A Bad Moms Christmas is a 2017 American Christmas comedy film written and directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. It is a sequel to the 2016 film Bad Moms. The plot follows the three moms from the first film (Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn) dealing with their own mothers (Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines, and Susan Sarandon) visiting during the Christmas holiday.

The film was released in the United States on November 1, 2017, and grossed over $130 million. It received mixed reviews, with criticism aimed at the thin story and raunchiness. In April 2019, it was announced that a sequel was in development.

Plot

Amy is now in a happy relationship with Jessie and wants a simple Christmas. Her overly critical mother, Ruth derails her plans, texting her that she is coming for the holidays. Meanwhile, Kiki is still overworked with her four kids but now her husband Kent is much more helpful. Kiki is surprised when her mother Sandy shows up earlier than expected and for three weeks, overwhelming her. Carla has her own issues as her mother, Isis has arrived unexpectedly, for the first time in years; despite Carla being happy to see Isis, she s well aware that she expects something out of it.

Amy, Kiki and Carla go to the mall and comiserate over the holidays. Complaining about the holiday pressure, they make a pact to take Christmas back . Ruth tries to create a spectacle out of Christmas, rather than keeping it simple like Amy wants. Trying to tamp down those plans, Amy takes the family to Sky Zone to meet up with Kiki and Carla and their families. The grandmothers finally meet and chat.

At work, Carla meets erotic dancer Ty, who is competing in a Sexy Santa competition. He asks her to be his date, which she accepts enthusiastically. Kiki continues to have issues with her mother s overbearingness, so brings Sandy to Dr. Karl, to discuss it. They end up having a communication breakdown; Kiki scolds her and Sandy leaves the session.

Amy and Kiki join Carla, attending the Sexy Santa show. Everyone is impressed with Ty s dancing. To everyone s surprise, Isis gets up on the bar and starts dancing with him. Carla runs up to get Ty back, leading to a fight. When Carla brings Isis home, she asks for money for a new investment; although Carla knows she s just going to gamble it away and then disappear as always, she loans her the money.

On Christmas Eve, Sandy tells Kiki she bought the house next door to live closer to her. Finally, Kiki lashes out, telling her she can t as she needs some space. Sandy leaves the room crying. At the same time, Amy gets angry with Ruth when she discovers she has invited strangers to her home for an elaborate Christmas party, exactly what Amy told her not to do. Realizing Ruth is only going through with this to make herself relevant rather than be there for her grandkids, Amy and Ruth then get into a fight and accidentally knock down a Christmas Tree, ruining the house. Enraged, Amy yells at Ruth to get out of her life forever. Her kids, Jane and Dylan, witness this outburst and, fearing they ll be next, become upset with Amy. Meanwhile, Carla finds a goodbye note from Isis.

Ruth goes to church for Midnight Mass, joined by Sandy and Isis. They criticize each other for their efforts as mothers, pointing out each others flaws. Amy s father Hank talks to her about her horrible fight with her mom, where he reveals that Ruth, while difficult to deal with at times, is actually incredibly insecure and has always worried whether or not she was doing a good job as a mother, but has good intentions and loves Amy unconditionally.

Amy goes to the church where Ruth is to repair their relationship. They apologize, confessing how much they genuinely love each other. Ruth tells Amy that she is a wonderful mother. They embrace tightly. As the clock strikes midnight, Amy realizes that she needs her mother to help her fix Christmas, so they rush home to decorate the house properly.

On Christmas morning, Jane and Dylan come downstairs to see that Ruth has returned, the relationship has been repaired and the house looks wonderful. Kiki makes up with Sandy, who tells her she put the neighboring house on the market and admits that she has always felt lonely on Christmas since Kiki s father died. Carla is then visited by Isis, who is serious about turning her life around and has a new job at Sky Zone.

All the families get together for an unorthodox Christmas dinner. Amy, Kiki, and Carla applaud each other for doing what they set out to do; Ty, who has legitimately fallen in love with Carla, tracks her to Amy s house to start a relationship with her; Ruth, Sandy and Isis announce that they have become friends and are now planning to take a trip to Las Vegas and see Wayne Newton (something Kiki had demanded Sandy do).

