**THE WACPINE OF ‘A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS’**

WRITING: 3
ATMOSPHERE: 5
CHARACTERS: 8
PRODUCTION: 6
INTRIGUE: 3
NOVELTY: 2
ENJOYMENT: 4

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**The Good:**

Katherine Hahn remains enjoyable to watch, but she's nothing compared to Susan Sarandon, who is equally enjoyable as her mother.

The mothers' mothers are just as hopeless as the younger generation, but also bring some much-needed maturity to the story.

The show-stealer is Amy's mom in a stereotypically horrible, but enjoyably over the top performance.

After dealing with their live lives and children in the first film, the moms next have to deal with their mothers, which makes for a slightly more enjoyable plot when mixed with the Christmas setting.

Oddly enough, there is a warmth present here that was. Al king from the first film. That translates well into the relationships between the central characters. That also helps some funny moments stand out better than previously.

The ending is sweet and beautiful, just the way you want to from these kinds of films.

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**The Bad:**

The sequel we never wanted or needed does nothing to develop the characters from the last film and doesn't improve the quality of its comedy or acting.

Somehow, the film is even more childish this time around. The jokes are even worse and the atmosphere is awkward. There are no life lessons to tell this time around.

As a comedy, this one is dull and as a Christmas film, this one is definitely among the worst. It never feels funny enough to work as a comedy and not Christmassy enough to be considered a holiday classic.

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**The Ugly:**

I guess they put the 'ass' back in 'Christmas'

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**WACPINE RATING: 4.43 / 10 = 2 stars**

Not as funny and so overly sentimental. A limp sequel.

'A Bad Moms Christmas' is basically 'Daddy's Home 2' - which, interestingly, was released less than a week after this. Mila Kunis (Amy) in the lead role isn't as strong, nor are Kristen Bell (Kiki) and Kathryn Hahn (Carla) unfortunately. They have a few bits, but not enough. Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines and Susan Sarandon are meh newcomers.

The ending particularly dragged, with it going full on preach mode and is far too cutesy. It'd be fine if it also wasn't so predictable. I noted the music in 'Bad Moms' as being good, but even that drops a level in this follow-up film.

It could've been worse, I guess, but I just didn't find entertainment with this.

Way funnier than the 1st. My favorite of the 2. This movie cracks me up with all there partying. More moms should be like this lol.

I might be a man but let me tell you this was one of the funniest movies I have seen this year I laughed out loud more than once and got the Christmas spirit the rest of the time the 3 beautiful women were just a joy to watch and the whole celebration of family and hilarious comedy mixed is such a Christmas treat if your looking for some Christmas fun and full of lol moments I totally can recommend this one

I'm not much for American comedies, and while the first _Bad Moms_ was a cut above the usual sort of thing on offering from that sector, I didn't love it, and _A Bad Moms Christmas_ is little more than a seasonal themed, watered down version of the first one, complete with the half-baked version of the main characters relearning their "lessons" from the original. I've suffered far worse than _A Bad Moms Christmas_, to be sure, but I think it would be better if they had just left it at one movie.

_Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._