Moms' Night Out (FILM REVIEW)
Moms' Night Out
Film Review
by Kam Williams
Tired Trio Takes Break from Domestic Duties in Faith-Based Family Comedy
Allyson Field (Sarah Drew) really can’t
complain. After all, her life is the epitome of the American Dream. She has a
handsome husband who adores her and is an excellent provider, too. She has a beautiful
home in suburbia and her own minivan for shopping and shuttling around their hyperactive
children, Beck (Zion Spargo), Bailey (Shiloh Nelson) and Brandon (Michael
Leone).
Yet, she’s still overwhelmed by her
domestic duties sometimes, especially when Sean’s (Sean Astin) work takes him
out of town. Consider Mother’s Day, for example, which Ally recently spent
cleaning up messes rather than being pampered like a princess.
Not alone in feeling frazzled, Ally
hatches a plan with her BFFs, Sondra (Patricia Heaton) and Izzy (Andrea Logan
White) to treat themselves to an evening of bowling and fine dining in a fancy
restaurant next Saturday, assuming that their hubbies can babysit for a few
hours without incident. That erroneous assumption jumpstarts the comedy of
errors which ensues soon after Sean and the other hapless spouses (Alex
Kendrick and Robert Amaya) do their best to fill-in.
Yet, when a baby turns-up missing,
guess who’s recruited to join the frantic search party. With the help of a buff
biker with a heart of gold (Trace Adkins) and an impatient cabbie (David Hunt)
with a British accent, the girls put their getaway on hold as their maternal
instincts kick-in.
Co-directed by Jon and Andrew Erwin,
Moms’ Night Out is a wholesome, PG-rated comedy that’s actually fun for the
whole family. It’s also a faith-based film, though not heavy handed, ostensibly-designed
with the Christian Evangelical community in mind.
By the madcap misadventure’s happy
resolution, sanity and safety are satisfactorily restored. More importantly, the
wives are no longer taken for granted, but elevated to the lofty status envisioned
by William Ross Wallace in the appreciative refrain “The hand that rocks the
cradle is the hand that rules the world.”
A timely testament to motherhood that
just might make the perfect Mother’s Day gift.
Very Good
(3 stars)
Rated PG
for mild action and mature themes
Running time: 98 minutes
Distributor: Sony
Pictures
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