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User Reviews for: Bad Moms

ColdStream96
CONTAINS SPOILERS5/10  3 years ago
**THE WACPINE OF ‘BAD MOMS'**

WRITING: 4
ATMOSPHERE: 5
CHARACTERS: 7
PRODUCTION: 6
INTRIGUE: 3
NOVELTY: 3
ENJOYMENT: 4

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**The Good:**

Christina Applegate makes for a pretty nasty and unlikable enemy for Amy, while Kristen Bell fits the role of the awkward and slightly slow-minded friend fairly well. Kathryn Hahn is the big winner though, fully embracing her harsh bad chick persona in a deliciously ravishing performance.

Amy, Kiki and Carla form a pretty well-oiled trio, and despite their stereotypical characters they complete each other well.

There's something oddly fascinating about Oona Laurence and her performance here. I don't usually find child actors very good, but Laurence shines in most of her scenes.

I kind of like the soundtrack. It fits the rebellious lifestyle the mothers adopt and supports the events of the film appropriately.

Amy's speech at the end is sufficiently inspirational and the only moment in the film I felt had a strong comedic vibe.

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**The Bad:**

Mila Kunis is no acting master, and Bad Moms doesn't prove the opposite. Her dramatic acting is fine but the comedic acting is not very good.

A lot of the comedy was dated already when the film came out. Why all this slapstick and all these poop and sex jokes?

Sadly, the plot takes a generic comedy set-up, makes the male leads female instead and doesn't do much else innovative with its premise. Focusing on looser mothers "going bad" and endlessly bashing on incompetent fathers doesn't make this film funny or its attempts at social commentary successful.

The script sees our main trio talk about penises, drink loads of alcohol, and behave like teenage girls. That goes on forever and in the midst of all that the plot just disappears somewhere. What little remains is very childish, which only makes the actors involved look awkwardly bad.

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**The Ugly:**

I'd much rather watch that Gravity rip-off the moms were watching in the cinema.

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**WACPINE RATING: 4.57 / 10 = 2.5 stars**
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