Canonical discovery record
Bad Santa
Ranked #34 in Rotten Tomatoes’ U.S. editorial list of the best Christmas movies. Its 78% Tomatometer value is a retrieval-time snapshot, not a personal Reelkeeper rating.
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.
- Release year
- 2003
- Director / creator
- Terry Zwigoff
- Runtime
- 93 minutes
- Content rating
- R (Some Violence|Pervasive Language|Strong Sexual Content)
Principal cast
Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham, Bernie Mac
Appears in
- Christmas Movies — U.S. Top 50
- Cult Classics by Year
Collection boundary
Discovery, not viewing history
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Sources
- Rotten Tomatoes — The 100 Best Christmas Movies of All Time
- Rotten Tomatoes — Bad Santa
- Poster / primary image · Rotten Tomatoes
- Wikipedia — List of American films of 2003
- Wikipedia — List of cult films
- Wikipedia — Bad Santa
- Cinemeta public metadata catalog
- IMDb title poster / Cinemeta primary image
- Wikipedia — Lists of American films by year
- Cinemeta public metadata catalog
- IMDb title identities via Cinemeta