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Funnyman Martin Lawrence steps back into the latex fatsuit for Big Momma's House 2, the sequel to one of Lawrence's biggest hits. Malcolm Turner (Lawrence, Bad Boys) goes undercover, turning his Big Momma disguise into a nanny for a computer company executive who may be concocting a means to hack into military databases. But that's just a pretense to get Big Momma coping with a perfectionist mom and her three kids, who are all dysfunctional in cute and easily resolved ways. Naturally, Big Momma dispenses life lessons and catches the crooks while Lawrence does his best to milk his fat drag act for cheap laughs. Unfortunately, those cheap laughs never quite pay off; the script is a wastebasket of cliches and clumsy set-ups for gags that never seem worth the effort. The movie desperately wants to appeal to women with cute kids while luring men with a spa visit featuring scantily clad Victoria's Secret models. Even Lawrence's fans will find themselves snoozing through this one. --Bret Fetzer
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Where to start off with, except oh dear, what kind of food were the producers eating or cooking when they thought of this unfunny sequel. I really loved the first film, but the second, what a flop...
Martin Lawrence returns as the disguise for Big Momma but this time, he must play granny trying to take care of three dysfunctional upper class children while spying on their computer hacker dad for some purpose...
This film really doesn't deliver any of the promised laughter to us as the gags and stunts are mostly unfunny and just an utter flop that fails to the core. It'll probably kill 94 minutes off your life and is not worth watching unless your desperate when trying to rent something out for the family, just don't be surprised when you find your kids on the floor in a deep sleep when the film has finished and the lights come on.
Martin Lawrence returns as the disguise for Big Momma but this time, he must play granny trying to take care of three dysfunctional upper class children while spying on their computer hacker dad for some purpose...
This film really doesn't deliver any of the promised laughter to us as the gags and stunts are mostly unfunny and just an utter flop that fails to the core. It'll probably kill 94 minutes off your life and is not worth watching unless your desperate when trying to rent something out for the family, just don't be surprised when you find your kids on the floor in a deep sleep when the film has finished and the lights come on.
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Sadly, as Martin Lawrence says in the movie, she is about to resurface again for a second sequel in 2010. Why? Is the obvious question after sitting thru this lame and joyless follow up to the surprising hit of 2000, Big Momma's House. In the first film we saw Lawrence attack the role with gusto and get away with some very basic juvenile set-ups in the name of no brain popcorn entertainment; to get away with it again-with an equally low grade plot, was only going to work if enough Lawrence fans wanted it too. "If it ain't broke" was clearly the saying around the big table where the 20th Century Fox executives gathered to green light the movie, and sure enough this film made almost $140 million at the box office. But surely those paying customers went in expecting something new to the formula? Surely? The writing hints at point making about parenting, but the song remains the same.
The first film boasted Paul Giamatti & Terrence Howard, in the time it took Lawrence to return in the fat suit here, the former made American Splendour, Sideways and Cinderella Man. The latter made Hustle & Flow and Crash. Lawrence made Black Knight, National Security & Rebound; but got away with those due to action junkie fetish movie Bad Boys 2. I mention this why? Well everything points to Lawrence and his advisor's knowing when the money is safe regardless of writing; and that his limits are all too evident. Big Momma's House 2 smacks of a lazy cash in, and no box office takings can detract from how poor the film is. With the second sequel imminent and Bad Boys 3 now green lit, it's hoped that Martin, bless him and his slap-stick, has found some integrity and some quality in the respective screenplay's. 3/10
The first film boasted Paul Giamatti & Terrence Howard, in the time it took Lawrence to return in the fat suit here, the former made American Splendour, Sideways and Cinderella Man. The latter made Hustle & Flow and Crash. Lawrence made Black Knight, National Security & Rebound; but got away with those due to action junkie fetish movie Bad Boys 2. I mention this why? Well everything points to Lawrence and his advisor's knowing when the money is safe regardless of writing; and that his limits are all too evident. Big Momma's House 2 smacks of a lazy cash in, and no box office takings can detract from how poor the film is. With the second sequel imminent and Bad Boys 3 now green lit, it's hoped that Martin, bless him and his slap-stick, has found some integrity and some quality in the respective screenplay's. 3/10
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Big Momma is back and she's better than ever before! Martin Lawrence steps back into the fat suit and seems to have prefected his role as Big Momma. At times I even forgot that I was watching a man dressed up as a woman and not the real deal. I was a great fan of the first film and I was unsure weather or not this sequel could live upto the legacy of it's predecessor. Fear not as it does, despite only being a PG it is a great deal funnier. I have heard alot of people say negetive points about this film, but I disagree with them all. It is a comedy and is not meant to be took seriously. Big Momma's House 2 seems to be more of a family film, but saying that there are elements that will appeal to all ages. They was not one scene in the film that I found distasteful or lame and I thought that the cheerleader scene at the end of the film was comical and adorable. I pled with you all to give it a chance as I'm sure that you won't be disappointed.
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Fantastic
I do not know why everybody is putting this film at a 1 star rating. Its a very good film and very funny
Published 14 months ago by TJ
a sequel that has strange effect
some will look at my two star rating and say that this is a movie or undisguised crap,in pretty much all ways this is true but at the same time it was a film that was easy to... Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2007 by sean paul mccann
MARTIN LAWRENCE IS NOT FUNNY!
Know this and know it well. Martin Lawrence is not funny. I repeat; Martin Lawrence is not funny. He never has been funny and never will be. Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2007 by chiggs58th
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