [[The Walt Disney Company]] for allowing such a beloved figure as Santa Claus to be trashed by [[Miramax|Miramax Films]], then a Disney subsidiary.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20031120-075904-1339r.htm | title = Bad Disney | work = The Washington Times | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050501054447/http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20031120-075904-1339r.htm | archive-date=2005-05-01 }}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film {{frac|3|1|2}} stars out of four, writing how ''Bad Santa'' was a "demented, twisted [and] unreasonably funny work of comic kamikaze style".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=Bad Santa movie review & film summary (2003) {{!}} Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bad-santa-2003|access-date=2022-01-19|website=www.rogerebert.com/|language=en|archive-date=2022-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310015703/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bad-santa-2003|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Home media==
Buena Vista Home Entertainment released the film to [[DVD]] on June 22, 2004, and in November 2006, a [[director's cut]] version was also released on DVD. It was then released to [[Blu-ray]] on November 20, 2007.<ref name="rel">{{cite web | title=Bad Santa DVD Release Date June 22, 2004 | url=https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/258/Bad-Santa-(2003).html }}</ref> The Blu-ray edition featured several new special features, including a 27-minute Q&A with Zwigoff and Hoffman, moderated by Roger Ebert.<ref>{{cite web | title=DVD Talk | url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/31564 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Bad Santa &#91;Blu-Ray&#93; (2003) | url=http://www.dvdmg.com/badsantabr.shtml }}</ref> The feature with Ebert was recorded in April 2006, under three months before he lost the ability to speak following surgery for salivary gland cancer.<ref>{{cite web | title=Time keeps on slip, slip, slippin' away &#124; Roger Ebert &#124; Roger Ebert | date=14 December 2012 | url=https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/time-keeps-on-slip-slip-slippin-away }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Roger Ebert hopes to be back for Oscars | url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2006/10/12/roger-ebert-hopes-to-be-back-for-oscars/28506742007/ }}</ref>

Dimension Films was sold by Disney in 2005, with the main Miramax label then being sold by Disney in 2010. Private equity firm [[Filmyard Holdings]] took Miramax over that same year,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/jul/30/film-industry-privateequity|title=Disney sells Miramax to investment group for $660m|first=David|last=Teather|work=The Guardian |date=July 30, 2010}}</ref> and sublicensed the film's home media rights to [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]], who reissued it on home video around this time.<ref name="rel"/> In 2016, Qatari company [[beIN Media Group]] purchased Miramax, and then during April 2020, [[ViacomCBS]] (now known as [[Paramount Skydance]]) bought a 49% stake in Miramax, which gave them the rights to the Miramax library and the pre-October 2005 Dimension library.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paramount.com/news/viacomcbs-makes-an-investment-in-miramax|title=ViacomCBS Makes an Investment in MIRAMAX &#124; Paramount|website=www.paramount.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=ViacomCBS Closes Acquisition of Miramax Stake in $375 Million Deal | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/viacomcbs-closes-acquisition-miramax-stake-375-million-deal-1286478/ | access-date=2025-08-07 | website=www.hollywoodreporter.com | date=3 April 2020 }}</ref> They later made ''Bad Santa'' available on their streaming service [[Paramount+]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Teaching MRS. Tingle (1999) Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via Paramount Plus | date=27 February 2024 | url=https://www.comingsoon.net/guides/news/1564103-teaching-mrs-tingle-1999-streaming-watch-stream-online-via-paramount-plus }}</ref> and [[Paramount Home Entertainment]] reissued it on DVD on September 22, 2020.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DBVR5MQ</ref> On November 9, 2021, Paramount Home Entertainment released it on a triple feature DVD set titled ''Naughty Holiday 3-Movie Collection'', which also included ''[[Office Christmas Party]]'' and ''[[Surviving Christmas]]'' (a [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]] film Paramount acquired the rights to in 2006).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com.au/NAUGHTY-HOLIDAY-3-MOVIE-COLLECTION-Thornton/dp/B09CGGV5Y1|title=Naughty Holiday 3-Movie Collection|via=amazon.com}}</ref>

==Sequel==
{{main|Bad Santa 2}}
On October 29, 2015, it was announced that Billy Bob Thornton would return for ''Bad Santa 2'', and that filming would begin in [[Montreal]] in January 2016 for a scheduled release of Christmas 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/billy-bob-thornton-bad-santa-2-1201630152/ |title=Billy Bob Thornton Returning in 'Bad Santa 2' |publisher=Variety |date=2015-10-29 |access-date=2015-11-21 |archive-date=2015-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122113656/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/billy-bob-thornton-bad-santa-2-1201630152/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On November 3, 2015, it was announced that ''[[Mean Girls]]'' director [[Mark Waters (director)|Mark Waters]] would direct the film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gettell |first=Oliver |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/03/bad-santa-2-director-mark-waters-mean-girls/ |title=Mean Girls director Mark Waters to helm Bad Santa 2 |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |date=2015-11-03 |access-date=2015-11-21 |archive-date=2015-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125133223/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/03/bad-santa-2-director-mark-waters-mean-girls |url-status=live }}</ref> On November 19, 2015, it was announced that [[Kathy Bates]] would join the cast as Willie's mother, and that Brett Kelly and Tony Cox would reprise their roles from the first film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bad-santa-2-kathy-bates-842215 |title=Kathy Bates Joins Billy Bob Thornton in 'Bad Santa 2' (Exclusive) |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2015-11-19 |access-date=2015-11-22 |archive-date=2017-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927032525/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bad-santa-2-kathy-bates-842215 |url-status=live }}</ref> On December 21, 2015, it was announced that ''Bad Santa 2'' would be released on November 23, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title='Bad Santa 2' to Hit Theaters in Time for Holidays|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/bad-santa-2-release-date-1201666020/|access-date=December 22, 2015|work=Variety|archive-date=June 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624132428/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/bad-santa-2-release-date-1201666020/|url-status=live}}</ref> On January 6, 2016, [[Christina Hendricks]] joined the cast.<ref>{{cite news|title=Christina Hendricks Joins Billy Bob Thornton in 'Bad Santa 2'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/christina-hendricks-joins-billy-bob-852625|access-date=January 7, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=January 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109010811/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/christina-hendricks-joins-billy-bob-852625|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Christmas films]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0307987}}
* {{Mojo title|badsanta}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|bad_santa}}

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