Big Momma's House (2000)
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30% of critics liked it
(81 reviews) -
68% of users liked it
(454,083 ratings)
In this comedy, a cop assumes a new identity in his valiant battle against crime: an elderly grandmother! Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) is an FBI agent who is a master of disguise and will stop at nothing to get his man. When a bank robber escapes from prison and goes on a violent crime spree,… More In this comedy, a cop assumes a new identity in his valiant battle against crime: an elderly grandmother! Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) is an FBI agent who is a master of disguise and will stop at nothing to get his man. When a bank robber escapes from prison and goes on a violent crime spree, Malcolm is assigned to bring him in. The thief's girlfriend Sherry (Nia Long), who is also the mother of his child, lives in a small Southern town, and Malcolm plans to set up a stake-out in the house across the street from Sherry's. However, the house is owned by Big Momma (Ella Mitchell), an older woman with a sharp tongue and no patience for back talk, and when Big Momma has to leave town, it leaves her house suspiciously empty. Determined to maintain his cover, Malcolm disguises himself as Big Momma, and now has to convince Sherry (and everyone else in the neighborhood) that Big Momma's still in town. Big Momma's House gained considerable pre-production publicity when Lawrence fell into a coma while jogging in a heat wave before the film's start date; Lawrence claimed that he was trying to lose weight to fit more comfortably into his character's "fat suit." ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Raja Gosnell
- Written By
- Darryl Quarles, Don Rhymer
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jun 2, 2000 Wide
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
Critic Reviews
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Jay Carr, Boston Globe
Farcical adroitness and Martin's ablity to turn on the charm keep Big Momma's House perking along.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie has some big laughs, yes, but never reaches takeoff velocity.
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Nell Minow, Common Sense Media
Funny Martin Lawrence in drag with potty jokes.
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Jeffrey Westhoff, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
Big Momma's House seldom finds anything funny for Lawrence to do in drag.
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John R. McEwen, Film Quips Online
Lawrence isn't doing anything that hasn't been done before, and he's certainly not doing it any better.
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Cast
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Martin Lawrence
as Malcolm Turner
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Nia Long
as Sherry
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Paul Giamatti
as John
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Terrence Howard
as Lester
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Anthony Anderson
as Nolan
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Ella Mitchell
as Big Momma
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Jascha Washington
as Trent
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Carl Wright
as Ben
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Phyllis Applegate
as Sadie
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Starletta DuPois
as Miss Patterson
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Octavia L. Spencer
as Twila
- Terence DaShon Howard



