Big Momma's House 2 Movie
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The Momma of all Comedies is Back.
Martin Lawrence returns as FBI agent Malcolm Turner, a master of disguise who again goes deep undercover as the sassy septuagenarian "Big Momma." The FBI has learned that a computer software developer named Tom Fuller has created a computer virus that allows access to classified US government files, Fuller is planning to sell the virus to terrorist organizations all over the world. Upon hearing this, the FBI's best lead is Fuller's wife. So Malcolm goes undercover again as Big Momma in order to pose as Mrs. Fuller's nanny. and as always, Big Momma once again turns the house upside down.
| Martin Lawrence | Malcolm Turner |
| Elton LeBlanc | Assit. Bingo Caller |
| Nia Long | Sherry Pierce |
| Michelle Parylak | JoAnne |
| Sarah Brown | Constance Stone |
| Mark Joy | Brian |
| John Whitesell |
3.60 out of 10 (5623 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Middling comedy with some surprises
posted on 31 Jul 2009If you're looking for an intellectual comedy or even something with some actual substance to it, this is not the movie to go to. It is the type of movie you go to, to turn off your brain and just take in some escapist entertainment. It does the job decently, better than most of the other light comedies out there. But what really surprises is how relatively few stupid moments come throughout the movie. A lesser-quality movie would have gone for the easy jokes about dorky white people vs. smooth black people. A lesser flick would have had some of the characters be less perceptive and observant than they actually ended up turning out to be. Poorer-quality fare would have turned this movie into something approaching blaxploitation, where all parties involved ended up humiliated by the experience.This didn't do any of the aforementioned. Certain characters who could have been written as dumber were actually written as credibly perceptive. Certain scenarios that could have been played out as ridiculous ended up being plausible. There was less of a black/white good vs. evil conundrum going on in this movie, and the suspense involved actually seemed worth it instead of just being suspense for suspense's sake. I don't think there was one moment in the whole film where I was rolling my eyes going, "OH COME ON," the way I was throughout the last film I was obliged to go see, this year's remake of Last Holiday.Had the premise been more original, had the comedy been more sharply written, more intelligent, I would have been inclined to give this comedy ten stars. It really is one of the better commercial movies to be released in Hollywood over the last five years. It even manages to be better than its predecessor. However, the comedy was actually quite dull, pedestrian, uninvolved, and unintellectual, which means it earns six stars out of ten. Just barely passable, but a heck of a lot better than its contemporaries.
You were good at one time Martin
posted on 25 Jul 2009But lets face it buddy, that time has passed. Good ride but hey, RAP IT UP! Lets see, sense i cant sleep i'll amuse myself.List of Actors/Actresses who should throw in the towl... - Rob Schneider - Sylvester Stallone - Meg Ryan - Steve Martin ( Sad to say) - Ben Affleck - Jennifer LopezWho else? help me outAnd I just want to let all of you know that Donnie Darko is perhaps one of the greatest if not the greatest film of my generation. Most people my age in America can tap in so well with the character of Donnie.On a further note, who came up with the idea that a comment has to be ten lines or it wont get posted? I'm pretty sure we can get our point across with less then 10, so yeh get on that so they can change it.
Martin Lawrence's Family Comedy Venture 2- A review of Big Momma's House 2
posted on 19 Jul 2009Men in Black 2...Son of a Mask... do they ring any bells? Yes, they're all sequels of hit family films, which sucked! And, guess another family film sequel that sucks... that's right; Big Momma's House 2! Who on earth thought that this was a good idea to get Martin Lawrence cross-dressing again as an elderly obese nanny to find out some information on another suspicious character? Well, some half-brain-cell executive thought it was a good idea to do that, and the results speak for it. A lacklustre plot involving a dad of this family of stereotypical outfits in Orange County is being tracked down by the FBI for creating this virus to make military databases available to all. So, FBI agent, Malcolm Turner, gets dressed up as Big Momma once again to hunt him down, despite the fact his wife is 8 1/2 months pregnant. And before you ask, I did pay attention to this narrative to make this summary, but lost all hope of this being any good from the start of this film! To say anything that will make it sound different from every other review is impossible, as they all come to the same conclusion that this is rubbish. The script doesn't do justice as it sounds like a run-of-a-mill family comedy Hollywood has been churning out since Home Alone, and the likes of, no surprise, Big Momma's House. Martin Lawrence doesn't make it even worthwhile, even if you love him to bits,as he is just recycling a role he already did for its predecessor. So,nothing new to look forward on his part; shame on you! The other cast of characters don't seem to inspire a lot of good out of this film; the all-dancing young daughter, the delusional teen daughter, and the mute "little stunt man" baby son are all characters we have seen in one form or another over the years. So, don't expect to enjoy the new cast of characters in this franchise! Although sequels tend to be a lot weaker than its predecessor, this makes no excuse for making such a cinematic dog's ear out of this! I can honestly say that this is the worst sequel since Son of the Mask, and that is saying a lot, if you ask me! Avoiding this is not a suggestion, or an option, but an order, when it starts playing in your local cinema!
