Bad Moms: 2016 Comedy of the Summer

Now while I am not a mother currently, I have to say I've noticed a shift.  It seems like the life of mothers is more hectic and the demands are higher than when I was a kid.  In my day (wow I sound old), birthday treats were as simple as cupcakes, your mom didn't have to volunteer, and there weren't a million events to attend.  After previously working in education for 7 years, I found motherhood to be all about PTO, committees, food allergies, soccer, girl scouts, boy scouts, and so on.  So if you are a mother, know a mother, or have noticed what I have about the current race to the top for mothers in our society, you will for sure appreciate this comedy.

Amy is 32 and a working mother with two kiddos over the age of ten.  She makes breakfast, takes the kids to school, goes to work, comes back to pick them up, takes them to practice, makes dinner, helps with homework, does school projects, does laundry, cleans, puts kids to bed, sleeps, then wakes up to only rinse and repeat.  She is constantly racing to the next thing she has to do and can never get ahead.  She is judged by the non-working mothers for being a working mother, she can never get ahead at work because she needs to make time for her family, and life feels like a never ending cycle. Then one evening her world comes crashing down when she walks in on her husband cheating on her via video with a girl on the internet.  After kicking him out and now doing all of this on her own (which she was pretty much doing before) life seems unbearable.  So all it takes is one more thing requested of her at a parent meeting from the PTO President for her to loose her sh*t.  

So what does Amy do?  She quits.  How do you quit being a mom exactly?  Amy stops making breakfast, brings store bought donuts to the school bake sale (the horror), takes her daughter to the spa instead of going to Mandarin Class (no clue what that even is), eats breakfast while reading the paper, and so many other things she has always wanted to do.  She starts allowing herself the chance to self-love.  While doing this, she gains two new friends to tag along in her "Bad Mom" journey which creates some pretty hilarious and monumental times.  Together, the threesome takes on Gwendolyn, the PTO President, in a battle to change things and create an environment where it's okay to not be perfect.

This movie was exactly what I had hoped.  Miller Kunis, Katheryn Hahn, and Kristen Bell are hilarious and I hope hang out in real-life.  Kathryn plays Carla, the premiscuous single-mom who will  sleep with anyone in sight.  Kristen Bell plays Kiki, the passive stay-at-home mom who never sticks up for herself.  Then we have Mila, who plays Amy, the mom who is taking her life back.  The three embrace this whole notion of being  a bad mom which really means, being real.  You do not have to be the best at everything and should never judge others, especially when it comes to how one raises their children.  You can work, stay at home, run the PTO, never attend a PTO meeting, send your kid to school with Arby's, and whatever else you'd like because guess what..........they are your kids and this is your life!  When the day comes that I am a parent, I can assure you I would much rather be the one who knows I suck but embraces that versus judging others.  As long as my family and I are happy, that is all that matters.  So if you want some "momspiration" or just a good laugh, go check out this movie.  You'll be glad you did.