I’ve watched half of Bad Moms 1 until I was bored out of my skull and fell asleep.
‘No need to revisit this disaster again,’ I thought as I woke up around 5 a.m. to find the tv still on while I was drooling on the arm rest of the sofa.
Last weekend as my husband and I searched for a movie to watch we came across Bad Moms 2.
“You watched the first one right? Was it good?” He asked me.
“No, not really. But lets watch the second one. It looks funny and hopefully better than the last.”
And so we began to watch Bad Moms 2. Do you ever get to the point in a movie where your like, “this really sucks” but you don’t want to say anything because the other person might really be enjoying it? This wasn’t one of those times.
“So what do you think?” My husband asked, 10 minutes in. That’s code for: I don’t like this movie but I’m going to see if you hate this just as much as I do.
I blew a sigh of relief. “This is really bad,” I said.
And we aren’t the only ones thinking this. Look at the collective reviews on the first movie:
Bad Moms 2 reviews is even worse:
I know I’m probably insulting a few people who found these movies absolutely hilarious, but hear me out. If there is one word to describe the 2nd movie (sorry, I can’t even remember the first one), it would be contrived. They went so over the top with the “bad mom” like behavior that unless you are Randy Quaid, Melissa McCarthy or Will Ferrell, it’s just not believable. Take for instance the intro where Mila Kunis is so frustrated with wrapping a gift that the result is something that even a toddler could do better with.
And speaking of not believable. A tired, stressed out mother that’s had it, does not look like Mila Kunis. First of all she’s about 34-years-old and has a teenager. While not impossible, she would have been a teenager when she had her first. A little secret for Hollywood, when you are portraying a stressed out, fed-up mother, please don’t cast a super model. It’s literally like a slap in the face.
Real Bad Mom Behavior
You want bad mom-like, believable behavior? I’ll give you a list of bad mom behaviors, not that I’m saying I’ve done any of these (actually all of these):
- Every Friday, my sons would bring home their blankets from nap time in pre-school and we were expected to wash them. Seeing that this was completely pointless and unnecessary, every single week, I’d simply spray “clean linen” air freshener on it so it smelled like it just came out of the dryer.
- Once at a soccer tournament, a group of us parents collectively told the few oldest children at the hotel, to watch the youngest children as the parents were going to go see a movie (gamble).
- During Christmas, when I am “hiding” the elf on the shelf, I am creating “adult” scenes with the elf.
- When my sons wanted to go up into the Statue of Liberty and I saw the ridiculous prices, I told them the statue of liberty was closed….for cleaning.
- After a night of sexy time with my husband, we left the pink vibrator down on the sofa only for my then 5-year-old to find it, think it’s a back massager and proceed to give me a 10 second back massage…..with my vibrator.
- At Great Clips on more than 1 occasion, I’ve asked the 12-year-old to lie and say he’s just a tall 10-year-old, in an effort to save $3 dollars on his haircut.
Trust me, this movie isn’t worth watching. I wish it was hilarious, but it’s not.
Do you have Netflix? If so, watch Fun Mom Dinner. I don’t no if it’s supposed to be the knockoff version of Bad Moms (which I’ve only seen the first one and was not impressed), but Fun Mom Dinner was funny. Plus they show the husbands staying home with the kids while the moms are out which is pretty funny. I wouldn’t say it’s hysterical (maybe because I’m not a parent), but I did chuckle throughout. I’d watch it again.
Yes, I have Netflix and I’ll check it out. Thank you so much!!!
I’ve seen both. I can’t remember the first one either, but I just saw the 2nd one right before Christmas. I didn’t think it was HILARIOUS, but I enjoyed it 😛 But I’m not a mom so maybe that makes a difference? lol
It was just so damn contrived. How can the writers, actors, whoever look at the finished work and think “this is comedic genius.” There is a type of over the top comedy that only a few people can pull off and none of them were in this movie.
Thats probably why I cant remember the first one lol. But I dont understand why every movie seems to need a sequel now? Is that really necessary?
I think contrived is also very common for bro movies and yet people seem to have so much leeway and love for it. Women in general are finally starting to fight for comedic central roles. This movie couldn’t exist 15-20 years ago .., when Adam sandler and his cronies were making bank. The hangover? Super contrived ‘oh. Now we go to Vegas. We lost a baby? Where did we get a baby’ what? and so I wonder if people’s ‘meh’ is potentially related to not having the writing down. Pitch perfect? That’s the bees damn knees and is contrived but it’s adorable and yet it’s full of gals who are 12, so that hollywood is trying deserves a slow clap. I tend to think you won’t find a funny movie great unless it’s funnier than you- and you’re really funny so it’s a high bar. Most of the super boring moms I know out there loveD this because it was sooooo wild. OMG I totally feel like I have wrapped the present that way. She didn’t bake for the bake sale? (I think that was in the first one…) oh lanta!!!! My word! What a ruckus that would cause! (Seriously. You know what would cause a ruckus? Home made magic mushroom quiches and weed cookies. That’s what I would have written.) That these women are actually moms? Slow clap. Kristen bell continues to drive awareness for anxiety and depression and mental health for women in a way that is normalizing and damn I would not kick her out of bed for eating cookies! I have a mad girl crush. And Sure 34 is young for a mom with a teenager, but… that’s also a lot more common than it was in the 70s, and maybe they assume you think Mila is 38 and had some Botox. so whatever. I am not going to argue that it’s a good movie – I’m just happy to see something fun happening that ‘normal moms’ (not the really funny ones like you) but the really tame ones who think putting grey stuff into their whites is a big risk, can dig into. Get themselves a ‘book club night’ and some ‘scandal Olivia pope’ sized wine glasses and get a LITTLE silly. I think to me it’s like… moving the needle a little bit. It’s not for you. You go watch bridesmaids. But for the boring bitches you seem to kindof have to put up with, who think you’re hilarious and ‘so bad!’ Um…. this is for them. So that the next women’s comedy comes out, it can be a bit more.