Bad Santa (2003)

Every so often we meet someone who is so thoroughly reprehensible that we find it hard to understand how they can spend any time with them let alone get to know them. Sue (Lauren Graham), a rather dim bartender serves Willie (Billy Bob Thorton), a sloppy drunk who masquerades as a department store Santa and has a penchant for backdooring large women, which leads to them swapping shots. A quickie in his car is just the beginning of an affair that seems destined to fail.

Events intervene to show that Santa’s fall is more a case of self-disgust that it being one of a lack of morality. It only takes someone caring about another to make even a sodden thief think he has a future in which Sue can play a role. But their antics in a jacuzzi had me in stitches. For, as we discover, Sue has always had a thing for Santa.

Director:  Terry Zwigoff Writer:  Glenn Ficarra; John Requa Cast:
Billy Bob Thornton -  Willie Tony Cox -  Marcus Brett Kelly -  The Kid Lauren Graham -  Sue Lauren Tom -  Lois Bernie Mac -  Gin John Ritter -  Bob Chipeska Ajay Naidu -  Hindustani Troublemaker		Lorna Scott -  Milwaukee Mother Harrison Bieker -  Milwaukee Boy Alex Borstein -  Milwaukee Mom with Photo Dylan Charles -  Milwaukee Bratty Boy Billy Gardell -  Milwaukee Security Guard Lisa Ross -  Milwaukee Bartender Brian Callen -  Miami Bartender Tom McGowan -  Harrison