'Bad Moms 2' (originally titled 'A Bad Moms Christmas') is screening in Sydney a full six weeks ahead of Christmas. Perhaps it was originally intended to screen the film closer to the Christmas period but here it is with Christmas not really on my radar yet.
The film is centred entirely around Christmas even displaying the countdown from six days before through to Christmas Day itself. I don't think any of we four that comprised the audience at our session was feeling especially festive. And this film would not have helped engender a festive spirit. It is rather awful. Not awesome but awful.
Three of the original 'Moms' are back for this sequel. They are not behaving badly when this sequel commences but this time it is the moms' moms (ie the grandmothers) who arrive for the holidays and who set off the bad behaviour.
This is the latest in what seems an endless stream of gross out comedies emanating from the USA. Despite children featuring in the film it seems doubtful that families are the target audience. The 'F' word is uttered regularly both by the adult and child actors and some of the plot devices seem unnecessarily crude. One subplot running through the film involving a male stripper plumbs the depth of poor taste.
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