Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn return along with writer-directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore for the sequel to 2016's Bad Moms.
Amy (Kunis), Carla (Hahn)and Kiki (Bell) struggle to cope when their respective mothers visit for the Christmas holidays.
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We've hit the tail end of 2017 and we're getting hit by some of the year's most mediocre American comedy sequels, among which a focus on parenthood is weirdly common. Bad Moms 2 is out barely a year after the first movie and while it does provide some laughs, it foolishly tries to be a tear-jerker as well as a knee-slapper.
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The new film, while just okay enough to get by, takes a step back from the audacity of "Bad Moms" to something more cautiously conventional.
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"I have heart cancer," Ms. Hines's character says at one point in a vain attempt to halt her daughter's complaints. I think I know exactly what she meant.
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Like its predecessor never pretends to be more than a harmless throwaway item.
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The true star is The Good Wife's Baranski, owning every scene as every daughter's worst nightmare.
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Most of the film feels like mini-episodes sewn together with such a laissez-faire attitude that it makes it hard to fully engage with what's going on.
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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.
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Bad Moms 2 is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Prime Video and Apple TV and Neon Rentals and Academy On Demand.
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