Big Momma's House Movie
Storyline
TAGLINES
This FBI agent is going undercover... and he's concealing more than a weapon.
It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings!
He's Deep Undercover.
On June 2nd he's deep undercover.
FBI agent Malcolm Turner is known best for being a brilliant, master of disguise. Malcolm's latest assignment sends him to small-town Georgia, where he's assigned to trap a brutal bank robber (and a recent prison escapee) who they suspect will be coming down to visit his ex-girlfriend Sherry and her son. Malcolm sets up a stakeout across from the home of a larger-than-life southern matriarch known as Big Momma, who's about to be visited by Sherry. It's a simple plan, but there's one big problem: Unbeknownst to Sherry, Big Momma has unexpectedly left town. So Malcolm, 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. In the mean time, Malcolm starts falling for Sherry, who may or may not be hiding some stolen cash. Now, Malcolm/Big Momma must somehow find a way to nab his criminal and the girl.
| Martin Lawrence | Malcolm Turner |
| Nia Long | Sherry Pierce |
| Paul Giamatti | John |
| Jascha Washington | Trent Pierce |
| Terrence Howard | Lester Vesco |
| Anthony Anderson | Nolan |
| Ella Mitchell | Hattie Mae Pierce (Big Momma) |
| Carl Wright | Ben Rawley |
| Phyllis Applegate | Sadie |
| Starletta DuPois | Miss Patterson |
| Jessie Mae Holmes | Miss Other Patterson |
| Nicole Prescott | Lena |
| Octavia Spencer | Twila |
| Tichina Arnold | Ritha |
| Cedric the Entertainer | Reverend |
| Raja Gosnell |
4.60 out of 10 (8629 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Forget Big Momma this is BIG STINKER.
posted on 10 Aug 2009What was the reason for this piece of rubbish? Big momma's house is about as bad as a film can get. Martin Lawrence stars as an undercover cop who try to get information out of convicts girlfriend. Thats it as far as the story goes. Nothing else to report exept 90 minutes of childish jokes that defy explenation.what makes this one of the worst films i have seen in a long time is after enduring this drivel they all end up in a poxy church and try to patronise the viewer with religious clap trap. The worst film i have seen in the last 12 months and one of the worst i have ever seen. 3 out of 10.
That's not Big Momma,that's Momma Payne!!!
posted on 06 Aug 2009I just saw this one the other night and its was side splitting hilarious! Martin Lawrence is absolutely funny as the FBI agent who goes undercover as a fat woman in order to catch a notorious bank robber(played by Terrance Howard). Nia Long was excellent is this one,but it could have been a whole lot more. It was nice however to see some of his co-stars from his old TV show(like Techina Arnold,who played Pam)from years back. But the funniest part is in the church where Big Momma is like Momma Payne which had me laughing hard,and crying at the same time...its a riot!!! This was a far cry from his last film that he did(the very disappointing Blue Streak where the only thing funny there is when Lawrence played the pizzaman here),but in all aspects very good. The director(Raja Gosnell who directed the x-mas crap of Home Alone 3)should have put more detail into the film which could have made it more enjoyable. Note: It will have a good fight on it hands with all of the summer blockbusters,but in turn Big Momma will be facing Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock for and even Jim Carrey for summer glory. Very Good but Darn Funny.
Good, but not as good as it could have been with some radical revisions
posted on 28 Jul 2009The biggest problem with Big Momma's house is that you can often see just how funny it should be, but the cast and crew are not able to sustain the occasional hilarious parts with any consistency.
It doesn't seem to help that Big Momma's House wants to be more than a comedy. Writers Darryl Quarles and Don Rhymer shoot for a combination of a crime comedy ala Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and a romantic comedy. But the core comedy is absurdist, while the mostly serious crime stuff is so underwritten that it would be better absent, and the somewhat serious rom-com stuff is so generic and predictable that it has all the surprise of attending Mass.
To me, the comedy being absurdist is a plus, but it doesn't mesh well with other modes. It's ridiculous, of course, that Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) is trying to pass himself off as "Big Momma" Hattie Mae Pierce (Ella Mitchell). That's a large part of what makes it funny. However, director Raja Gosnell's decision to play the rest of the cast as mostly deadpan is a strange one. It leads the viewer to take the film in a more realist mode, but if you're doing that, you keep asking yourself why anyone else would believe that Turner is actually Big Momma. Gosnell should have gone for another approach during the Turner as Big Momma scenes. It's not that they're never funny, but too often the deadpan interaction breaks the humor.
However, the deadpan attitude works wonders when Mitchell is Big Momma. Mitchell is a fantastic here as a comic actress and especially Paul Giamatti as John is hilarious interacting with her. Once those too-brief scenes ended, I was wishing they wouldn't have, and when they reappeared again at the end, it made me more fully realize how much better they were. A whole film could have and should have been written around Mitchell as Big Momma with Giamatti and Lawrence interacting with her and beautiful co-star Nia Long via some other story.
