This movie is often as sad as it is funny. Billy Bob Thornton plays Willie, a professional thief that uses a job posing as Santa to rob malls, along with his Marcus, a little person that plays the elf and brains of the group. Willie is a hard core alcoholic and is seen pissing himself more often than not. This is not a feel good kind of movie, though there are some touching moments between Willie and a kid that he sort of unofficially adopts for sake of a place to stay.
As I said earlier though, there is a shadow of sadness over this movie as it does touch on the reality of life around the holidays and how difficult it is for some people to cope. This is a good movie that is a yearly holiday watch for me.
