A Bad Moms Christmas is the 2017 sequel to the very underrated 2016 comedy Bad Moms. The movie brings back Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn, Kristen Bell, and Jay Hernandez from the first movie and adds Christine Baranski, Susan Sarandon, and Cheryl Hines, playing the moms of the moms. Peter Gallager and Justin Hartley also co-star. Christina Applegate and Wanda Sykes also reprise their roles from the first movie, basically making cameo appearances.
This movie takes some of the concepts of the original movie and sets it around the stress of Christmas. Specifically, the pressure to do the holidays perfectly, combined with their own mothers entering the picture and making everything worse. Thankfully, the writers and producers of this movie did not fall into the trap that those of The Hangover II did and just make a carbon copy of the first movie. That said, there are not as many funny moments in this one as there were in the first. The big scene stealers in this movie were Cheryl Hines, who played the mother of Kristen Bell's character, and Christine Baransky, who played the mother of Mila Kunis' character. Justin Heartly also had a great role as a male stripper, and there was a pretty hilarious cameo by Kenny G. It is pretty standard comedic fare.
For those who get the Blu-ray, the movie looks and sounds good. The extras are not extensive. They include a gag reel, some deleted scenes, and a music video featuring the crew members that is a spoof of the end credit sequence of the cast. Overall, I would say if you enjoyed the first movie, you will probably like this one as well, even if not as much. It definitely earns its R rating and is not a family-friendly comedy, but if you enjoy that brand of comedy, it is entertaining. It is definitely not as good as the first movie, and I think even people who loved the first movie would have been perfectly content if a sequel had never been made. As long as you are not expecting it to be more than it is, I do not think the movie will disappoint you.
For those who get the Blu-ray, the movie looks and sounds good. The extras are not extensive. They include a gag reel, some deleted scenes, and a music video featuring the crew members that is a spoof of the end credit sequence of the cast. Overall, I would say if you enjoyed the first movie, you will probably like this one as well, even if not as much. It definitely earns its R rating and is not a family-friendly comedy, but if you enjoy that brand of comedy, it is entertaining. It is definitely not as good as the first movie, and I think even people who loved the first movie would have been perfectly content if a sequel had never been made. As long as you are not expecting it to be more than it is, I do not think the movie will disappoint you.
