What makes BAD SANTA 2 work as well as it does is that Billy Bob Thornton’s Willy is still an amusing, ... Whether he’s swigging booze, cussing at the children he has no patience with, or having rough ...

Bad Santa 2 doesn’t necessarily cross that line, but it is way too preoccupied with trying to. Anti-heroes work better in TV than in film, I think: there’s more time to let you grow to root ...