Moms' Night Out

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Moms' Night Out

PG

Released May 9, 2014

1h 39m

Comedy

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Friends Allyson (Sarah Drew), Sondra (Patricia Heaton) and Izzy (Andrea Logan White) desperately need a short break from parenting duties and want to have a girls night together. However, in order for them to enjoy dressing up, adult conversation and dining on food served on real plates instead of in paper bags, they have to rely on their husbands to watch the children for three hours. Naturally, everything that can go wrong, does, resulting in an unforgettable night for all involved.

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Critics Consensus

Cheap-looking, unfunny, and kind of sexist to boot, Moms' Night Out is a disappointment from start to finish.

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Steve Davis

Austin Chronicle

Mom's Night Out is a movie only a mother could love.

Rated: 1.5/5

May 15, 2014

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Bilge Ebiri

New York Magazine/Vulture

If the concept of a moms' night out is premised on the notion that mothers can never get away for fear their families will collapse in their absence, then this movie cruelly confirms that fear.

May 11, 2014

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Kate Taylor

Globe and Mail

What ensues is frenetic and never as funny as it should be because directing brothers Andrew and Jon Erwin are not skilled enough at pacing the action and varying the volume.

Rated: 1/4

May 9, 2014

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Very much intended as a celebration of motherhood.

Rated: 3.0/4.0

Sep 17, 2020

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

Being a mom is hard work. Having to sit through "Moms' Night Out" is even harder.

Jan 24, 2019

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Mae Abdulbaki

Punch Drunk Critics

One of those films you can't really hate on because it does try very hard to be likable.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 14, 2018

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Audience Member

This movie is a perfect example of how women are. The main character in this movie is an unhappy woman. Despite the fact she has a great life. Good husband, great kids, financially stable, great neighborhood, good schools. Everything you could possibly want. But yet the wife is unhappy. Women just cannot get happy, they're always searching for more. So that's all this movie is, an unhappy woman who is looking for something to fill the boredom. This is why a lot of women stay intoxic relationships. Because women on a subconscious level love chaos. They love the surprise. They can't stand boredom. And sometimes a good life is boring.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/13/25

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Monica P.

Hilarious look at real life through a tornado of circumstances everyone feels but never says, must see!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/04/25

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Stephen C

Not worth the wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/26/25

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Ed R

Worse than a Hallmark movie. Stupid plot, horrible acting and cheesy as it goes.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Marina D

I couldn’t make it through the first 20 minutes. It actually started off pretty well in the first 5 minutes, but the ‘comedy’ quickly took a turn for the worse. Yikes.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/15/24

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donnie m

i like that it's a movie a family can watch-funny without using the f word every 10 seconds or being sexual in a gross way

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/04/24

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Synopsis

Friends Allyson (Sarah Drew), Sondra (Patricia Heaton) and Izzy (Andrea Logan White) desperately need a short break from parenting duties and want to have a girls night together. However, in order for them to enjoy dressing up, adult conversation and dining on food served on real plates instead of in paper bags, they have to rely on their husbands to watch the children for three hours. Naturally, everything that can go wrong, does, resulting in an unforgettable night for all involved.

Director: Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin
Producer: Kevin Downes, Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin, Daryl C. Lefever, Michael Scott, David A.R. White, Russell Wolfe, Elizabeth Travis
Screenwriter: Jon Erwin, Andrea Gyertson Nasfell
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Pure Flix Entertainment, FourBoys Entertainment, Provident Films, Affirm Films
Rating: PG (Some Action|Mild Thematic Elements)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 9, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 2, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.4M
Runtime: 1h 39m

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