Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office.
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Search JustWatch for current options →If Santa Claus Is a Stinker hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
What ties these together is feeling powerless and figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on men and women navigating expectations. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, absurdist, escalating, and erratic.
Like Santa Claus Is a Stinker, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are and feeling powerless. The world both films live in revolves around class and money and men and women navigating expectations. The feel is the same: dark comedy, absurdist, escalating, and erratic.
Both films sit with belonging. They share the same lens on class and money. Same energy: dark comedy, whimsical, episodic, and escalating.
Both circle the same ground: men and women navigating expectations, class and money, and poverty. The feel is the same: dark comedy and escalating.