AWFUL, i'd rather sleep then see this movie
posted on 07 Jul 2009This is by far one of the worst film's i've seen all year. As soon as i saw the trailer for the movie i was turned off by the movie, but i promised a friend i'd go see it with him. This movie takes the same formula jokes made from a bad comedy and reuses them, over and over. You can tell that not much money was put into this movie, the cinematography looks ugly and the script and jokes are so bad it's not even funny. Even if you are a huge Martin Lawerence fan still steer far away from this horrible, boring, dull,sad, and ugly film. It's so sad that great movies like Crash don't make a fraction of what this movie made in a month, people really have to see good movies, instead of wasting their time and money on bad, bad, movies like this.
Ok, but not needed
posted on 04 Jun 2009After watching Martin Laurance's LIVE (DVD) he'd better know he's damn lucky that I bothered to watch this movie at all after that atrocity.
Basically I watched it only out of curiosity as to what concept they would come up with to bring Big Momma back.
I gotta say, it's a defiantly cash-in to just make sure the kids will enjoy it and make money out of it. It has the typical gags that would have worked 10 years ago when no one had seen them, but they still have to go for the animal doing something bizarre thing that could have worked well in this movie if they'd bother to actually build a concept around it rather then throw it in between the plot line as a cheap visual gag that does get a chuckle, but not a huge enough pay off. I'm surprised there's actually not a single fart joke put into the film.
The whole grandma doing athletics and abnormal things for her age like skating, surfing, rapping, fighting, swearing ect...that has just been done to death. It's not funny anymore. It's as stale as what that stain on that little blue dress is today. But thank god it didn't have one of those annoying kids who have huge worded dialogs and say things a 30 year old would say, instead they replace that with a kid who's a mute dare-devil and loves to land on his face that has a "WTF is this going somewhere?" feel to it, but doesn't pay off.
The plot isn't interesting enough for me to care about. I don't care that Big Mommas back to be the nanny of someone the FBI wants to keep an eye on. I don't care that the kids are troubled youths with problems and Big Mommas gonnah save the day and be there Dr. Phil and re-unite the family who are too dumb to work out things for themselves, and I especially didn't care about the trouble of Carter and his wife with a new born on the way cause the plotlines have been done that many times you know what's going to happen and you've seen it a million times.
In way's this same plot has been done in a billion movies from Suburban Commando to Mr. Nanny to Thunder In Paradise.... Well, if you wanna see one that doesn't involve Hulk Hogan then you may enjoy this action version of Mary Poppins.
Overall, I thought the whole thing was average. Seen the plot before, the whole concept of bringing Big Momma back was not needed. And this is a sure a cash-in-and-a-half without questions. A sequel was not needed and if they plan to make a 3rd one like the end of this thing suggests, I wont bother with it.
I'd tell you about the bonus stuff, but I didn't have any desire to check them out.
This movie is just an average flick I can live without never seeing again.
A sequel at it's best, or worst..........................
posted on 01 Jun 2009As with most sequels, a plot has already been outlined. You already know the main character(s) and their personalities. That being said, this movie was predictable from beginning to end, save the tequila loving chihuahua. The one part I found not to be funny at all was a little boy who would deliberately fall or jump off of high places, never hurting himself, of course, as it's just a movie. If you want to get a good laugh out of a cross-dressing scenario, watch Mrs. Doubtfire or even Big Momma's House (part 1)I have to rate this movie as a 5 out of 10. It did make me laugh a few times at best, and it was tolerable to sit through, it just wasn't something I would write home about.
