Bad Santa 2 (2016)

Directed by

Mark Waters

Genre

black comedy film, Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

R

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 877 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mean drunk and his dwarf partner reunite to rob a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. They once again pose as Santa and an elf while dealing with their own miserable lives.

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What happens

Bad Santa 2 is a 2016 American Christmas black comedy crime film directed by Mark Waters and written by Shauna Cross and Johnny Rosenthal. A sequel to the 2003 film Bad Santa, the film stars Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Kathy Bates, and Christina Hendricks, and features criminals Willie and Marcus again teaming up to work as Santa and an elf, respectively, this time to rob a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Principal photography began on January 11, 2016, in Montreal, and the film was released in the United States on November 23, 2016, by Broad Green Pictures. In contrast to the original film, it received generally negative reviews and grossed $24.1 million worldwide (less than a third of the original film's $76.5 million) against its $26 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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