Bad Santa 2
Broad Green Pictures | Release Date: November 23, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
20
Negative:
11
Watch Now
Buy on
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Expand

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Chicago TribuneColin CovertNov 23, 2016
This lazy sequel is a lump of coal in a dirty stocking. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperNov 23, 2016
A lazy, crummy-looking, poorly paced, why-bother follow-up that lacks the Christmas bells to go full-out politically incorrect. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 22, 2016
The take-away impression from “BS 2” is that the vulgar world has passed it by, that it’s power to shock has dissipated by all that’s been said and done and elected in the intervening years. A drunken, swearing, whoring St. Nick? That’s all you’ve got? Read full review
30
Screen DailyTim GriersonNov 16, 2016
An agonisingly strained attempt at misanthropic comedy, Bad Santa 2 is puerile when it should be shocking, calculating when it should be transgressive, and listless when it should be liberating. Read full review
25
MTV NewsAmy NicholsonNov 27, 2016
Bad Santa 2 doesn't hate Christmas. It just hates women. Read full review
25
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanNov 22, 2016
Jokes about race, women’s anatomy and little people are sprinkled, like rancid pepper, over a script that depends on the inherent humor of cuss words. Not that coarse language can’t be funny, but here it appears to be evidence of a toxic mix of laziness and sociopathy, not defiance of seasonal propriety. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoNov 22, 2016
A fall-off in writing is part of the problem, but I think a more important issue is the replacement of Terry Zwigoff (“Crumb”) as director. Zwigoff’s humor is razor-sharp and incisive, qualities missing from Bad Santa 2. Read full review
20
The TelegraphTim RobeyNov 27, 2016
The level of not very funny things this entails, even by the standards of barely-awaited sequels to lowbrow Yuletide comedies, is kind of impressive. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsEdward DouglasNov 16, 2016
Billy Bob Thornton's grouchy Santa is finally back, but his sequel is pretty ho-ho-horrible. Read full review
12
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenNov 22, 2016
If ever there was a movie that should never have been made, Bad Santa 2 is that movie. It’s vile, like something written by a pen dipped in bile. Read full review
0
ConsequenceMichael RoffmanNov 22, 2016
Everything’s so achingly foul and with zero finesse, which makes for an awful, joyless experience. Read full review
More From This Movie

38 Critic Reviews

5.4 User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 78 John Wick: Chapter 4
2 73 Creed III
3 67 Avatar: The Way of Water
4 63 Knock at the Cabin
5 61 Scream VI
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL