Bad Moms
STX Entertainment | Release Date: July 29, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
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Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
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91
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyJul 28, 2016
Beneath all of its hard-R partying, rebellious debauchery, and profanity, it taps into something very real and insidious in the zeitgeist. It’s one of the funniest movies of the year—and one of the most necessary. Read full review
83
Tampa Bay TimesSharon Kennedy WynneJul 28, 2016
The R-rated Bad Moms channels the raunch in a liberating, hilarious way. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsRaakhee MirchandaniJul 28, 2016
If you've birthed a tiny human or know someone who has, it's time to find a babysitter, call the girlfriends and get to Bad Moms — the raucous, sexy and crass comedy packed with loads of mother-funny jokes. Read full review
80
VarietyOwen GleibermanJul 28, 2016
Where Bad Moms plunges into zesty new satirical terrain is in capturing the ruthless one-upmanship of the mommy-wars era, when all the progressive thinking of the last 40 years has only ratcheted up the perfectionistic demands on children and parents alike. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Julia CooperJul 28, 2016
Although all these actors prove the shrewd casting choices of Bad Moms, it is Hahn who makes this unassuming summer blockbuster something close to stellar. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchJody MitoriJul 28, 2016
Bad Moms starts with an edge but eventually turns sentimental. The most entertaining and honest moments zero in on motherhood and friendship — and busting the rules of the PTA. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperJul 28, 2016
Bad Moms had me laughing out loud even as I was cringing, thanks to some fantastically over-the-top hijinks, crass but hilarious one-liners and terrific performances from Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn and Christina Applegate. Read full review
75
The PlaylistKimber MyersJul 28, 2016
Bad Moms could easily skate along only on its very funny, often very raunchy jokes, but it also makes a much-needed argument for the difficulties of modern motherhood and how the pressure to be perfect is damaging both mothers and their kids. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireJul 28, 2016
For the film to be about more than just wildly outrageous behavior (although those moments are the one that provoke the biggest and well-earned laughs), these have to feel like real people and we have to care about them too. And we do, thanks to a strong cast of comic actresses who have an easy chemistry with each other. Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldJul 28, 2016
The message of Bad Moms is that being a mother today is impossible... But it’s a hammer brought down with a light, goofy touch (maybe too light; the male characters could use some punching-up), with a gleefully charming central trio that I enjoyed hanging out with. Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla DargisJul 28, 2016
If I could write sonnets, I would write one about Ms. Hahn, whose timing — she finds depths in that little pause before a joke crests — can turn laughs into howls. Read full review
70
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJul 28, 2016
You have to forgive a lot from Bad Moms.... But the wonderfully unexpected cavalcade of hilarity — including one of the smartest and most unexpected celebrity cameos in recent memory — makes this summer sleeper a satisfying surprise. Read full review
67
IndieWireKate ErblandJul 28, 2016
Although it often stumbles in service to delivering yet another foul-mouthed joke, its heart remains firmly in the right place. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiJul 27, 2016
Jokes about anal sex and cameos by the likes of Martha Stewart and Wanda Sykes help or hinder as the case may be, but know that your level of enjoyment is directly proportional to how many drinks you’ve had. My advice: Make it a double. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter TraversJul 29, 2016
The movie cops out by going soft in the end, but it's still hardcore hilarity for stressed moms looking for a girls night out. Guys should also check out Bad Moms — you just might learn something. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaJul 29, 2016
Kunis, rebounding from the disastrous Jupiter Ascending (an unintentional comedy if ever there was one), demonstrates an easygoing comic flair. Read full review
63
New York PostKyle SmithJul 28, 2016
Bad Moms is like “Sex and the City: The Sneakers-and-Minivan Years,” a good-natured girl-power comedy that balances a bland sitcom structure with some weird and hilarious moments. Read full review
63
Washington PostStephanie MerryJul 28, 2016
The comedy sails along, thanks to its charismatic leads. Read full review
60
Screen DailyTim GriersonJul 28, 2016
A rowdy salute to the thankless sacrifices made by modern mothers, Bad Moms has lots of spirit, some funny moments and wonderful chemistry from its three leads. And yet, this so-so comedy can’t shake a formulaic, uninspired construction that often settles for the easy joke or the pat pay-off. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschJul 28, 2016
Bad Moms milks the “women behaving badly” conceit with a single-mindedness that might be depressing if the movie didn’t have an ace up its sleeve: the glorious Hahn, who injects what could have been another insipid studio hack job with a bracing shot of personality. Read full review
60
The GuardianJordan HoffmanJul 28, 2016
There aren’t too many weird or original moments in Bad Moms...but Lucas and Moore, who wrote the script for The Hangover, know how to clear the stage for talented performers that can spin gold from next to nothing. Read full review
58
MTV NewsAmy NicholsonJul 29, 2016
Bad Moms is a retro throwback that proves girl comedies can rage as hard — and as mindlessly — as any dumb all-dude giggler. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerJul 27, 2016
The performers do sell a lot of this material. Bell is especially funny as a cheery, lonely mom whose litany of childcare responsibilities has cut her off from the rest of the world. Read full review
50
UproxxAmy NicholsonDec 4, 2017
As the end credits rolled, I found myself fixated on the lack of apostrophe in the title A Bad Moms Christmas. This isn’t for moms—it’s merely about them. At least all the women in the film are terrific. Read full review
50
The Film StageJohn FinkAug 1, 2016
The jokes simply don’t land as hard as they should, even though the cast has a genuinely interesting shorthand with each other. Read full review
50
ConsequenceAllison ShoemakerJul 28, 2016
If Lucas and Moore do their six stars...a disservice with their muddy script, it’s nothing compared to the problems heaped upon the film by their direction. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenJul 28, 2016
Like husbands who think that carrying in the groceries is really pitching in, Lucas and Moore have their hearts in the right place, but their efforts have little real insight or impact. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaJul 28, 2016
The end-credits sequence shows up the rest of the film as the broad and incoherent live-action cartoon that it is. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJul 28, 2016
Bad Moms keeps settling for less than it should, given the talent on screen. It's lazy, and tonally indistinct; half the time you wish it went further, and risked something with the Kunis character. The other half of the time you may find yourself frustrated with the puerile caricatures filling in the margins. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 27, 2016
An over-reach for a “Hangover” styled spin on motherhood, with drugs, sex, booze and “experiment,” it reaches raucous on occasion. There are laughs, a disproportionate number of them coming from the trained comic in the cast, Kathryn Hahn. Read full review
40
SlateDana StevensJul 28, 2016
The dad minds behind Bad Moms don’t seem to understand, or be terribly curious about, the minds of mothers. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghJul 28, 2016
It’s not the moms that are bad — it’s the movie. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeSonia RaoJul 28, 2016
This is no “Bridesmaids.” What the film’s premise has in novelty, it lacks in execution. The characters are uninspired, and they continue to lack depth and plausibility throughout. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJul 28, 2016
You can’t make a raunchy comedy and a sentimental paean to motherhood at the same time. You have to choose either one or the other. Raunchiness or sincerity. Try to do both, and you end up with a flailing, unfunny wreck, like the mix of contradictory and self-defeating impulses that we find here. Read full review
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