# Bad Santa 2 (2016)

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**Runtime**: 92 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
**Directed by**: Mark Waters
**Written by**: Shauna Cross, Johnny Rosenthal
**Starring**: Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Tony Cox, Christina Hendricks, Brett Kelly, Ryan Hansen

> *Giving the holidays another shot.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Willie Soke, an alcoholic Santa impersonator, partners with his volatile accomplice Marcus to rob a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Their crew expands when a morbidly obese optimist joins them, briefly softening Willie’s cynicism. Christmas chaos ensues after Willie’s mother injects herself into the heist. A holiday lampoon from 2016.

**Mood tags**: pitch-black, playful, unhinged

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