Bad Santa

Bad Santa is good. Not Santa, but the movie, directed by Terry Zwigoff.

Billy Bob Thornton is terrific as Santa, the alcoholic safe cracker. Tony Cox plays the little person\dwarf\midget (there is a discussion in the film about which term is politically correct) who masterminds their burglaries and is also Santa's elf. Lauren Graham plays Sue, a bar waitress who has a "forbidden love" fixation on Santa, or the idea of Santa. Bernie Mac is Gin, the store detective out to get a large share of the haul. The late John Ritter is super as the store manager who sees unsettling glimpses of the dark side of Santa (his only side really), but can't fire him because of possible perceptions of racism and discrimination against the handicapped.

And then there's the overweight kid, Thurman Merman, played by Brett Kelly with great appeal, who latches on to Santa as his only friend.

This movie contains swearing (as in "lots of"), sex, and humor. So be warned.