IMDb-BEWERTUNG
7,0/10
160.985
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Ein elender Betrüger und sein Partner posieren als Weihnachtsmann und sein kleiner Helfer, um an Heiligabend Kaufhäuser auszurauben. Aber sie stoßen auf Probleme, wenn der Betrüger sich mit ... Alles lesenEin elender Betrüger und sein Partner posieren als Weihnachtsmann und sein kleiner Helfer, um an Heiligabend Kaufhäuser auszurauben. Aber sie stoßen auf Probleme, wenn der Betrüger sich mit einem unruhigen Kind anfreundet.Ein elender Betrüger und sein Partner posieren als Weihnachtsmann und sein kleiner Helfer, um an Heiligabend Kaufhäuser auszurauben. Aber sie stoßen auf Probleme, wenn der Betrüger sich mit einem unruhigen Kind anfreundet.
- Auszeichnungen
- 1 Gewinn & 12 Nominierungen insgesamt
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesBilly Bob Thornton has said that he was genuinely intoxicated during some of filming. In the escalator fall scene, he actually passed out after drinking 3 glasses of red wine for breakfast followed by vodkas, cranberry juice, and a few Bud Lights.
- PatzerWhen Marcus turns off the surveillance cameras, he uses one button to turn off the TVs. If he just turned off the TVs, then the cameras would still be recording (but the images wouldn't be displayed in the security room).
- Crazy CreditsThere is a special thanks to Leonardo DiCaprio
- Alternative VersionenThe 99-minute 'Badder Santa' was assembled by the studio without any input from the director. The 88-minute 'Director's Cut' was assembled and approved by Zwigoff.
- VerbindungenEdited into Bad Santa: Deleted and Alternate Scenes (2003)
- SoundtracksNocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No.2
Written by Frédéric Chopin (as Frederick Chopin)
Performed by Idil Biret, piano
Courtesy of Naxos
By arrangement with Source/Q
Ausgewählte Rezension
Willie, a grumpy drunk, and Marcus, a dwarf, work together as Santa and his Christmas elf in shopping malls. This is not for the love of the Christmas season but because they plan to rob the mall when the safe is full of Christmas takings. Each year they change names and cities. This year they are in Phoenix. Willie is drinking more than ever, swearing in front of the children and having sex in the changing rooms... Marcus thinks all of this is unprofessional as it nearly gets them fired before they can rob the mall. The manager asks the head of security to investigate. While on duty Willie is visited by a child named Thurman who seems to actually think he is Santa... which proves handy when Willie needs a place to stay! Before the day of the robbery Willie gets together with Sue, an attractive barmaid with a Santa fetish and helps Thurman deal with some bullies.
If you are after a Christmas movie for all of the family this is most definitely not it! Our protagonist is not only a criminal but also a total degenerate whose behaviour is almost always inappropriate. If you are not easily offended there are laughs to be had from start to finish. Most of these come from Billy Bob Thornton's eponymous 'Bad Santa'; he does a fantastic job making the character sleazy but without making him unlikeable. Tony Cox is solid as Marcus; Brett Kelly is great as Thurman, a character I initially feared would be annoying, and Lauren Graham was likeable as Sue. The story moves at a good pace with none of the scenes being dragged on too long. There are one or two surprises before the end but nothing that felt unlikely. Overall I'd definitely recommend this as an antidote to all those saccharine Christmas moves.
If you are after a Christmas movie for all of the family this is most definitely not it! Our protagonist is not only a criminal but also a total degenerate whose behaviour is almost always inappropriate. If you are not easily offended there are laughs to be had from start to finish. Most of these come from Billy Bob Thornton's eponymous 'Bad Santa'; he does a fantastic job making the character sleazy but without making him unlikeable. Tony Cox is solid as Marcus; Brett Kelly is great as Thurman, a character I initially feared would be annoying, and Lauren Graham was likeable as Sue. The story moves at a good pace with none of the scenes being dragged on too long. There are one or two surprises before the end but nothing that felt unlikely. Overall I'd definitely recommend this as an antidote to all those saccharine Christmas moves.
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Details
- Erscheinungsdatum
- Herkunftsländer
- Offizielle Standorte
- Sprache
- Auch bekannt als
- Un santa no tan santo
- Drehorte
- Del Amo Fashion Center - Hawthorne Boulevard & Carson Street, Torrance, Kalifornien, USA(as Saguaro Square Mall)
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Box Office
- Budget
- 23.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 60.060.328 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 12.500.000 $
- 30. Nov. 2003
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 76.490.995 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 32 Minuten
- Farbe
- Sound-Mix
- Seitenverhältnis
- 1.85 : 1
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