Is This the End of Hollywood’s ‘Bad Moms’?

From If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You to Nightbitch and Die My Love, mothers in crisis are increasingly featured in cinema recently. Although the woman-on-the-verge is a familiar cinematic trope, the surge of recent films tackling this theme suggests a shift in how filmmakers approach mothers’ stories. In this How it Hits video, we examine the evolution of ‘bad moms’ on screen and consider how these films might indicate a broader cultural change.