Excellent comedy - why so underrated?
posted on 20 May 2009This movie was very enlightening, filled with good humor, unique gags and lovable characters. I don't understand why people rated it so low, it seems like they were expected something else, but that's hard to understand since this movie was set on the same line as it's previous part. The crazy stunts and silliness were very marginal, I don't think it brings movie that low. I think Martin Lawrence's performance was stunning (the role of this silly funny dude fits him perfectly - it's not much different to the nature of his character of Marcus Barnett from Bad Boys, Blue streak, Black Knight, ... etc) Martin is in my opinion one of the very best African-American comedian of today and he proves it also in this flick. Nia Long was also great, and had written excellent verbal comebacks. In brief - if you like Martin and liked BMH 1, you should totally see this movie - it's better and you'll spend most of those hundred minutes cracking up.
A comedy of -epic- proportions
posted on 08 May 2009Martin Lawrence returns as everybody's favorite heavyweight detective in Big Momma's House 2. After learning of his partner's murder, Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) leaves behind his quiet civilian life to catch the killers. Acting outside the jurisdiction of the FBI, Malcolm is on the trail of the international drug cartel suspected of his partner's murder, all the while fighting his old colleagues who want to reign in his maverick, above-the-law behavior.A rib-tickling, side-splitting tour-de-farce, Big Momma's House Two offers helping after helping of morbidly obese comedy. You'll laugh so hard you'll go into diabetic shock!
Number 39 on the bottom 100 list?
posted on 28 Apr 2009Yes. This movie was horrible! Yes, this was one of the worst sequels ever. But number 39 on the bottom 100 list? This movie was not that bad! Come on! Any movie with fly Nia Long cannot be that bad! Why did this movie almost steal the entire plot from Mrs. Doubtfire? A stupid little boy. A little girl trying to fit in. A rebellious teenage girl who changes at the end of the movie. Nia Long's character thinks that Martin's character was cheating and somehow, they get back together at the end of the movie. This plot has been done a trillion times! Big Mama saves the day. By the way, where was the real Big Mama that was in the first movie?
A sequel we never wanted.
posted on 18 Apr 2009My Take: Did we really need a sequel to BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE? BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE II is yet another example of unnecessary "kaching!" sequel from Hollywood that we never needed. Although funny at times with Martin Lawrence around, there's no reason at all to see it, whether you've seen the first film or not. Few jokes, usually repetitive, make a complete waste of time (even if it only runs for 99 min.).One of the film's flaws is its confusion about what it is. It's about Martin Lawrence's character, FBI agent Malcolm Turner, throwin' in the old Big Momma costume once more to go undercover. His mission is to investigate a woman (Emily Proctor), who's husband may be involved with a murder case. But the film lags with sappiness that, when it gets to the very serious side, it's confused and just plain lame.Martin Lawrence is still pretty funny, making some of those tired old humor quite effective. Lawrence has that zing that makes these old puns lively. But even Lawrence, funny as he is, is only one aspect that is possibly right about the film. The rest, the lame comedy script and the lame direction make up for a lousy comedy. Younger audiences will be amused by Lawrence, as much as preteens, but there are other films with the same appeal, and some and most of which are better, way better!Rating: ** out of 5.
Oh, Mama!
posted on 14 Apr 2009Oh, yes! Yes! Martin Lawrence dressed up like a "Big Momma" as the title suggests is back in action! And he is so ready to put an end to more and more trouble coming his way! At first, I was pretty psyched because this movie was entering the bottom 100. Why? Because it's the most amusing thing to read, that's what! And then, I've taken a good, careful look at this movie, and I thought to myself, "Hey! There are some great, fine, young ladies in this film! Everything from a Victoria's Secret model to a waitress; from a bikini girl to a cheerleader; and every other flavor of lady that makes me excited!" Guys, if you want to see a movie full of ladies, ladies, and funny stuff (sorry, Big Momma doesn't count as a lady! LOL), then "Big Momma's House 2" is worth watching...twice! ;-)
I Hate Myself
posted on 05 Mar 2009if any of you in this whole site even liked this movie for just one second i swear you're living in a crap world. This movie is the definition of crap i hate it, the first one sucked and then they were like lets make a sequel that is so bad people will kill themselves i hate it i want it to die that my head falls off every time i mention it. I hate you all who like this movie TA-TA. See you in the second life of beautiful movies. This is a movie produced by Satan himself martin Lawrence has made some of the crappiest movies of all time black knight, rebound, big momma's house 2, and all of his other movies. Well, bye.
