Bad Moms delivers pretty much what was presented in the trailer: a formulaic, predictably 'dangerous and outrageous' contemporary comedy which patronises and panders to its main target female audience, but with enough energy and decent lines to make it watchable. However, whilst stock female movie characters are wheeled out (Hopeless Mum, Slutty Mum, Stressed Mum, Iron Mum, etc.) and men are predictably either hopeless or lust objects, it is to the lead actresses' considerable credit that in the later stages of the movie in particular they are able to find some beating heart at the core of these stereotypes through their strong performances, from reliably engaging performers such as Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell to the precision of the wonderful Christina Applegate and a delightfully abandoned comic performance by Kathryn Hahn. As the final act surrenders completely to fantasy outcomes, the only truly positive impressions of motherhood are left by the delightful interview clips of the female stars with their real mothers that play over the start of the end credits.
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