Reviews

I have watched this over and over. It's a classic!

Honestly, I walked out of Bad Moms, with my friends, as we thought it was terrible, unrealistic and cliché. I never wanted to see a 'mom film' again. But this is pretty close to the truth, and with great actors and actresses too. Even the 80s soundtrack was well picked. I enjoyed it. It's not going to be in my top 10 films of all time, but it really hit the spot. I laughed, I related to it.

This is the second time in my life that I have walked out of a film. The first time was an art-house movie where a lady was writhing around on a floor of broken mirrors reciting Japanese haikus whilst crying for 40 minutes. I'm not sure which of the two was worse.

Let me preface this - I am a working mother around the same age as some of the characters in this film. None of this rings true to me, mostly because of the way the script was written (by a couple of men who have clearly no idea what being a working mum is). The cast is great, the idea is great. It should have almost been the Clueless of the next generation on (humour wise). The women end up looking humiliated for being meek or embarrassingly gross.

We have no idea where their children are when they decide to go AWOL. 'Hey - want to go to the movies?' 'Sure! I'll just dump these 4 under 5s somewhere and we'll go to a bar'. Hmmm.

My two friends and I lasted 20 minutes. There was a big crowd of younger girls, possibly not yet having had kids, that were laughing their heads off. So I think there is a market for this. But I think you will either love or hate it. They could have done so much better.