squarely aimed at the type of audience willing to overlook all sorts of inconsistencies and stereotypes in a movie as long as it includes a few juicy toilet jokes.
Big Momma's House (2000)
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Reviews Counted:80
Fresh:24
Rotten:56
Average Rating:4.4/10
Consensus: Big Momma's House is funny in some parts, but it is essentially a one-joke movie.
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FBI agent Malcolm Turner is tough, smart and a master of disguise. There's nothing he can't handle. Stop a brutal crime ring? No problem. Malcolm transforms himself into an aged Asian man to crack...
FBI agent Malcolm Turner is tough, smart and a master of disguise. There's nothing he can't handle. Stop a brutal crime ring? No problem. Malcolm transforms himself into an aged Asian man to crack the case.
Malcolm's latest assignment brings him to a small southern town, where he's determined to trap a brutal bank robber (and recent prison escapee). Malcolm sets up a stakeout across from the home of a southern matriarch known as Big Momma, who's about to be visited by the con's former flame, Sherry, and her son.
It's a simple plan, but there's one Big Problem: Big Momma has unexpectedly left town. So Malcolm, taking on his most challenging "role" ever, decides to impersonate the cantankerous Southern granny. Using a few tricks of disguise, he completely transforms himself into Big Momma, even taking on the corpulent septuagenarian's everyday routine - from cooking soul food to delivering babies to "testifying" at the local church.
As if things weren't complicated enough, Malcolm finds himself falling for Sherry, who might be hiding some stolen cash. Now, Malcolm/Big Momma must somehow find a way to get his man -and woman.
Twentieth Century Fox and Regency Enterprises present a David T. Friendly/Runteldat Entertainment production, starring Martin Lawrence in BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE. The film also stars Nia Long, Paul Giamatti and Terrence Howard. Raja Gosnell directs from a screenplay by Darryl Quarles and Don Rhymer, from a story by Darryl Quarles. The producers are David T. Friendly and Michael Green, and the executive producers are Martin Lawrence, Jeffrey Kwatinetz, Rodney Liber and Amon Milchan.
The director of photography is Michael D. O'Shea, A.S.C., the production designer is Craig Steams, and the film is edited by Bruce Green, A.C.E. and Kent Beyda, A.C.E. The music supervisor is Spring Aspers and music is by Richard Gibbs.
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Paul Giamatti, Terrence Howard
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Paul Giamatti, Terrence Howard, Ella Mitchell, Jascha Washington, Anthony Anderson
Director: Raja Gosnell
Director: Raja Gosnell
Screenwriter: Darryl Quarles, Don Rhymer
Producer: David T. Friendly, Michael Green
Composer: Richard Gibbs
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Reviews for Big Momma's House
O sonho de Martin Lawrence é ser Eddie Murphy. Infelizmente, porém, lhe faltam duas coisas: o talento do ídolo e a capacidade de atrair bons roteiros.
The movie has no audacity or verve; it's all recycled toilet jokes, cheap sentiment, and caricatures.
Other than a few fun moments, Big Momma's House doesn't turn out to be the rip-roaring drag queen comedy it promised to be
Hitting the mark with most of his well-timed jokes, Lawrence only falls down when he means to.
Had me cackling and stomping my feet along with the rest of the preview audience.
the make-up effects are astonishing and amusing, there are no surprises
This is a film that appears to have been made without benefit of a script -- it's a seemingly random collection of shots and scenes strung together with no concern for continuity, common sense, or an audience's intelligence.
Lawrence's exuberant lead performance and occasional contributions from a game supporting cast do make for some hearty howls here and there.
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November 10, 2005:
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