Bad Santa 2 (2016)
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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NOT ONE LAUGH--Vulgar and dumb script no charm and joy as the first Bad Santa a huge FAIL
The problem with this movie is that one is forced to compare it to Bad Santa. The original is much more than a great Christmas movie. It's in everyone's top 5 comedies of all time. If there was no Bad Santa, Bad Santa 2 would be viewed as a decent Christmas movie. It's still better than Elf but it lacks the original creatives, any live interest, both of whom were exceptional in the original. It also lacks the worth adversary like the head of mall security in the original. Plus it feels like it's a bit sanitised.Not terrible but not a patch on the original.
Lewd, crude, vulgar, and funny as hell. Touching, too. The kid is back and innocent as ever. Kathy Bates is incapable of a bad performance, and nails it as mom. The last 30 seconds was the best part. I was still laughing after it was over. Not for the easily offended or even the moderately offended.
This was a decent attempt at rekindling an old flame. The first Bad Santa set a movie trend years ago, and introduced most of the world to Billy Bob Thornton. This installment was a bit of a let down. The jokes were funny, but felt forced and awkward. The interaction between Bates and Thornton was fun, however there was almost too much animosity between Santa and Elf that Elf was a useless character. Not only did they not have much screen time for the Elf, his lines were almost identical to the first movie. SPOILER The heist was almost not even important in the movie, as by the end you pretty much have lost interest. It is a sad relationship to see between Kathy and Billy's Characters as is most typical family drama. I didn't care for the three of them turning on each other BUT it was hilarious to see Elf get shot AND ran over. That was one of the most realistic scenes I've yet to see on screen. Very accurate depiction of Chicago too! The chubby kid could have used better development, like have him transfer jobs to the Hoagies shop in the Chi and have some rude customers come in(Typical in Chitown) All in all this film hit me hard in a more dramatic way, than comedic. It was kind of sad to see Kathy Bates and Sh****stick trying to kindle their relationship and let by gones be. Good film, just fell a little short, especially for the cult- classic being the ancestor to this.