Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Not to be confused with "Bad Mom's Night Out". A Sophomoric Canadian 90 minute sit-com. Only the first 10 minutes are worth your time. Cable fodder. Our heroine seems to have the perfect family life, but her kids are driving her bonkers. An hour into the "film" she and two other longtime friends go on a girl's night and find out that the dizzy hostess made the reservation for the wrong Saturday, so they end up at the bowling alley. Every cliche I can possibly think of: The "clueless" dads. A slightly "wild" minister's daughter. A parakeet flies out of a car window. A missing child baby-sitted by a neighbor. A tattooed biker. Police station capers. Hard to watch as it is so ADHD and jumpy in nature. It tries way too hard to be funny and is exhausting to watch. I couldn't get through it and had to skip to the ending. It's supposed-to-be a "Christian" movie, but I missed that. Not a bad comic car chase, however. I didn't really like it.

OK, so when I put the movie in and saw all these trailers for faith based movies I said to myself.. oh no.. what did I do (as Im not a religious person) and the PG rating came up I almost turned it off. but I did end up watching this movie the whole way through and I can say its not bad. If you know someone who is religious.. they will like this movie. It has faith based overtones but wasn't in your face the whole movie. There was a particularly touching scene with Trace Adkins and The lead female that made me smile.

Now if any of you have read any of my previous reviews, then you'll know that I typically don't care for Christian films, just because usually they are either cheesy (Courageous) or horribly offensive (Audacity, Gods not dead). Yes, moms night out is technically a Christian movie, having references to Jesus, and being written by Christian writers. Bit honestly it's just a funny comedy film, wouldn't have known it was a Christian movie if it wasn't for knowing who the writers are, and those couple references to Jesus. I really enjoyed Sarah drew (Radio) here, she plays the stressed out mom desperately in need of a girls night out very well. Patricia heaton (the middle) was probably my favorite here, she was hilarious as she always is in shows like the middle and everybody loves Raymond. The rest of the cast was alright. Alex Kendrick, as usual, just wasn't that good, I feel like maybe be tries, but here and in pretty all his movies, he just isn't that good of an actor. All in all, moms night out has funny moments, it's cute. It's not gonna win any awards for its writing or its acting, but if you're looking for a fun popcorn film to watch one night, maybe this is it. 7/10.

This is probably the worst movie I have ever seen. Granted, I've missed the classic worsts by paying attention to reviews, so I confess I've never seen Gigli, Showgirls and Glitter. But this one caught me off- guard. I love Patricia Heaton, our hometown girl, love Sarah Drew from Gray's Anatomy, have always loved Sean Astin and have recently come to love Alex Kendrick but, even with all that going for it, I have wasted my day with this one. I never allowed my son to watch Barney, even though every other kid was watching and singing along. And that's for the same reason I'm begging you to avoid this one: nothing but time- wasting, brain cell killing fluff. The ending was tender, but we knew it was coming. Wish I hadn't had to pay with my life to get there. Not funny at all. Stupid is never funny to me. Stay away.