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FBI agent Malcolm Turner is tough, smart and a master of disguise. There's nothing he can't handle. So Malcolm, taking on his most challenging "role" ever, decides to impersonate the cantankerous Southern granny Big Momma. 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.

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Big Momma's House is funny in some parts, but it is essentially a one-joke movie.

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Big Momma's House | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Nell Minow Common Sense Media Funny Martin Lawrence in drag with potty jokes. Rated: 2/5 Dec 22, 2010 Full Review Big Momma's House | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Kimberley Jones Austin Chronicle Rated: 1.5/5 Mar 10, 2003 Full Review Big Momma's House | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Bob Graham San Francisco Chronicle Rated: 3/4 Jun 18, 2002 Full Review Big Momma's House | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Bob Grimm Sacramento News & Review Rated: 1/5 Aug 7, 2008 Full Review Big Momma's House | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Betsy Bozdech DVDJournal.com Big Momma ... manages to pull off a fairly miraculous stunt -- she turns Martin Lawrence into a sweetie-pie. Rated: 2.5/4 Oct 21, 2006 Full Review Big Momma's House | Rotten Tomatoes (6) JoBlo JoBlo's Movie Network Rated: 3/10 Aug 11, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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Uynga U i wish i had nanny like this 😄😄 Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/22/24 Full Review Bahad j The idea behind this movie moved me a lot, but it was a movie with really satisfying expectations Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/15/24 Full Review cappuc c Wow! What to even say?! Master. Piece. The greatest movie ever, it made me a sigma. When Big Momma was like "its big momma time" and big mommad all over the place, I was like "nice move big momma" Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/23/24 Full Review Ciaran S What am i supposed to say, no really what am i supposed to say about this movie? Big Momma's House has to be the most BORING film i had to watch, It's Martin Lawrence was trying to replicate the success that Eddie Murphy did with The Nutty Professor 4 Years prior, but did so much worse with this misguided comedy that is clearly not worth watching. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/17/24 Full Review Ash P Some of the jokes are comfortable while some of the others do feel uncomfortable, but it's how most jokes were back in the 2000s.I still enjoyed it not only for sone of the humor but also the moments when the tender as well as the liar reveal was done right.Not perfect, but still enjoyed it whenever I tune this on for a little guilty pleasure.Never seen the sequels but soon those two will be tackled.6/10. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/24 Full Review Rich S Lawrence is a star, but he is betrayed by a script that was a 2000 nominee for Stinkers Bad Movie Awards.To be clear, the category was "Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing More than $100 Million Using Hollywood Math" by Don Rhymer and Darryl Quarles.That's got to smart. Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Raja Gosnell Director Martin Lawrence Malcolm Nia Long Sherry Paul Giamatti John Anthony Anderson Nolan Ella Mitchell Big Momma
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Synopsis FBI agent Malcolm Turner is tough, smart and a master of disguise. There's nothing he can't handle. So Malcolm, taking on his most challenging "role" ever, decides to impersonate the cantankerous Southern granny Big Momma. 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.

Director
Raja Gosnell

Producer
David T. Friendly, Michael Green

Screenwriter
Darryl Quarles, Darryl Quarles, Don Rhymer

Distributor
20th Century Fox

Production Co
Taurus Film, Twentieth Century Fox, New Regency Pictures, Friendly Productions, Runteldat Entertainment

Rating
PG-13 (Language|Crude Humor|Violence)

Genre
Comedy

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 2, 2000, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 2, 2014

Box Office (Gross USA)
$117.6M

Runtime
1h 38m

Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround, Dolby SR

Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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