by Laura Falin posted in Life

The bad moms are back, y'all.
in A Bad Moms Christmas, Amy, Kiki, and Carla are struggling with the holiday season. They have gifts to buy, performances to attend, cookies to bake, houses to decorate. They reach a hilarious breaking point in the middle of the mall, and decide to stop with all the running about and enjoy quiet, stress-free Christmases at home.

And then their own moms show up, adding a whole new set of problems and expectations to the mix. Amy's mom pushes her constantly to do more, Kiki's mom has boundary issues (and a whole lot of clothing with her daughter's face on it, which is marvelous), and Carla's mom may just be after her money.
I loved the addition of the grandmas in this movie. Each one has her own challenges relating to her daughter, and Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines, and Susan Sarandon all play wonderfully over-the-top mothers in their own ways.
As is often the case, the sequel isn't quite as good as the original. Everything is a little more outrageous. The raunchy humor of the first movie worked (and I loved it, by the way -- if you had a filthy sense of humor before kids, why can't you indulge it now"), but the jokes drag on too long this time and are too far-fetched. I'm willing to suspend disbelief, but a stripper dancing at a family Christmas dinner is a little much.
The movie is rated R for good reason: there's plenty of swearing and lewd jokes. But it hits on things we moms do experience during t...