New Film Review: Bad Mom's Christmas

BAD MOM'S CHRISTMAS
Directed And Screenplay by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore
Starring Mila Kunis; Kristen Bell; Kathryn Hahn; Susan Sarandon; Christine Baranski; and Cheryl Hines




I liked the first Bad Moms. It was very funny, and it covered a modern day subject of helicopter moms. I was bothered by the end of the first one where I thought it sold out to a lazy feel good ending.
Well here comes Bad Mom's Christmas which doubles the mom's. Is it better than the first? No. It is as funny as the first, but the writing is lazy and adding the additional mom's means having three different stories and that makes the film very choppy, sometimes boring.
Well lets break down the three stories:
Kiki (Kristen Bell) and her mother Sandy (Hines), Sandy is the mom who wants to  always be around her daughter even though she is married in her own house. This story line was boring and not once was it funny.
Amy ((Kunis) and her controlling mother Ruth (Baranski). This story was sightly ridiculous. In many ways. The timing was ..way off. Meaning Baranski would continuously set things up with a snap of her fingers, which in the real world it would take days. Be it a party or a holiday scene, it was just....lazy writing...to find ways to create friction. As we got to the end it settled things without really settling things. I mean Ruth was being a jerk...and was not owning it, so what was the point?
The best for last. Carla (Hann) and her mooching mother Isis (Sarandon). Like the first film Hann steals the movie. Now to be honest.....Sarandon was not needed, its Hann with her great comic timing....then throw in Justin Hartly as Ty, a stripper, who with Hann ...well I could see a whole film with just these two. They are that funny together (No spoilers here).

Too bad the script is a bit choppy because it is very funny, I did not even mention a quick Kenny G , yes that Kenny G, funny cameo. Plus a very funny music video at the end. Why do you pay money for this film? Too laugh. It worked. It tries to be emotional, and that would be nice but it failed in that aspect. So 3 out of 5 for Bad Mom's Christmas.

From the shadows as always thanks for your time.