PG
Starring Sarah Drew, Sean Astin, Patricia Heaton, Trace Adkins, Andrea Logan White, Robert Amaya, Kevin Downes, Alex Kendrick, Abbie Cobb
Directed by Andrew & Jon Erwin
The Story:
Allyson (Drew) has hit the wall. She feels like a terrible mom and if only she could get out for night to recharge her batteries. Planning a night out with her two best friends (White & Heaton) while the guys (Astin, Amaya & Downes) watch the kids. What could possibly go wrong? Just about everything...
From the folks who have been bringing us some fine Christian dramas, they have turned their eyes towards comedy.
How'd they do?
Not bad, not bad at all.
Bringing in their biggest "names" yet, all the characters are given just enough space and room to be individuals instead of cookie cutter background characters.
The action and mayhem snowballs from a reservation gone awry to a lost child, and just about everything in between.
Is it too much? Maybe...
But as a parent, you should recognize one of those days when one thing goes wrong, how seemingly everything else that could go wrong on that same day is about to happen.
There's several scenes that are downright hilarious, traffic stop, I'm looking at you.
Is there a Christian message tucked in there somewhere? Of course. However it isn't one that is delivered over and over (and over) again like a sledgehammer, so this film could be watched by people of just about any faith (or lack thereof) and not bristle too much.
At the end of the day, everyone gets a little frazzled in the world, and there's nothing wrong with that.
It gives you an opportunity to bounce back and recharge, and someday, maybe far, far down the road, you'll look back on your bad days and have a really good laugh about how rough it was.
In the meantime, you can laugh at their bad day instead.
Final Grade: B-
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: I'd watch it again!
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