Bad Santa Page #4

Synopsis: Willie T. Stokes is a convicted con man who's led a miserable life. He drinks heavily and constantly embarrasses himself publicly. He only works once a year dressed as Santa. But then come Christmas Eve, he and his pint-sized helper dwarf Marcus stage elaborate robberies and take their department stores for everything they got. This year, they hit a mall in suburban Phoenix, Arizona. This time around, Willie gets distracted by having sex with large women, a bartender who is attracted to Santas, and a kid who's convinced he's the real deal. However, this time around Marcus must once again put up with Willie's heavy drinking and a series of incidents that constantly shoot themselves in the foot. Not to mention a nosy department store security guard who's onto them and wants his cut of the loot. Will Willie and Marcus make it to next Christmas? Or will this be the year the dynamic duo finally face justice?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Terry Zwigoff
Production: Miramax Films
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
R
Year:
2003
91 min
Website
1,049 Views


You go ahead.

Are you coming downstairs?

I'll be down in a minute.|I got to go to work.

F*** me?|F*** you.

You can't just take up|with some kid.

You don't know who's around|or what they do.

You got some nerve,|you little sh*t, you.

What, you're my mom now?|You shat me out of your womb?

You said that yesterday,|you stupid f***.

Sh*t.

F*** you.

You are by far the dumbest,

most pathetic piece|of maggot-eating sh*t

that has ever slid|from a human being's hairy ass.

What if the kid has one of those|f***ing playdates they have now?

Are you shitting me?|The kid don't have any friends.

He don't even have an imaginary|friend unless he ditched him.

He lives with his drooling-ass|old grandmother.

Sits in front of the TV|all the time.

You think she's gonna|rat me out?

She don't know her ass|from last Tuesday.

You f*** her?

Jesus Christ.

Is everything f***ing sex|with you?

With me?|I f*** one person.

I ain't out there|serial fornicating,

trying to float my liver,|drinking myself silly

'cause I can't stand|what a piece of sh*t I am.

What are you,|Sigmund Sawed-off F***ing Freud?

Yeah, that's right.

Go ahead.|Talk about my height.

Make it about something safe

'cause you're|an emotional cripple.

Your soul is dog sh*t.

Every single f***ing thing|about you is ugly.

Come on, Lois.|Let's get out of here.

Look who's here, Jimmy.|It's Santa.

That's f***ing great.

Let's tell him what you want|for Christmas.

F***.

I'm on my f***ing|lunch break, okay?

Are you insane?

Management's gonna hear|about this.

You think that's a threat?

If you think you can make my|life any worse, go right ahead.

Be my f***ing guest.|Take a shot.

of the year

jingle-belling

"Be of good cheer"

of the year

Just looking.

Aah!

Find everything|you're looking for?

Um, yeah.|Thank you.

Nothing I can help|you with, huh?

No. I'm just looking at|the games 'cause I have an Xbox.

Get your hands|out of my pants, man!

You're stealing from the store,|you're stealing from me.

What is this?

I was gonna pay for it.

Wrong answer.

When I look at you,|you know what I think?

I think America has|a sad future ahead of it.

And you're part|of this sorry-ass generation.

What you want to be|when you grow up?

I don't know.

-This MP3?|-Yeah.

Take it off.

But my grandmother gave --

Take it off. I don't care|who gave it to you.

Take it off.

I don't care if it choke you|to death.

Now, I want you to get on|out of here. Get!

-But can I have...|-Get!

Happy Kwanzaa.

And pull your damn pants up!

What's wrong with you kids|these days?

MAN:
Gin?

-Yeah.|-What do you need?

I need you to run a plate|for me.

It's Arizona plates.

Hold on.|Let me get a pen.

Is that it?

For Christ's sake, make a move|and stick with it, would you?

King me.

Son of a b*tch!

You lousy, cheating little sh*t!

You're f***ing with me!|You did that on purpose.

You play like the dead lice|are falling off of you,

and then suddenly, you're like|Seabiscuit all over the place.

You're a smartass,|is what you are, kid.

Want to play again?

Howdy.|Herb Gunner.

I live two streets over|on Burning Trail Road.

I don't think we've met.

