If you don't find the absolute ridiculousness of it all hilarious, I suggest checking your pulse. Don't believe me? Watch the trailer (it's on YouTube). Have you ever read Reddit threads where people complain about their real life crazy parents and/or in-laws? How about where people tell stories of actual bridezillas or wedding shenanigans? Mad Mom takes almost every "don't" on the "Do's and Don'ts" list of family relationships and weddings and over-dramatizes it with zoom-in shots, middle aged mother angry "Karen" glares, and exceedingly threatening fallouts. Honestly, I haven't been so consistently entertained by a movie-ever. So what do we have? Hilarious shenanigans. The problem? Momma Bear Sharon has drastically different views from Jill on life, love, marriage, etc., and she's insanely jealous of her daughter's growing relationship with Jill and Jill's involvement in the wedding. She adores her soon-to-be mother-in-law, Jill, and considers her one of her greatest friends. Here's the story in a nutshell: a young woman, Amber, is getting married. Mad Mom takes the aforementioned simple subject of an insane mother and cranks it up to the extreme. It's less cringy than outright entertaining in an over-dramatic sense if you find the subject of jealous and insane mothers to be one of interest (hint: I do). Though Mad Mom might not go down in history with Lifetime cringe classics like Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life, it honestly should. The problem? Sometimes Lifetime tries too hard, and we get paltry efforts of making actual good movies (like their "based on a true story" attempts, which aren't any good for people like us looking for fun entertainment to laugh far too hard at while drinking ourselves senseless). My best friend and I watch a ton of Lifetime movies because they're over-dramatic, absolutely ridiculous, and outrageously entertaining for those of us who like good cringe fests and so-bad-they're-good movies. Just so we're clear: I honestly, thoroughly love this movie.
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