Even with these problems, Big Momma is an enjoyable film. My wife enjoyed it even more than I did, we're looking forward to watching Big Momma's House 2, and we'll certainly watch this again in the future. But it's a case of moments of brilliance poking through so that you see just how much better it could have been.
Dissapointed
posted on 02 Jul 2009I was looking foward to seeing this funny looking movie when it turned out I had already seen the jokes in the trailer preview. This movie got unfunny extremely quickly. Instead of paying money to see the jokes, watch the trailer instead cos they're all there. The only highlight was Martin Lawrence who is a brilliant actor but he did better in 'Nothing To Lose' which is the kind of movie to see for laughs. Utterly Disapointed
wobble, wobble and drop it like its hot
posted on 27 Jun 2009BMH is outstanding. It's so funny. People try to take it seriously, but shouldn't. Its funny for what it's worth. It might be a ripoff of Kindergarten Cop (didn't even think of that one) for Ms. Doubtfire or Nutty Professor it ain't. It's funnier! Did Robin Williams deliver a baby with oven mitts? Did Eddie Murphy dance and say s*** in NP? No! That's what makes it so good. Some parts are so funny and catch you by surprise. Also, the soundtrack is awesome. I love that song, "I Got To Have it" By Jermaine Dupri...It's awesome. BMH:9 BMHSDTK:10
Another good comedy from Martin Lawrence.
posted on 19 Jun 2009If you enjoyed Martin Lawrence's television series "Martin", and his previous movie, Blue Streak, then you'll really enjoy Big Momma's House. The plot isn't too strong, but that doesn't matter as all those things seemingly fly out of your head as you laugh all throughout the picture. If you go see Big Momma's House, you'll be leaving the theatre very happy with your sides aching!
The laughs do not come BIG!
posted on 18 Jun 2009The problem with this so called "comedy" is that we have seen it all before. I mean it's a cross between 'Mrs. Doubtfire' and 'The Nutty Proffesor'. This is such a dull 'comedy' that only raises a few titters. The film is all too clich`e...Cop goes undercover..cop falls for pretty girl...sentimental messages sent etc...YAWN! Martin Lawrence also tries too hard to be the Eddie Murphy character and he tries so hard but it all falls flat in what I could say was the "WORST COMEDY OF 2000". The concept has been done before and done much, much better.
Read Me
posted on 16 Jun 2009The movie was okay. If you like The Nutty Professor and Martin you'll like this movie. When this chick's ex exscapes from prison, she moves right away to Big Momma's house, little does she know Big Momma is out of town and has been replaced with an undercover trying to get the scoop on her. The DVD contains special features such as making of the movie, deleted scenes, bloopers, and music videos.
Martin Lawrence continues to make me Laugh!
posted on 12 Jun 2009Blue Streak was a suprise hit to me last fall, Big Momma's House suprised me this summer. I laughed my astrodynamics off watching Martin Lawrence dress up as BIG MOMMA (A 60 year old 400 pound lady) Not only was this a super funny movie, but a great story and excellent chemistry between Nia Long and Martin. Paul Giamatti, playing Lawrences FBI partner, is just as funny as Martin when given the chance. A few scenes stick out in mind like when BIG MOMMA (lawrence) take self defense class and when BIG MOMMA dunks over two other guys heads. Non-stop laughing in this one, go check it out--you're sure to like it. --Star Wars on DVD-- Come on Lucas!
Big Fun
posted on 10 May 2009I thought this film to very entertaining and downright funny. It's easily become one of my favorite comedies of 2000. It stars Martin Lawrence(in duel roles) and Nia Long. I guess the plot it rather cliched but I think it fares well, as is equally funny to Nutty Professor, which it is often compared to. Martin's sense to dress as an older woman and fool her granddaughter, as well as the neighbors is very convincing. I strongly recommend the film to anyone whose in the mood to laugh.
Big Momma is Big Laughs!
posted on 28 Apr 2009FBI agents Malcolm [Martin Lawrence] and his partner, John [Paul Giamatti] are assigned to watch Big Momma [Ella Mitchell] after a killer escapes from prison. Big Momma goes out of town right before her grandaughter [and ex-girlfriend of the crimnal] and her son show up for a surprise visit. Malcolm dresses up and pretends to be Big Momma, hoping to crack the case. While he's busy cracking the case, you'll be cracking up. It's well done and funny, but predictable.
Take it for what it's worth
posted on 18 Apr 2009A movie like Big Momma's House isn't supposed to have an intriguing plot, I guess. You go to the movie because a) you like Martin Lawrence, b) you want big laughs, or c) a combination of the two. Martin Lawrence is pretty much what you expect - funny and deserving of the accolades he gets. Many would look down at a role like this, but when you think about it, how many actors could play someone opposite their sex and 50 years older? Normally I don't like it when movies make their stars unrecognizable under all the make-up, but here it's necessary.The problem is that the movie tries to be sick and sweet, a combination that I don't think has ever worked. At the beginning we witness a nude, grossly overweight, 80+ year old grandmother with a bad case of the Hershey squirts.
