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Friday, October 12, 2018
Bad Moms (2016)
Bad Moms is a comedy starring Mila Kunis, who plays the role of Amy Mitchell, a mother of two, with a lazy husband and just generally sick of her life. There are strong sexual references and frequent swearing and a lot of humor is based around that. With that said, the humor works half the time, and the other half feels predictable and overused already by other films. It is a typical story in which Amy goes to breaking point with her entitled children, stress from work and no support from her husband. This isn't helped by the "elite" group and thus Amy goes wild one day, skipping work and drinking. Eventually, it goes to a point where it is Amy versus the elite in order to be elected as the PTA president in order to build a better environment for the school. Trying to shoehorn this feelgood plotline isn't bad per se but just felt predictable. You know in the end everything will work out fine and Amy will win, with enemies becoming friends. Overall, Bad Moms is average, tending to stick with well worn tracks and not trying anything new.