Cast

• Mila Kunis as Amy Mitchell
• Kristen Bell as Kiki
• Kathryn Hahn as Carla Dunkler
• Christine Baranski as Ruth Redmond
• Cheryl Hines as Sandy
• Susan Sarandon as Isis Dunkler
• Jay Hernandez as Jessie Harkness
• Justin Hartley as Ty Swindle
• Peter Gallagher as Hank Redmond
• Oona Laurence as Jane Mitchell
• Emjay Anthony as Dylan Mitchell
• Wanda Sykes as Dr. Elizabeth Karl
• Christina Applegate as Gwendolyn James
• Ariana Greenblatt as Lori Harkness
• Kenny G as himself
• Lyle Brocato as Kent
• Cade Cooksey as Jaxon
• Jacks Dean as Bernard

Production

In December 2016, it was announced that A Bad Moms Christmas would be released on November 3, 2017, and that it would be Christmas-themed, with Bell, Hahn, and Kunis returning to reprise their roles. The release date was subsequently moved up two days to November 1, 2017. In April 2017, Justin Hartley joined the cast of the film, and in May 2017, Susan Sarandon, Christine Baranski, and Cheryl Hines joined as the mothers mothers, alongside Wanda Sykes and Jay Hernandez reprising their roles from the first film.

Principal photography on the film began in Atlanta, Georgia on May 1, 2017.

Release

A Bad Moms Christmas was released on Wednesday, November 1, 2017. It was originally scheduled for November 3, 2017, but was brought forward two days to avoid direct competition with Thor: Ragnarok.

In Australia, the film was released under the title Bad Moms 2.

Home media

The film was released by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment on DVD and Blu-ray on February 6, 2018, in the United States and Canada.

Reception

Box office

A Bad Moms Christmas grossed $72.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $58.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $130.6 million, against a production budget of $28 million.

In North America, the film was projected to gross around $25 million from 3,615 theaters in its first five days (including $17 million over the weekend). It took in $2.7 million on its first day, and $17 million over the weekend, for a five-day total of $21.6 million, finishing second at the box office behind Thor: Ragnarok.

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 32% based on 129 reviews with an average rating of 4.6/10. The website s critical consensus reads, Featuring twice the moms but roughly half the laughs, A Bad Moms Christmas is a slapdash holiday sequel that falls short of the original with a disappointing dearth of good cheer. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews . Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of B on an A+ to F scale, down from the A earned by the first film, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it a very low 68% overall positive score.

Owen Gleiberman of Variety gave the film a mixed review, writing, A Bad Moms Christmas should appeal to the same—dare I say it?—demo that Bad Moms did, even though it s not nearly as wild a comedy. It has one halfway original idea, which is that when you re a mom yourself, the ability of your own mom to drive you nuts is heightened to the third power, because you re competing on levels that are almost primal. Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood gave the film a positive review, calling it a good time movie and writing: …it goes way over the top, but I have to confess I laughed—a lot—and that s obviously the point even if this is not critic s fodder or meant to be. Subtle this is not, but A Bad Moms Christmas is the perfect tonic to lift your spirits and forget your troubles in these dark times.

Sequel

In April 2019 during CinemaCon, it was announced that a sequel titled Bad Moms Moms is in development. Sarandon, Baranski, and Hines will reprise their roles.

