Synopsis
Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie Soke teams up with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is chubby and cheery Thurman Merman, a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie's sliver of humanity. Issues arise when the pair are joined by Willie's horror story of a mother, who raises the bar for the gang's ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior.
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Cast
- Billy Bob ThorntonWillie Soke
- Kathy BatesSunny Soke
- Brett KellyThurman Merman
- Tony CoxMarcus Skidmore
- Christina HendricksDiane Hastings
- Ryan HansenRegent Hastings
- Cristina RosatoAlice
- Octavia SpencerOpal
- Jenny ZigrinoGina De Luca
- Jeff SkowronDorfman
Recommendations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Even more inappropriate physical gags, foul-mouthed dialogue and outrageous situations all contribute to raising the stakes, as Waters pushes the cast to amiably outdo the original. - 75
Slant Magazine
Both a potent rendering of and cure for the holiday blues, Bad Santa 2 shows that even the most hopeless situations can be remedied and that just about anyone is capable of redemption - 67
Entertainment Weekly
As long as you know what you’re in for, the film is a hilarious good time, a respectable continuation of what made the first "Bad Santa" so fun. - 50
New York Post
Bad Santa 2 is vulgar, nasty and offensive, but it has flawed aspects also. - 42
IndieWire
Once again, the screenplay (by Johnny Rosenthal and Shauna Cross) goes out of its way to put terrible lines in its characters’ mouths and dares viewers to laugh. However, it’s gotten harder to take this form of jarring lowbrow humor, especially when it serves no purpose beyond shock value. - 40
TheWrap
It’s impossible to watch Bad Santa 2 without getting the sense that people who knew how to do their jobs were studio-noted out of their minds and forced to run a futile obstacle course hampered by budget restrictions, shortened shooting schedules, and general carelessness. - 40
Variety
It’s essentially a hangout movie populated exclusively with some of the worst people imaginable, rarely with any sort of solid scene-setting or straight-men to provide context. - 40
Arizona Republic
There are some laughs, sure, but not enough. It was funny the first time. This is the second time, and returns diminish accordingly.
