Hey everyone! So for the today's Blogmas and my post Thursday- I have movie reviews that I wrote around the summer time. So I'm sorry if these sound less Christmasy... I just wanted to write my first reaction after watching them.
So that being said- this was a fine movie to watch in May... I actually got it for my mom as a Mother's Day gift and we watched it right away. So that's another fun time to watch this movie... it shows a lot about mothers and daughters and it's sweet.
I really liked this movie and I loved the original Bad Moms... this didn't really feel like a sequel to that movie- it felt more like 3 different stories about each of the Bad Mom's. Yes we did get a follow up on the characters- yes we did see all of the Bad Moms together... but it still kind of just felt like we were watching each of their struggles. Being a mom around Christmas is hard, trying to make Christmas perfect is hard, and having your mom's around for Christmas is hard... so that was basically what the movie was getting at.
So the three stories: Amy's mom and dad surprised Amy and her kids by saying that they were coming over Christmas. It was the first Christmas after Amy's divorce- so Amy's mom was trying to do everything perfectly and nothing Amy did was good enough for her. Amy didn't have a Christmas Tree so her mom decorated the house for her and made it over the top. Amy's mother wanted to see a 5 hour depressing version of The Nutcracker that was all in Russian and Amy wanted to have fun with her family and friends at Sky Zone... it was all a little over the top- but you could see that the kids really loved their grandmother and Amy wanted to fix everything to save Christmas for them.
Next up Kristin Belle's Character Kiki and her mom Sandy, played by Cheryl Hines. Sandy had Kiki when she was 18 and Kiki's father died, she was a little too attached to Kiki. She got the same haircut and color as Kiki... she wanted to stay in the same bedroom as Kiki and her husband... even when she should have given them some privacy... and it just seemed like she had no boundries and no idea of personal space.
And Carla's mom played by Susan Sarandon. Uhhh I'm not going to say her name because... well if you see the movie- you'll know why. Lol. Anyway she would only see Carla as a surprise andd it was usually when she needed money for gambling. And... well that story isn't really that deep. That's kind of it.
So it all wrapped up nicely and I thought the movie was just as fun to watch as the first one. I think I liked it more than I liked the next movie that I'm going to review... which I did watch first... but I kind of wished that there were more scenes with all of the moms toghether. It felt like that's the way it differed from the original the most... and that was a little bit missing from the movie. I liked how the stories were sort of their own thing... but it made the movie feel a little bit longer and it just was missing something and I think that was it... and while it wasn't bad... like I said I don't so much consider this a sequel to Bad Mom's as much as just a Christmas story following the original.
And that's fine- you definitely don't need to see the original Bad Moms to see this one and that makes it kind of like Christmas Vacation... where it is a sequel- but it really isn't because you can just enjoy it on it's own. I don't think people will ever watch this movie the way they watch Christmas Vacation... but I still love the movie and I'm sure I'll watch it again and again.
Edit: Update several months after I wrote this they are now re-releasing this movie in theaters with Fathom Events... I'd just say buy it on DVD or Blu Ray... it's on sale at Target on Black Friday and it's probably a fun girls night out movie... but probably a more fun Girl's Night In Movie!
Byeee!
-Shannon
So that being said- this was a fine movie to watch in May... I actually got it for my mom as a Mother's Day gift and we watched it right away. So that's another fun time to watch this movie... it shows a lot about mothers and daughters and it's sweet.
I really liked this movie and I loved the original Bad Moms... this didn't really feel like a sequel to that movie- it felt more like 3 different stories about each of the Bad Mom's. Yes we did get a follow up on the characters- yes we did see all of the Bad Moms together... but it still kind of just felt like we were watching each of their struggles. Being a mom around Christmas is hard, trying to make Christmas perfect is hard, and having your mom's around for Christmas is hard... so that was basically what the movie was getting at.
So the three stories: Amy's mom and dad surprised Amy and her kids by saying that they were coming over Christmas. It was the first Christmas after Amy's divorce- so Amy's mom was trying to do everything perfectly and nothing Amy did was good enough for her. Amy didn't have a Christmas Tree so her mom decorated the house for her and made it over the top. Amy's mother wanted to see a 5 hour depressing version of The Nutcracker that was all in Russian and Amy wanted to have fun with her family and friends at Sky Zone... it was all a little over the top- but you could see that the kids really loved their grandmother and Amy wanted to fix everything to save Christmas for them.
Next up Kristin Belle's Character Kiki and her mom Sandy, played by Cheryl Hines. Sandy had Kiki when she was 18 and Kiki's father died, she was a little too attached to Kiki. She got the same haircut and color as Kiki... she wanted to stay in the same bedroom as Kiki and her husband... even when she should have given them some privacy... and it just seemed like she had no boundries and no idea of personal space.
And Carla's mom played by Susan Sarandon. Uhhh I'm not going to say her name because... well if you see the movie- you'll know why. Lol. Anyway she would only see Carla as a surprise andd it was usually when she needed money for gambling. And... well that story isn't really that deep. That's kind of it.
So it all wrapped up nicely and I thought the movie was just as fun to watch as the first one. I think I liked it more than I liked the next movie that I'm going to review... which I did watch first... but I kind of wished that there were more scenes with all of the moms toghether. It felt like that's the way it differed from the original the most... and that was a little bit missing from the movie. I liked how the stories were sort of their own thing... but it made the movie feel a little bit longer and it just was missing something and I think that was it... and while it wasn't bad... like I said I don't so much consider this a sequel to Bad Mom's as much as just a Christmas story following the original.
And that's fine- you definitely don't need to see the original Bad Moms to see this one and that makes it kind of like Christmas Vacation... where it is a sequel- but it really isn't because you can just enjoy it on it's own. I don't think people will ever watch this movie the way they watch Christmas Vacation... but I still love the movie and I'm sure I'll watch it again and again.
Edit: Update several months after I wrote this they are now re-releasing this movie in theaters with Fathom Events... I'd just say buy it on DVD or Blu Ray... it's on sale at Target on Black Friday and it's probably a fun girls night out movie... but probably a more fun Girl's Night In Movie!
Byeee!
-Shannon
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