Year	2017
ReleaseDate	2017-11-01
RuntimeMins	104
RuntimeStr	1h 44min
Plot	As their own mothers drop in unexpectedly, our three under-appreciated and over-burdened moms rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: Christmas.
Awards	Awards, 1 win & 1 nomination
Directors	Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Writers	Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Stars	Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn
Produced by	Oren Aviv,Felice Bee,Bill Block,Adam Fogelson,Mark Kamine,Mila Kunis,Robert Simonds,Donald Tang,Suzanne Todd,Zhongjun Wang,Zhonglei Wang
Music by	Christopher Lennertz
Cinematography by	Mitchell Amundsen
Film Editing by	James Thomas
Casting By	Cathy Sandrich Gelfond,Amanda Mackey
Production Design by	Marcia Hinds
Set Decoration by	Kristie Thompson
Costume Design by	Julia Caston
Makeup Department	Margot Boccia,Annemarie Bradley-Sherron,Francesca Buccellato,Merry Cammack,Amber Crowe,Michelle Johnson,Tracey Levy,Heather Morris,Kelly Reed,Susan Reilly LeHane,Sarah Mays,Lindsay McAllister,Leo Satkovich,Denise Tunnell
Production Management	Ross Fanger,Mark Kamine,Kate Kelly,Richard Mirisch,Tim Weyers
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Philip Banks,Bennett Gammon,Wendy Geary,Daniel Helms,Jason Inman,David Mendoza,Michele Panelli-Venetis,Roxanne Paul,Steven Ritzi,Cornell Willis
Art Department	Ricky Aguirre,Sam Carter,Mel Case,Rick Chavez,Erin Choroszylow,Robert Church,Mallory DeGolian,Tim Dobbs,Erin Foster,John France,Melissa Kay Glaze,Kiersten Sonja Good,Alexander Hernandez,Adam Johnson,John Paul J.P. Jones,Sam Jones,Joshua Justis,Joel Martin,Chuck McCourt,Maureen McGuire,Bonnie Parnell,Ben Sasser,Michelle Sink Langford,Mazzy Solana,Eitan Sonnenberg,Justin Darnil Thomas,Shelby Treichler,Nicholas Urbano,Ian Volpi,Lauren Wilhite,Donald Strohman
Sound Department	Kami Asgar,Patrick Christensen,Matt Derber,Aidan Dykes,Judah Getz,Tom Heuzenroeder,Eric Huezo,Jerrid Jones,Bob Lacivita,Tiffany T. Mack,John Maskew,Troy Mauri,Sean McCormack,Adrian Medhurst,Victor Mercader,Trevor Metz,Chris Navarro,Andy Neil,Matthew Nicolay,Erin Oakley,Greg Orloff,Paul Pirola,Sam Rogers,Richard Marty Simpson,Serena Simpson,Julian Slater,Tim Tuchrello,Jon Vogl
Special Effects by	Katie Riggs,Durk Tyndall
Visual Effects by	Keith Anderson,Joshua Bailor,Tanner Bartlett,Teddy Cheong,David Cole,Fabienne DeMars,Wes Dorough,Chad Fetzer,Robin Scott Graham,Bryan Haines,Tommy Harris,Nicholas Johnson,Chris LeDoux,Karen M. Nichols,Daniel J. Pastor,Sean Pollack,Jason Sanford,Brock Shekelton,Paul Song,Joshua D. Stevens,Sydney Allison Thomas,Jack Van Nuis,Joshua Young
Stunts	David Alessi,Matt Allmen,Cristin Azure,Jennifer Badger,Niko Dalman,John Dixon,Lex D. Geddings,Heather Hayes,Susan Jackson,Curtis Lyons,Julia Maggio,Dailyn Matthews,Taylor McDonald,Ricardo Perez,Brooklyn Proctor,Steven Ritzi,Timothy Scott,Aden Stay,Eric Stratemeier,Nikki Tomlinson,Amy Lynn Tuttle,Douglas Wiltse
