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

The hospital where Sean knocks his shoulder back into place wasn't a hospital at all, it was the lobby of the church seen earlier in the film. They were trying to find a real hospital to use, but couldn't seem to find a suitable one. Eventually they had the idea of using the church lobby. It was a wild idea, and they weren't sure if it would work, but they fixed it up to look like a hospital room and it worked well.

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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

Allyson: I'm a failure. I have failed again. That's all I do. I had a plan. I was gonna help myself and help my friends unplug and have fun, and then Bridget happened, so then I thought I could fix that, too, and instead... I can't. I can't get in front of it. No matter how hard I try, no matter how much I give, I'm just... I'm not enough.
Bones: For who?
Allyson: What?
Bones: Not enough for who?
Allyson: I mean, Sean, the kids, for my mother, God, everybody. I don't know. You?
Bones: Not enough for you? I was raised in church. This might ...
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Crazy Credits

Extra scenes are shown during and after the ending credits.

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Connections

References Braveheart (1995)

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Soundtracks

Dream
Written by Priscilla Ahn
Performed by Priscilla Ahn
Courtesy of Blue Note Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Decent but not awesome

I thought this movie was alright overall.

Things I liked: - Christian message was nice & not painfully in-your-face or eyeroll-inducing (I'm a Christian but find this is often a flaw in Christian movies) - Many of the jokes were pretty good - Several of the characters were rather likable - Managed to stay away from most Christian stereotypes that annoy me (for example, like Shirley from Community or that chick from The Mist)

The downsides: - It got cheesy toward the end. I managed to refrain from rolling my eyes for most of the movie, but the last few scenes broke that. - A bit too traditional in gender roles for my liking, but I could live with it. - WAAAAY over the top with the whole "hysterical mom" stereotype. This was the main thing in the movie that got on my nerves & took my opinion of it down a notch or 2.

So yeah, it's not a bad movie, and I got a few good laughs out of it. I'd say if someone else was dying to watch it, I'd watch it with them, but I wouldn't go out of my way to see it.

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