# Bad Santa (2003)

> A drunken department-store Santa and his resentful accomplice find their annual robbery complicated by a lonely child and the possibility of becoming slightly less hopeless.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/5259

## Facts

- Runtime: 92 min
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Crime
- Director: Terry Zwigoff
- Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, Brett Kelly, Lauren Tom, John Ritter, Bernie Mac, Ajay Naidu
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307987/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: sardonic, irreverent, bleakly comic, adult christmas viewing, alternative holiday movie night

## Synopsis

A con man in a Santa suit brings chaos to the holiday season with his outrageous antics.

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- [Get Santa (2014)](https://ember.film/movie/142491)
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- [The Ref (1994)](https://ember.film/movie/5920)
- [Jingle All the Way (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/4481)
- [The Big White (2005)](https://ember.film/movie/5093)
- [Mixed Nuts (1994)](https://ember.film/movie/14180)
- [A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014)](https://ember.film/movie/172109)
- [The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024)](https://ember.film/movie/1215846)
- [Bad Santa 2 (2016)](https://ember.film/movie/216700)

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