Bad Moms

Helicopter parenting causes incredible stress. Just ask exhausted 32-year-old Amy (Mila Kunis). Living in suburban Chicago with a man-child husband (David Walton) and two spoiled preteens (Oona Laurence, Emjay Anthony), Amy is juggling the demands of family and working with millennials at a hip coffee company. When Amy catches her husband having cybersex, she orders him out of the house. And as if she weren't frazzled enough, Amy is also being systematically terrorized by fascistic PTA president Gwendolyn (Christina Applegate) and her malicious minions (Jada Pinkett Smith, Annie Mumolo). Desperate, Amy dives into a bar, where she is joined by two other burnt-out moms: slovenly, outspoken divorcee Carla (Kathryn Hahn) and Kiki (Kristen Bell), a beleaguered, meek-and-mousy mother-of-four. “We're killing ourselves to be perfect and it's making us insane,” Amy wails. Determined to be “bad moms,” they defiantly trash a supermarket to Icona Pop's “I Love It.” Amy stops hovering over her kids' homework, refuses to make breakfast, and claims the keys to her husband's vintage red muscle car. And boozy brunches with Carla and Kiki lead to an invigorating encounter with a hunky widower (Jay Hernandez). Directed by the creators of The Hangover trilogy, Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, this is a rude, raunchy, and surprisingly satiric comedy. Recommended. [Note: DVD/Blu-ray extras include cast and crew interviews with their own mothers (24 min.), deleted scenes (17 min.), a gag reel (6 min.), and trailers. Exclusive to the Blu-ray release are bonus DVD, digital, and UltraViolet copies of the film. Bottom line: a solid extras package for a snarky comedy.] (S. Granger)