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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsA movie can be unreasonably formulaic and still be reasonably diverting, and A Bad Moms Christmas is the proof.
- 60VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThe new film, while just okay enough to get by, takes a step back from the audacity of “Bad Moms” to something more cautiously conventional.
- One’s enjoyment all depends on what they are expecting to get out of a studio comedy sequel; if you desire something light, occasionally surprising, and ultimately unchallenging, then A Bad Mom’s Christmas is for you.
- 50Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonThe new film is hardly a comedic lump of coal, but the broad, sitcom-y material has inherent limitations that no amount of shameless, gleeful silliness can overcome.
- 50Washington PostStephanie MerryWashington PostStephanie MerryA good idea and a stellar cast lost inside a sloppy script that mostly retreads last year’s laughs.
- 42IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandThe cheerless, choppy nature of A Bad Moms Christmas keeps each storyline feeling oddly singular, and it’s worse for it.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschThe Hollywood ReporterJon FroschWith brilliant comedians like Hahn and new addition Christine Baranski on board, there are line readings that pop and jokes that land.... But A Bad Moms Christmas is louder, busier and more pandering than the original — an exhausting spectacle of skilled performers gamely mugging their way through a cash grab.
- 40A Bad Moms Christmas is thin and silly, like an overlong Christmas episode of a sitcom you pair with some reheated lo mein when you can’t figure out what else to do on a stray weeknight.
- 35TheWrapRobert AbeleTheWrapRobert AbeleIf you’re going to see a comedy that isn’t all that funny, you could do a lot worse than the slapdash all-ladies feel-good of A Bad Moms Christmas.
- 30Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshWhat's offensive about A Bad Moms Christmas (and “Bad Moms”) is just how shoddily made it is.