A good movie

Since I kept hearing good things about this flick, I really wanted to check it out. Eventually, I thought it was pretty good. Indeed, I have never been a fan of all those dreary dull sugarcoated Christmas features and it was nice to see a movie which chose to show the other side of this jolly celebration. Furthermore, I really enjoyed 'Ghost World', Terry Zwigoff's directing debut, and I thought he was a good choice to direct this flick. And of course, Billy Bob Thornton was pretty awesome. He has always been pretty underrated and unnoticed by the mainstream audience (his two minutes of fame were when he was Angelina Jolie's husband for a few years...). Unfortunately, because this movie was a success and because Thornton was so good in it, he is now kind of stuck in this mode and keeps getting typecast in similar parts ('Bad News Bears', 'School for Scoundrels', 'Mr. Woodcock',...) and that's a real shame because he is a talented actor and shouldn't be limited to this. Furthermore, even though the whole thing was pretty neat, with a nice sarcastic tone, I thought they unfortunately went soft towards the end and I think they should have gone all the way in the nastyness. Still, for a commercial feature, I thought it was pretty good, I enjoyed it and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10