Impressively Awful !
posted on 05 Mar 2009Not only was this movie predictable but it also didn't fit its genre. Big Momma's 2 is pretty much a repeat of Big Momma's 1. which is already bad enough because Big Momma's 1 had no plot, and not funny. OK... maybe a tad bit funnier than Big Momma's 2, but definitely not worth renting.the jokes are very dumb and trite. but my guess is that this movie wasn't meant for adults in the first place but for little kids, as in eight year olds to 12 year olds.bottom line, unless you are ridiculously bored, as i was when i watched it on the plane, then go ahead and watch it. but please do not rent it if you have other choices.
oh Lord this was funny!
posted on 10 Feb 2009i watched this last night at a friend's house. i never watched the first one, but watching this is making me get the 1st and 2nd. my pal and i couldn't stop laughing. it was funny! but i did find nia long's acting boring, untalented, and uninspiring; i don't think she's a good comedic actress or knows how to be funny. she doesn't have comedic timing. she probably goes better in dramatic movies. yes, this is not trying to win an oscar, yes, the actors acting are weak and unbelievable (are they supposed to be strong?), and the story line is weak ( for some strange reason i felt like i was watching scary movie; a movie that's parodying something funny), but the jokes are funny, and i honestly think if it wasn't for Martin Lawrence's portrayal of Big Momma this would have been a dud. i gave it 5 stars b/c it mad me laugh out loud so much that it substituted for the movies weak acting and story. the bottom line is i enjoyed it and it was highly entertaining. even the way martin speaks when he's big momma is funny!
Great Movie
posted on 18 Jan 2009This is a funny movie that is for someone that wants to watch something funny. I would recommend this movie to anyone that has seen the first Big Momma's House. They are both funny movies and Martin Lawrence does a great job acting as a big nanny for a family.Martin Lawrence provides many scenes that are funny and good for a whole family to watch. It is amazing how Martin Lawrence acts very much like a big, old nanny and stays in character very well.Lastly, if anyone wants to take an hour and 39 minutes out of their time for some laughs then this is a good movie to watch. You won't be sorry as it is guaranteed to make you laugh at least a dozen times.
Pointless and Mostly Unfunny Sequel from Martin Lawrence
posted on 09 Aug 2009Malcolm aka Big Momma comes back after the original became a big hit about 6 years ago. Martin Lawrence again wears a fat suit to play the role of BM, undercover agent in the disguise of obese Southern lady. The fact that this sequel reached the No. 1 in the US box office chart, getting more than $70 million proves that people (at least in the United States) fondly remembered the original film, and wanted to see what Martin Laurence can do. Not much, it turns out, except for the more family-oriented taste and a few precious laughs.
It is pointless to pick out the countless plot holes of `Big Momma's House 2' in which Malcolm is now doing less dangerous jobs like publicity activities. After his former partner's death in the line of duty, Malcolm again disguises himself as Big Momma in order that he can get some information about the killers.
This time Malcolm/Big Momma is employed as nanny because he must infiltrate a dysfunctional family. This is an obvious rip-off of `Mrs. Doubtfire' but instead of doing Robin Williams' over-the-top turns, Martin Laurence shows less manic schticks than you expect. You seldom see sexual innuendoes, nor hear dirty words from him. This is the same road where Eddie Murphy went years ago (from `Raw' to `Dr, Dolittle'), and though it is an understandable choice, it may also be killing some of Laurence's merits as funny man.
The whole film goes on like autopilot, and everything is predictable. Laurence does not seem very interested in what he is doing, and the supporting actors are at best so-so. The technical staff did a fine job to make Laurence a fat lady, to be sure, and some scenes include Big Momma in a scanty bathing suit ala Bo Derek, which must be a touch task for anyone involved, but those outrageous ideas that could have invigorated the tepid script are hardly to be seen during the entire film.
`Big Momma's House' is just another pointless sequel from Hollywood and Martin Lawrence, who seriously needs a hit. Strictly for his avid fans.