Movie Review: Bad Moms (2016)

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Hello All,

    The catching up has begun. I managed to get over to the city and see a movie today, while having a pretty go Pokemon hunting trip as well. I’m enjoying this new way of doing reviews, get me out and about and still watching movies when I can. Today I tackled a comedy about irresponsible parents, let’s see how that one faired shall we?

Plot Summary - Amy Mitchell (Mila Kunis) tries her best to be the perfect mother, but when one day she gets completely fed up, she decides with the help of two other moms to go off on a long overdue self indulgent binge. This however puts her at odds with the head of the PTA, as the two begin a clash of ideas and parenting.

Pros - The highlight of the film is by far the chemistry between the three leads. All three bring in great characters and personalities that mix well, and they even all get pretty good story arcs. The jokes are mostly funny, as it feels like they’re trying to be smarter than just bottom of the barrel type humour.

Cons - The story and character arcs have their predictable moments, and some of the jokes don’t really work. There’s also a couple of scenes that feel like padding, and for the love of god, there are also way too many music montages. Holy shit I thought rom coms were the worst offender, this movie hits it out of the damn park in that regard.

Final Score - 8/10

It’s not going to be anyone’s favourite, but honestly it’s definitely worth a watch.

Next - Nerve: Going to try for tomorrow with this one. We’ll also see about Lights Out, but like I’ve said before, that one’s got me nervous.

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