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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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
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