Bad Santa 2

Mark Waters' Bad Santa 2 seems to be living proof of the auteur theory. Whereas Terry Zwigoff's Bad Santa was a sharp satire filled with corrosive humor, the sequel is a toothless satire filled with rancid humor. Billy Bob Thornton and Kathy Bates labor mightily, but Waters, who peaked with Freaky Friday and Mean Girls and then valleyed with Vampire Academy and Mr. Popper's Penguins, continues his downward slog with this turkey
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