Through the end we see Nia Long bonding with her grandma and then Martin in a very genuine way.Still, as I stated earlier, you go to see comedy. Grandma in the kitchen, with a gun, testifying in church, at karate class, etc., this is all funny because of the talent behind Martin Lawrence. Definitely wait til this comes out on video, then when you want big laughs on a Friday nite, go rent Big Momma's House.**1/2 (out of 4)
Yawn.
posted on 09 Mar 2009Last time I saw Martin Lawrence in a movie, he was a criminal trying to be a cop, now he's a cop trying to be an old fat woman. This was an absolutely terrible film. The laughs were sparse and unconvincing, the plot was dropped into a blender and then reassembled in any random order, and the vast majority of the film itself consisted of scenes completely unrelated to the story which seemed to be thrown in just to take up time. If these scenes had been simply left out altogether (the basketball scene, for one among many examples), the entire film would have been maybe 15 minutes long.Big Momma's House was so tedious that I probably spent more time looking at my watch during the film than I did looking at the screen. I can think of no redeeming values at all to mention about this film. I feel that it was a complete waste of my time, and I am shocked that Martin Lawrence agreed to act in such garbage.
Great Comedy!
posted on 09 Mar 2009Sure Big Momma's House has the over-exaggerated characters, the typical modern crude humor and predictable plot - but I found the execution of the movie spot-on. It's got a very similar aspect as Mrs.Doubtfire, I think you can guess what that is, but despite the predictability, no character development and just mild dialog, I found the movie rather enjoyable because on how funny and well executed Martin Lauren's performance was. It's got all the same elements on the typical modern comedy, whether it'd be its crude humor, dialog or appeals but my opinion contracts it as a great comedy, that could easily be enjoyable on the same level of multiple viewings. It's very funny, got a good ending and also the little sad bit, a recommendation for every Comedy fan who wants a laugh but expect nothing special.
Comedy with Martin Lawrence with very few laughs...
posted on 21 Feb 20091st watched 4/15/2001- 3 out of 10(Dir-Raja Gosnell): Comedy with Martin Lawrence with very few laughs. I'm sure Lawrence had the character before the story and worked the movie around it, and this is what it looks and feels like. Some funny scenes, but too many scenes that you know are going to happen(Aka. Lawrence disguised as Big Momma having an uncomfortable scene in bed with a beautiful lady that he happens to be attracted to as his FBI character, his emotional involvement with the women in the previous statement etc.) I had a hard time laughing at much of the movie because it was so predictable, and the one joke mentality that the movie started with(Lawrence disguised as an overweight straight-forward and rough African-american woman)doesn't make an entire movie.
Tired concept but generally funny
posted on 19 Feb 2009This was the only Martin Lawrence film I have seen (besides Blue Streak) and it was pretty funny. He goes undercover as a fat old woman so that he can find out more about a young woman who is accused of robbery (the old woman's niece) and comes to stay at big momma's house. There was little difference between this and The Nutty Professor movies, but this had some funny scenes and you'll end up with at least a few laughs. I give this 6 out of 10. If you like Martin Lawrence then you will probably love this movie, and if you dont like Lawrence, you will probably enjoy it anyway. Feel free to email me with any questions or comments.
One Word: FUNNY!!!
posted on 24 Jan 2009This movie was the funniest movie I have ever seen. Just wait until the child birth scene. Bring your kleenex however, because this movie will make you cry laughing. Hilarious from start to finish. The whole audience was cracking up. Can't say enough, ten stars out of ten. SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!
3 1/2 STARS I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
posted on 28 Dec 2008I did enjoy this but it isnt the best movie ever.It isnt martin's bets movie as well! But it is a MUST WATCH, but not a MUST BUY.I did get a few laughs out of it but when i went to the movies i really did expect a bit more.I think it is more of a kids movie!It is a bit far fetched at some points.But overall worth a look and i recomend you hire it before you buy also i would like to say check out Blue Streak and my favourite martn lawrence film and probably one my favourite movies of all time Nothing To Lose.Martin is hilarious in that one!
Flat-out funny, excellent comedy which is a little crass at times
posted on 25 Dec 2008BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE, in my opinion, is a flat-out funny, excellent comedy which is a little crass at times. If you ask me, Malcolm (Martin Lawrence) was very good at masquerading as a southern granny. Still, he wasn't much of a chef, though. This was especially my opinion when he attempted to make porkchops. The reason for this is because of the amount of butter he used. When I saw that, I wanted to vomit. Ugh! I still enjoyed this movie just the same. In conclusion, if you like Martin Lawrence, I highly recommend this film and the sequel, although I haven't seen that. When you see this movie, prepare for lots of big laughs.
Cracked Me Up
posted on 20 Aug 2009I didn't think I'd like this movie. But after seeing it I love it. Martin Lawrence is one of the funniest comedians out there today. His part as Big Momma was the funniest thing I've seen since Eddie Murphy in Nutty Professor. Nia Long also is a great actress in this movie. I love her acting skills, and she does this movie some justice. The story is about an FBI agent who goes under cover to protect a woman along with her son. Who does he go undercover as? Big Momma herself. It's great. I really liked the basketball scene. Lots of laughs.