Camera and Electrical Department	Rob Acox,Jacob Alvarez,Cua-Cua Apey,Steven Betolatti,Mike Black,Kai Borson-Paine,Patrick Capone,Brandon Cundiff,Sway Davenport,Zach Dunlap,Joey Evora,Ferdie Garcia,Tyler Garrett,Hilary Bronwyn Gayle,Michael W. Hoban,Justin Holdsworth,Shane Humphries,Jonathan Irizarry,Joshua Jones,Lawrence Karman,Patrick Kral,Thomas D. Lairson Jr.,Brandon A. Marshall,Sean Meyer,Scott Montgomery,Ben Muratet,Craig Nix,Louie Northern,Joseph Harold Page,Trevor Rios,John Robling,Alexa Romero,Todd Schlopy,Steven Serna,C. Ashley Sudge,Justin Sulham,Nick Thompson,Kenneth Venghaus,Jason C. Villella,Christopher Warren,Douglas Wiltse,Dalton Wright,Langston York,Catherine E. Greene
Casting Department	Jane Flowers,Carol Grant,Theresa Hernandez,Kelly Hunt,Ashley Lambert,Meagan Lewis,Brandon NeSmith,Paige Nicollette,Jennifer Presser
Costume and Wardrobe Department	V. Bradley,Kris Bruyere,Alyssa Burton,German Lee Castillo,Kim Rollins Dometrovich,Ron Dometrovich,Aubrey Galeza,Kristen Kadel,Kendra L. Patterson,Brandi Quinn,Laura Reinker,Antoinette Scherer,Brenda M. Ware,Beverley Woods,Allison Yatto
Editorial Department	Jason Barnoski,J.R. Benson,Delaney Del Vecchio,David B. Hall,Emma E. Hickox,Joshua Johnson,Joshua Kirchmer,Jason Pelham,Brooke Rupe
Location Management	Josh Dillard,Dustin Pitan,Cryselle Stewart,Stephon Stewart,Matt Storm,Miguel Tapia,Gabby Williamson,Constance Nava
Music Department	Angela Asistio,Christine Bergren,Matt Bowen,Lauren Danielak,Nick Fevola,Steve Juliani,Josh Margolis,Jason Markey,Julia Michels,Michael John Mollo,Brett Pierce,Anna Romanoff,Ben Schor,Marcus Sjowall,Dara Taylor,KT Tunstall,Keith Ukrisna,Jeff Vaughn,Chris Walden,Tom Yankton,Jarryd Elias,Kyle J. Hartman,Brian Tyler
Script and Continuity Department	Diane Durant,Janine Gosselin
Transportation Department	Donna Brower,Jeannie Cummings,Ricky Damazio,Kevin Dean,Stephen Roland,Stewart Ussery
Additional Crew	Craig Alexander,Kelly Allen,Hannah Alline,Layla Asgar,Cassandra Barbour,Merrill Beckwith,Mukari Butler,Laura Caulfield,Collin B. Clark,Eden Cohen,Taurus Davis,Tim Dobbs,Jim Dunlap,Luz Kaiolani Feliciano,Shyama Friedenson,Jennifer Furgal,Cathy Gurvis,Daniel Helms,Jason Huberman,Jen Jesse,Aqila KiKi Jones,Scott Christopher Kelly,Wesley Kuykendoll,Keaton Lange,Rose Lanning,Marina Pervak Lejsek,Gary Martyn,Melanie Marx,Hayden May,Ilana McAllister,David Midgen,Catherine Olazabal,Natalé Olsen,Tyanna Pleasant,Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks,Haley Porch,Ben Prine,Carl S. Pyrdum Jr.,Claire Raskind,Eleni Rivera,Meagan Sevier,Sheatia X.D. Seymour,Drew Simon,Michael C. Smith,Stefano Smith,Megan Soliah,Jimmy Ray Sorrells,Michael Spencer,Daniel Stanley,Adam M. Stone,Cat Stone,Jeanette Stout,Jill Vaupen,Kathleen K.J. Walsh,Joel R. Wells,ViviAnn Yee,Julio Zepeda,Evan Jackson,Kenneth Porter Jr.,Andrea Smith,Kate Vorhoff
Thanks	Dash Aarniokoski,Hunter Aarniokoski,Serena Aarniokoski,Declan Lucas,Miles Lucas,Mary McCloud,Marly Moore,Wyatt Moore,Erin Walsh
Genres	Comedy
Companies	Huayi Brothers Media, STX Entertainment, Suzanne Todd Productions
Countries	USA, China
Languages	English, Japanese
ContentRating	R
ImDbRating	5.5
ImDbRatingVotes	50632
MetacriticRating	42
Keywords	christmas,second part,reference to santa claus,seductive dance,strip show