Big Momma's House

PG-13

Released Jun 2, 2000

1 hr. 38 min.

Comedy

List

30%

82 Reviews

Tomatometer

57%

250,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

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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Critics Consensus

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

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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 out of 5 stars

03/17/24

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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 out of 5 stars

02/17/24

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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 out of 5 stars

01/09/24

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Marcus F

Such a great film back to back laughs and such an amazing story. It will forever be one of my favourite films Martin did such an amazing job and definitely deserves way more credit than he is getting. So sad to see such a great film get lots of hate but it will always be a great film to me.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/26/23

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Victor hugo F

Filme muito bom muito bom muito

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/21/23

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Brandon B

Very funny! Couldn't stop laughing!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/18/23

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Martin Lawrence

Malcolm

Nia Long

Sherry

Paul Giamatti

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Anthony Anderson

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Ella Mitchell

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Funny Martin Lawrence in drag with potty jokes.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 22, 2010

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 1.5/5

Mar 10, 2003

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Bob Graham

San Francisco Chronicle

Rated: 3/4

Jun 18, 2002

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Bob Grimm

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Rated: 1/5

Aug 7, 2008

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Betsy Bozdech

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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

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Rated: 3/10

Aug 11, 2006

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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
Executive Producer: Jeff Kwatinetz, Martin Lawrence, Rodney Liber, Arnon Milchan
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
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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