Bad Santa 2

is not a very good movie.  In fact, by pretty much any reasonable standards, it's a fairly bad movie, a crass recycling of its predecessor that offers few surprises in the course of a journey into the very depths of foul language and awful behavior.

It is thus with considerable apologies that I must confess that I laughed my ass off through most of the movie and left convinced that I would watch it again someday.

Maybe it was the fact that Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, and Brett Kelly were back doing the sorts of things their characters do.  Maybe it was my infatuation with Christina Hendricks, who remains breathtakingly beautiful and sexy.  Maybe it was Kathy Bates' astonishingly sick performance as Billy Bob's mom.

Or maybe my sense of humor is even sicker than I thought.

I don't care.  I had a grand hour and a half watching this film.

If you think your sense of humor might be as wicked as mine, give it a shot.  Otherwise, don't go unless you're prepared to be appalled.

Me, I'm already looking forward to buying the Blu-ray version and hoping for extended scenes.

Though there is no way Bad Santa 2 can be as good as the original

I absolutely will be there on opening weekend.  In fact, I'll probably watch the original right before I go see it.

How can you resist a movie with this trailer?

Warning:  This is a red band trailer full of foul language and gross stuff, so don't play it if you don't want to see that sort of thing.



If the basic premise alone is not enough, did you notice that Christina Hendricks, whom I absolutely adore, is in this movie?

I am so there.