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2016 · comedy

Bad Moms

Directed by Scott Moore1h 40m2016
ElsewhereIMDb6.2140kRT59%Metacritic60
  • warm
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • tender
Movie DNA

Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun, and comedic self-indulgence.

Our read · Bad Moms (2016) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want moms blowing off PTA pressure with wine, chaos, and cathartic laughs.

ends upliftingyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 8attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-updrug usecringe humiliation

Skip it tonightRaunchy mom humor or school-party debauchery feels embarrassing with company.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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