Thanks for the memories!

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

OK, so when I put the movie in and saw all these trailers for faith based movies I said to myself.. oh no.. what did I do (as Im not a religious person) and the PG rating came up I almost turned it off. but I did end up watching this movie the whole way through and I can say its not bad. If you know someone who is religious.. they will like this movie. It has faith based overtones but wasn't in your face the whole movie. There was a particularly touching scene with Trace Adkins and The lead female that made me smile.

So...the meta score for this movie is so sad. Mom's night out, is a great movie. In comparison to other Christian movies, I'd give it a 10 because most of them are terrible, and this one is so superior. However I don't believe in grading Christian movies on the curve of other Christian movies. So even not in comparison I'd give it an 8 out of 10. The movie is not sexist, if any sex is portrayed poorly it's men who are inept when it comes to watching after the kids. I'm a man and it's not offensive, it's satire. So everybody chill out. But the fact is, if you're an atheist or liberal, you probably won't enjoy it, so I wouldn't bother. But if you do believe in God and want to watch a movie with your kids, the movie is hilarious with great acting, and a good message and family friendly content. If you want a clean funny movie, this is very worth your time and it's far and above most of the others.

This is probably the worst movie I have ever seen. Granted, I've missed the classic worsts by paying attention to reviews, so I confess I've never seen Gigli, Showgirls and Glitter. But this one caught me off- guard. I love Patricia Heaton, our hometown girl, love Sarah Drew from Gray's Anatomy, have always loved Sean Astin and have recently come to love Alex Kendrick but, even with all that going for it, I have wasted my day with this one. I never allowed my son to watch Barney, even though every other kid was watching and singing along. And that's for the same reason I'm begging you to avoid this one: nothing but time- wasting, brain cell killing fluff. The ending was tender, but we knew it was coming. Wish I hadn't had to pay with my life to get there. Not funny at all. Stupid is never funny to me. Stay away.

I really enjoyed this film. It holds it's own against the variety of Sandler-esque family comedies out there. Only it contains none of the slapstick comedic schticks that those movies pull. It's a genuinely funny movie that portrays an image of good, wholesome parenting, paired with our own limitations. Instead of depicting parents who need to exist like single, unattached beings despite their kids' existence (yes, Grown Ups, I'm looking at you) it tells a story of people who need to learn to adapt to their somewhat uncertain, constantly chaotic family lives. Instead of men getting punched and knocked in the groin, this movie employs the classic series of misunderstandings and assumptions as it's comedic device and drive. Were the men blundering fools? Yes! But the stereotype was watered down a lot in this film. All in all, I really enjoyed it. And I laughed- a lot. For the genre in which it finds itself, feminist argument is highly inappropriate, as the myriad of its contemporaries exploit the female sexuality a lot more than this film. It was actually refreshing to see a movie that didn't view over-sexualising the female body as a form of women's liberation.