# Bad Santa (2003) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 14, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-2003/994611 "2023-12-14T18:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-2003/994611/21 "2023-12-16T01:07:14Z")
We just re-watched this, it holds up remarkably well and yes, that kid is brilliant, I’m glad to see he does still have a career as an actor. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-2003/994611/22 "2023-12-16T01:17:43Z")
How can someone drop me on my own head? Also, the destroying of the alarm clock. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-2003/994611/23 "2023-12-16T01:30:55Z")
“Well shit in one hand and wish in the other and see which one fills up first.” Kid: “okay.” ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-2003/994611/24 "2023-12-16T04:36:38Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > those John Ritter & Bernie Mac scenes IKR? > [@xizor](#): > > “I’m on my f\*cking lunch break, ok?!” I love how he looks like a grazing reindeer in that moment … … but it always kinda took me out of the scene, too, because, that character is _NOT_ a “salad” kind of a person. > [@SwissMan](#): > > very subtle running gag that Bernie Mac’s character is suffering from constipation. Must’ve been _really_ subtle; I totally missed that. > [@DCnDC](#): > > I always found something mildly disturbing about the way Bernie Mac is eating that orange in that first scene with him and Ritter. You’re not the only one. > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > So, I have never seen this movie. You gotta be in the right mood. (Irreverent, for sure. Slightly drunk helps.) Thank us later. > [@madmonk28](#): > > Kid: “okay.” I love how resigned he is to the lunacy in his life. * * * OMG was the blonde skateboarding bully outside the mall the same guy who played Draco Malfoy?!? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-2003/994611/25 "2023-12-16T07:33:25Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > “How’d you get sick?” > > “I loved a woman that wasn’t clean.” > > “Mrs. Santa?” > > “No, it was her sister.” “Good night, Santa. Good night, Mrs. Santa’s sister.” I’ve told friends about Bad Santa, but it’s hard to convey how funny it is. From the premise, Bad Santa sounds like a Bad Movie, yet it’s very, very funny. One reason is that it’s committed to its premise. The bad characters are really bad, and even though there’s Willie has a redemption arc, he redeems himself in a bad way. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-2003/994611/26 "2023-12-16T17:23:19Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > I’ve told friends about Bad Santa, but it’s hard to convey how funny it is. From the premise, Bad Santa sounds like a Bad Movie, yet it’s very, very funny. One reason is that it’s committed to its premise. The bad characters are really bad, and even though there’s Willie has a redemption arc, he redeems himself in a bad way. Very well put. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-2003/994611/27 "2023-12-16T17:35:11Z")
No one else could have done that roll so well. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-2003/994611/28 "2023-12-16T18:41:53Z")
The Ritter/Mac scenes are pure gold. In the mall shoot-out scene there’s baby mannikin that takes one in the head, I LOLed so hard at the theater. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-2003/994611/29 "2023-12-18T21:20:30Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > … but it always kinda took me out of the scene, too, because, that character is _NOT_ a “salad” kind of a person. I agree, but also read on some movie trivia site that it is was due to Billy Bob being a vegan IRL. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-2003/994611/30 "2023-12-19T00:56:16Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > I agree, but also read on some movie trivia site that it is was due to Billy Bob being a vegan IRL. I had always assumed it was so he could spew the lettuce onto the woman and kid. I guess I pictured they tried that scene with different foods and salad was the funniest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-2003/994611.md?page=1)