Bad moms
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| German title | Bad moms |
| Original title | Bad moms |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 12 |
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| Director |
Jon Lucas , Scott Moore |
| script | Jon Lucas, Scott Moore |
| production |
Suzanne Todd , Bill Block |
| music | Christopher Lennertz |
| camera | Jim Denault |
| cut |
James Thomas , Emma E. Hickox |
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Bad Moms is an American comedy film of Jon Lucas and Scott Moore from the year 2016 . The sequel Bad Moms 2 followed in 2017 .
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Amy Mitchell is 32, a mother of two, married and has had a successful career. However, she is under a lot of pressure to do everything perfectly and is completely overworked. When she finds out that her husband is cheating on her virtually on the Internet, Amy becomes all too much and she wants to free herself from the constraints of family life. She finds two allies in her two mothers, Kiki and Carla. Together they decide to be “bad moms” and to leave all responsibilities behind in order to have fun themselves. First of all, they celebrate their new freedom extensively and without a guilty conscience in a bar. Because Kiki still has to go to the supermarket, the other two come along and stir up the market. They do everything that shouldn't be done there. The next morning, Amy doesn't make breakfast for the children and tells them that they can do it on their own. She drives them to school in her husband's favorite car, which is actually taboo . She doesn't go to the office, but prefers to meet with Kiki and Carla. The next day she takes a break with her daughter Jane. Instead of going to school, she takes her to a wellness hotel and enjoys the day with her. In the evening, she and Kiki and Carla decide to have fun with men. Despite her best efforts, Amy does not manage to go to bed with any of the candidates. She happens to meet Jessie Harkness in the bar, a handsome young widower who is adored by all mothers when he takes his daughter to school. She spends the rest of the evening with him and feels very good about it.
The next day, Amy learns at school that her daughter, although the best striker, is not going to be fielded for an upcoming school soccer match because the parents' council chairman Gwendolyn James doesn't like it. Without further ado, Amy decides to compete against Gwendolyn in the next election and gives a boisterous party for everyone who should vote her. She promises the women that she will work to ensure that less is done in school and that their children should find time to be children again instead of taking all possible courses. At the end of the party, Jessie suddenly arrives and they spend the night together. She realizes that this is the end of her marriage to Mike. One last chance to hold on to it seems to be couples therapy, but the attempt fails. Amy and Mike split up. Since there are other problems with the children at school, they blame their mother and unceremoniously move in to their father's hotel. Amy is very depressed about this and now no longer wants to run for the election of the parent council chairperson. However, Kiki and Carla manage to revive Amy's fighting spirit. Amy rushes through town with her friends to school and arrives just in time to give her candidate speech. But she didn't prepare it at all, so she simply talks about her worries and needs as a mother. And with that she speaks to everyone present from the heart and everyone now comes out that they have failed here and there as a mother and that they are not always perfect. Amy wins the election with a large majority and thanks Kiki and Carla. She discovers her competitor Gwendolyn sitting in her car and crying bitterly. Amy speaks to her sensitively and learns from her what problems she is currently facing.
The next day, Amy apologizes to her children for their strange behavior over the past few days. In doing so, she realizes that this has made both of her much more independent. When she takes the children to school, she meets Jessie, whom she unabashedly confesses her love to. Undecided what to do that day, Amy, Carla and Kiki are invited by Gwendolyn for a day of fun - with their husband's private jet.
background
The screenplay , written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore , the screenwriters of Hangover (2009), was originally intended to be filmed under the direction of Judd Apatow and with his wife Leslie Mann in one of the leading roles. Because both jumped due to scheduling conflicts, Lucas and Moore took a seat in the director's chair.
The filming ran from January 31 to March 1, 2016 in New Orleans . The film premiered on July 19, 2016 in New York and was released in German cinemas on September 22, 2016.
Martha Stewart makes an appearance in the film.
The production budget was $ 20 million. The worldwide box office result was around 184 million US dollars.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the film was released on July 29, 2016 by STX Recordings.
- Janelle Monáe - tightrope
- Icona Pop - I Love It ( feat.Charli XCX )
- Dena Deadly - Hello Sunshine (feat.Memoir)
- DNCE - Cake by the Ocean
- Demi Lovato - Confident
- Sophie Beem - Girl Will Be Girls
- Garrett Kato - Sweet Jane
- Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is
- Walk the Moon - Shut Up and Dance
- Christopher Lennertz & KT Tunstall - Bad Moms (Suite)
- Christopher Lennertz & KT Tunstall - Enough Is Enough (Suite)
- Christopher Lennertz & KT Tunstall - Get Your Tits Up (Suite)
criticism
The film received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes , he has a rating of 60% based on 134 rated reviews and an average rating of 5.7 / 10.
Christoph Petersen von Filmstarts awarded 3.5 / 5 stars and said: "Crude and cheeky, warm-hearted and personable - Bad Moms brings these apparent opposites together wonderfully."
Sequels
In December 2016 it was announced that a sequel entitled Bad Moms 2 (original title: A Bad Moms Christmas ) was being planned for a release for Christmas 2017. Jon Lucas and Scott Moore take on the roles of directors and scriptwriters again, and Mila Kunis , Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn can be seen again in their respective roles.
In October 2016, the production company STX Entertainment also announced that it was working on a sequel to Bad Moms entitled Bad Dads . The release date for US theaters was specified as July 14, 2017. However, the film did not appear.
Web links
- Bad Moms in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official page for the film
- Bad Moms at fernsehserien.de
- Bad Moms at crew united
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Bad Moms . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ Age rating for Bad Moms . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Bad Moms (2016) - Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Bad Moms (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) on apple.com
- ↑ Bad Moms at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- ↑ Review by Christoph Petersen on filmstarts.de, accessed on December 29, 2016.
- ↑ 'Bad Moms' Christmas Sequel in the Works for Late 2017 Release on variety.com, accessed December 29, 2016.
- ↑ After the success of "Bad Moms": spin-off "Bad Dads" is coming! on filmstarts.de, accessed on December 29, 2016.