Moms' Night Out (2014)

Hardworking mom Allyson has a crazy night out with her friends, while their husbands watch their children.

Directors:

Andrew Erwin (as The Erwin Brothers), Jon Erwin (as The Erwin Brothers)

Writers:

Jon Erwin (as Jonathan Erwin), Andrea Gyertson Nasfell (as Andrea Nasfell)

Stars:

Sarah Drew, Sean Astin, Patricia Heaton

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sarah Drew	...	Allyson
Sean Astin	...	Sean
Patricia Heaton	...	Sondra
Trace Adkins	...	Bones
David Hunt	...	Cabbie
Andrea Logan	...	Izzy (as Andrea Logan White)
Harry Shum Jr.	...	Joey
Abbie Cobb	...	Bridget
Robert Amaya	...	Marco
Kevin Downes	...	Kevin
Alex Kendrick	...	Pastor Ray
Sammi Hanratty	...	Zoe
Michael Leone	...	Brandon
Shiloh Nelson	...	Bailey
Brett Rice	...	Sgt. Murphy

Storyline

All Allyson and her friends want is a peaceful, grown-up evening of dinner and fun - a long-needed moms' night out. But in order to enjoy high heels, adult conversation, and food not served in a bag, they need their husbands to watch the kids for a few hours ... what could go wrong?

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Plot Keywords:

reference to the incredible hulk | pastor | reference to the shawshank redemption | blogger | tasered | 

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Taglines:

What could go wrong?

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Since much of the movie takes place in the evening, it was filmed mostly at night. Sometimes they were frantically trying to finish filming a scene before the sun came up.

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Goofs

(around 7 min.) When Allyson pulls up to the church, the camera is reflected on the car near the rear-view mirror.

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Quotes

Kevin: Okay, So here's the Plan... We take them inside, get their hand stamped and they can't get out. Like Shawshank Redemption.
Marco: I love it!

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Crazy Credits

Extra scenes are shown during and after the ending credits.

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Connections

Features The Incredible Hulk (1977)

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Soundtracks

Everybody Loves Me
Written by Brent Kutzle and Ryan Tedder
Performed by OneRepublic
Courtesy of Interscope Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

A fun family friendly film

Mom's Night Out is one of the most delightful comedies I have seen in years. It was pure joy to sit through a film that was not filled with crude, raunchy, vulgar "humor" or language. I honestly had doubts about even attending; my thoughts were "chick flick" (not a huge fan), the "dad is inept" routine (whose popularity is what led me to quit watching television comedies years ago), and how rare comedy is with faith-based films. I seldom cry or laugh at films, in theaters anyway, but I laughed out loud during much of this film. Best part? I laughed at loud because it genuinely appealed to my sense of humor. Sadly, I have been known to laugh out loud because a film is poorly written or made, but this film is simply funny.

During the past couple of days, I have read some bad reviews of the film, and I want to address those. The ones I have read have been written by people who apparently attack any film that has Christianity shown in a positive light (and Mom's Night Out is by no stretch of the imagination an evangelical film), stay at home moms (the laments by some of the reviewers about Allyson's lack of employment are a humorous read themselves), and those who actually seem to feel a need for raunchy humor and crude language. I have read a few comments about it being "sexist"; I saw couples I recognize----partners who know that marriage is not 50/50 but 100/100, and that sometimes one needs a bit more support (and it works both ways). Instead of seeing a small slice of life, these reviewers have completely defined people based on one storyline.

I remember having a 'come-apart' a couple of times when a house full of children, especially pre-schoolers, got overwhelming. That is a part of who I am, but not the complete person. Understand what I mean? So, I could completely relate to the film and various characters in it. Some parts edged toward 'screwball comedy', which I happen to love, but sometimes you need to suspend belief for a while. So, take a break, relax, and enjoy!

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 May 2014 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Crise de mères

Filming Locations:

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,311,083, 11 May 2014

Gross USA:

$10,429,707

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$10,536,956

Company Credits

Production Co:

Affirm Films, FourBoys Entertainment, Provident Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1