I'm Uncle Willie.

I'm organizing the decorations|for the subdivision this year.

-You mind if I come in?|-Yeah.

I mean yeah, I mind.

Okay. Uh...

Will you be participating in our|luminarias program this year?

-What the hell is a lunamaria?|-They're luminarias.

Small sacks filled with|about a pound of sand each.

We insert a candle|in the middle, light it,

and the bag glows.

Then we line|all the sidewalks here

all around the neighborhood.

You see, we don't celebrate|Christmas around here, so...

We're, uh, we're Muslims.

Look, it's my first year|running this.

I'd like it if there weren't|any gaps in it.

What if I come by|Christmas Eve and do it for you?

No, you know what?|You don't have to do that.

Yeah, me and the kid here,|we'll do something.

Great.|I got the supplies.

-I'll throw them in the garage.|-Perfect.

Awesome.

Going in the garage,|just so you know.

You can make|a delicious six-pound chicken.

Enough hot dogs and sausages|to feed a small army.

Not one, but two delicious|rotisserie chickens.

F*** me, Santa. F*** me, Santa.|F*** me, Santa.

F*** me, Santa.|F*** me, Santa. F*** me, Santa.

Scrumptious|6-pound standing rib roast.

And everybody's favorite,|baby back ribs.

This is such a nice house.

Needs a woman's touch, though.

I just rent|the f***ing place anyway.

Yeah.|I just rent stuff, too.

Yeah?

How long are you gonna be here?

What? On the couch?

No.

In town.

I don't know.|Just through the holidays.

You know, then I'll move on.

So, do you like kids?

F***, no!

Do you think|I'm some kind of pervert?

I just mean because|you're Santa Claus.

Oh.

I like kids.|I really like kids.

-You do?|-I love kids.

Well, good.

Yeah, they're something else,|those kids.

And to tell you the truth...

The fact of the matter is,|I'm not Santa.

Like ya anyway.

So, you'll call me, right?

Yeah.|I'll call you.

I'm gonna buy you some flowers.

Some of those|really good expensive ones.

Shut up.

Bye.

Roger, you're home.

Let me fix you some sandwiches.

What the f***?

Kid, what the f***|is wrong with you?

Jesus Christ!

Let me see it!|Let me see it!

What the hell happened to you?!

I cut my hand by mistake!|Ow!

-Of course it was by mistake.|-Ow!

Here, hold still.|Hold still.

I was just trying to help you!

I forgot to say,|"It's gonna sting a little bit."

Shouldn't I wrap it|in a T-shirt or something?

God damn it.

-Hey, kid?

Kid, you okay up there?

You need a Band-Aid|or something?

Aw, sh*t.

You're late.

Kids.|Let me tell you.

They run you ragged.

Morning, team.

Hey, hey, hey.

It's not quite 8:00 yet.

Well, how close are we?

Now it's 8:
00.

Merry Christmas.

Up your ass.

God damn it!

You tear your ball again?

I don't think so.

That's it.

God damn it!

Sweetheart,|don't romance 'em, now.

Go on and get in there.|I can take it.

Yeah.

Gin, I got the info|on that Arizona plate.

All right.|Now you're talking.

Oh, hold on one minute.

Baby, baby. Baby, baby.|Don't use that one.

That's not the stuff.

Use something|with some claws to it.

Yeah, that hard candy.|That's it right there.

Let me get some of that.|Yeah, that's it.

Okay.

Yeah, I'm back.

The guy's Roger Merman.

-Guess where he is.|-Give it to me.

Ow! Damn it!|What's wrong with you, woman?

Who are you?

Your name Roger Merman?

Yes. But...

You doing three to six|for embezzlement?

Uh, well, many accounting|questions are not cut-and-dried.

Do you live at 41 Sage Terrace?

Is it Grandma?

Is my son all right?

They're fine.

Do you have any houseguests?

Houseguests?

Thank you for your time.|God bless.

Well, hey, who are you?

Houseguests?

Little trick I learned|up at the North Pole.

If you fry baloney,|it tastes like a hot dog.

I thought you|didn't like sandwiches.

Yeah, but this|is not a sandwich.

A sandwich has|two pieces of bread

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