Bad Santa

  • Theatrical - Wide 2003-11-26
Box Office Gross: $76,500,000
Running Time: 92 minutes
Language: English
Production Company: Mike Zoss Productions, Triptych Pictures, Dimension Films, Miramax, Columbia Pictures

JoBlo's Rating

6/10

Synopsis

You’d better watch out – Willie T. Soke is coming to town, and he doesn’t care if you’ve been naughty or nice. Willie’s favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But... See more this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender, and a kid who’s convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.

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