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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 42The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe film never seems hectoring or preachy. Unfortunately, it never seems funny either, coming across like a sanitized remake of some raunchier laughfest.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyMarc SnetikerEntertainment WeeklyMarc SnetikerIt's a shame that this glossy production doesn't seem to realize it's actually promoting an altogether different message: when moms dare to leave the house, everything goes wrong.
- 40The DissolveNathan RabinThe DissolveNathan RabinIt’s a passable knock-off of less-godly but more inspired secular fare, which may not sound like high praise, but is clearly all the filmmakers were aiming for. They set the bar low enough to clear it.
- 38McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMom’s Night Out sets itself up for laughs that it rarely delivers.
- 38New York PostFarran Smith NehmeNew York PostFarran Smith NehmeConsistently stale but not altogether unpleasant.
- 25Washington PostAnn HornadayWashington PostAnn Hornaday[A] strained, clunkily orchestrated and dismally retrograde film.
- 20VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangThere’s nothing wrong with Moms’ Night Out that couldn’t be fixed by a massive rewrite, preferably one that involves a lobotomy for the main character.
- 20TheWrapInkoo KangTheWrapInkoo KangDirected by brothers Andrew and Jon Erwin, this ostensible femme-powerment film is strangely unsympathetic, even demeaning, to its target audience. Rather than pandering to moms, this unfunny, unabashedly anti-feminist comedy consistently points out how wrong or unnecessary or ungrateful they are.
- 20Village VoiceHeather BaysaVillage VoiceHeather BaysaOutrageously enough, the moral of Moms' Night Out seems to be that moms should never get a night out.
- 20New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThere’s nothing inherently wrong with faith-based entertainment. The problem comes when, as with any heavily slanted perspective, the faith takes precedence over the entertainment.