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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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild thematic elements and some action

Did You Know?

Trivia

In one scene when they're trying to catch the parakeet, it's resting on a branch just outside the diner. It was originally planned that they would try to sneak up on it to catch it. But it unexpectedly flew at Kevin and landed on his shoulder after he dropped to the ground. They had wranglers training the bird, but it was never supposed to do this. In the audio commentary, Kevin Downes said "I had no idea the bird was going to come after me......I'm going down to protect my eye cause I think the bird is coming at my eye". They decided that this was funnier than trying to sneak up on it, so they left it this way.

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Goofs

(around 7 min.) The camera car and crane are reflected on the family's van as it drives.

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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

Cupid Shuffle
Written by Cupid (as Bryson Bernard) P/K/A "Cupid"
Performed by Cupid
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

Nothing spectacular...

"Moms' Night Out" kind of failed to punch through as a comedy in this particular genre. And I can honestly say that I didn't laugh a single time throughout the entire movie.

The story is about three house wives who go out to town for a single night of time away from children, chores, house and husbands. But of course things do not turn out as planned.

Story-wise, then "Moms' Night Out" had potential, but it was just lacking comedy and funny moments, and whenever a punchline was being set up, it wasn't brought home with any type of follow-through.

As for the acting, well people were doing good enough jobs with their given roles, but they just had an uphill struggle with the script.

If you enjoy comedies, then there are far better choices available. And I would imagine that you would sit through this only if you are a fan of anyone on the cast list. I can't claim to be, and I found out about that the hard way.

"Moms' Night Out" is a less than mediocre comedy and as such I am rating it 4 out of 10 stars.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 May 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Moms' Night Out

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