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Big Momma's House
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Martin Lawrence, Paul Giamatti, Nia Long
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| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
20th
Century Fox |
| Kiddie Movie: |
They will probably find Big Momma funny but
might not know why. |
| Date Movie: |
She might chuckle
or wonder why you brought her to such a piece of garbage. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Nah. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Some fighting. |
| Action: |
Nah. |
| Laughs: |
Simple humor. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
None. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
None. |
| Directed By: |
Raja Gosnell |
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Big Momma's House
A Movie Review |
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Sometimes it was funny. Sometimes it was dumb. Most of
the time it just tried to hard or didn’t push the
envelope far enough. The movie was "Big Momma’s House."
The story isn’t new – Cops go on a stakeout,
one cop, in disguise, falls in love with stakeout victim,
other cop keeps telling him he’s getting too close, cop
dismisses it, cops catch bad guy, cop in love gets the girl.
The quickest other movie references that comes to mind are
the "Stakeout" movie series. This time we’ve got Martin
Lawrence and Paul Giamatti as the cops and Nia Long as the
person their protecting/staking out. Martin plays Malcom,
and also Big Momma in disguise. Paul is John, and Nia is
hot, oh wait, I mean Sherry. Sherry is on the run from her
escaped-from-prison ex-boyfriend, and decides Big
Momma’s house is the place to be. The real Big Momma is
out of town for a few days. And Malcom, the master of
disguises, decides he can pull off being Big Momma. Donning
a mask, some giant inserts, and a new voice, Malcolm works
to find out if Sherry is a bad girl or good girl, all the
while knowing that her ex-boyfriend will probably show up
for some old money lying around. Malcolm’s in love,
John doesn’t really know what to do, and Sherry loves
Big Momma and is falling in love with the Malcolm while not
in disguise because he’s just a really nice guy.
Yea, you can figure the ending – The bad guy gets
captured, Malcolm has to explain himself to Sherry, and
everyone lives happily ever after.
The story is simple, so giving things away like I did
don’t really hurt watching the movie much. It’s
that laughs that try to hard. The jokes are easy – the
big, ol’ black lady working the town jokes, taking a
dump jokes, guy loves girl jokes, nosey neighbor jokes, and
I think you get the point. They come and they come a lot,
but they don’t push the envelope to gross-out or
gut-busting and that is where this movie comes up short,
which is too bad because Martin Lawrence keeps trying so
hard but just can’t find the right movie to put him to
the next level. I like Martin, think he can be very funny,
but just can’t find that role to make him a must-see at
a movie.
So, did I like the movie? At times, yes, it made me
chuckle. But, at times, no, it made me just wonder why this
or that scene should be funny. It just didn’t hit the
"cute" level it seemed to be reaching for. With that I give
"Big Momma’s House" 2 stars out of 5. There was a lot
of potential it just didn’t reach.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the
Right!! L8R!!! |
