The critics got it right. The movie is awful.

Having a popular star like Patricia Heaton in this movie is not enough to save it. The mothers and fathers depicted in this movie are mostly idiots and should never have had children. The script wouldn't have been approved for an ABC afternoon special because it's so poor.

My wife and I went to see the movie because the 17 user reviews available at the time on IMDb gave the movie an 8 or above with accolades like: "Love this movie," "Perfect Mother's Day Fun," "Funniest movie I have seen in a long time," and "Greatest Movie Ever Made." Don't believe any of these reviews. Having seen the movie, it's clear to me that the reviewers had an ulterior motive.

My history teacher in college, when announcing the next test date, would always preface his remarks with "I know a word to the wise is foolish." This was generally aimed at those who would put off studying for the test until the last minute. Well, being foolish, I would like to offer a word to the wise which I failed to follow when considering this movie. For movies you are unsure you would like, don't trust a very positive or very negative review on IMDb unless you at least scan all of that user's reviews. This will give you an idea where the user is coming from; if his/her tastes agree with yours; and whether there are any ulterior motives in posting the review.

If a film has been absolutely panned on Metacritic, like this one was, be careful about selecting to go to that movie in the theaters. IMDb is generally a good source of what the users say. The operative word is "generally." In this instance it was not.

My review was a warning that this movie is not worth seeing. The fact that only 2 of 13 users so far found this warning helpful offers another clue about how IMDb reviewers can have an agenda. Who were the 11 people who found that my warning was not helpful? Are they the same people who find stop signs annoying or could they possibly be the same people who wrote the overwhelming positive reviews of this movie.

With the preaching kept to a minimum this Christian film is all right for the general movieggoing public. As the title says it concerns with some hardworking moms who would just like a night out to themselves if their alpha male husbands would mind the kids.

But that proves easier said than done because the guys are used to doing their guy thing and minding the kids is a chore that they learn to appreciate. Appreciate that it's the women who do that 24/7 with little thanks.

Sean Astin and Sarah Drew are a pair of attractive leads and Patricia Heaton gives a nice performance as the pastor's wife of the church the women all attend. She needs a night out too and the scene where she's accidentally tasered by a cop is hilarious.

Nice comedy for general audiences as well.

Allyson (Sarah Drew) is a real obsessive clean freak. She has three kids with husband Sean (Sean Astin) and she is wearing out. Her pastor Sondra (Patricia Heaton) seems to be all together with frustrated teen Zoe. Her best friend Izzy (Andrea Logan White) has twins and husband Marco with an irrational fear of children. After a bad Mother's Day, she plans a night out with Izzy and Sondra. Sean ends up babysitting with his kid-hating best friend Kevin. The gals lose their reservation and get kicked out. The men are having trouble. Sean's half-sister Bridget (Abbie Cobb) asked her ex to babysit but he went out on a date. He left the child with tattoo artist Bones (Trace Adkins) and the foursome goes on a misadventure.

I like Sarah Drew but she's being neurotic without comedy here. She's going hyper but the jokes are falling flat. Patricia Heaton and Andrea Logan White are not funny in this. Everybody is being hyper and annoying. People are flailing here. Trace Adkins has a couple of funny moments but he still has annoying moments. The whole movie feels like a script written by unfunny people who think they're funny. It also feels like Christian filmmakers decided to branch out to do a comedy. It really doesn't work.