Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

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Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

PG-13

2011

1h 48m

Comedy

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After stepson Trent witnesses a murder, FBI agent Malcolm Turner brings back Big Momma, his plus-size alter ego, to help solve the crime. Big Momma goes under cover at a girls school of the performing arts, but this time he has Trent and Trent's female alter ego Charmaine as backup. The duo must try to find the killer before the killer finds them, but complicating matters is Trent's crush on a student.

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Critics Consensus

Unnecessary, unfunny, and generally unwelcome, Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son offers more of the same for fans of Martin Lawrence's perplexingly popular series.

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Tom Russo

Boston Globe

11/24/2011

1/4

Looking back, it's strange to remember that the first two movies were both hits, and that Paul Giamatti and Terrence Howard even saw enough in the premise to sign up for the original. At this point, it's really all just flab.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

02/25/2011

0.5/5

I'm no fan of Perry's blunt-force morality comedies, but at least his pseudo-sainted materfamilias is a real character.

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Simon Abrams

Slant Magazine

02/23/2011

0/4

It's a true rubber-necker's delight, a comedy so inconceivably tacky that it will make you question whether or not you're laughing at the film or with it.

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James McMahon

NME (New Musical Express)

05/25/2021

1/5

Big Momma's 3 isn't offensive. It isn't an unkind portrayal of obesity and its themes are light and carefree. But it's still dreadfully unfunny.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/03/2020

1.0/4.0

The physical slapstick has grown tired and, strangely enough, Lawrence himself even looks a bit tired here.

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

05/04/2012

5/10

The father/stepson angle applies a much-needed Heimlich maneuver to a series that was choking, but it's not enough.

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Pedro Henrique C

@Pedro2005 4d

Big Mommas: Like Faher, Like Son (2011) For me, this is a movie from the Big Momma's chapter and it's quite fun, but it lacked some of the iconic scenes that the previous ones had.

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Juan D

Jul 21

Not as funny as the first two but still enjoyable enough

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Jun 19

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom, o filme tenta ser engraçado,mas não consegue em nenhuma cena no filme, com tudo isso, eu não recomendo esse filme.

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EMC 5

May 18

Don’t listen to the critics, rewatched this movie after a few years and it’s an absolute banger, laugh out loud ranchy comedy with a pretty decent story good movie to watch for a laugh

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Shaun R

@Shaun666 Mar 23

This doesn’t need a big review. It’s crap.

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Emery A

01/29/2024

More of the same, if the mood was already not very good and there was a meager improvement in the second, the third became extremely tiring.

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Synopsis

After stepson Trent witnesses a murder, FBI agent Malcolm Turner brings back Big Momma, his plus-size alter ego, to help solve the crime. Big Momma goes under cover at a girls school of the performing arts, but this time he has Trent and Trent's female alter ego Charmaine as backup. The duo must try to find the killer before the killer finds them, but complicating matters is Trent's crush on a student.

Director: John Whitesell
Producer: David T. Friendly, Michael Green
Screenwriter: Matthew Fogel
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: The Collective, New Regency Pictures, Friendly Films, Runteldat Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexual Humor|Brief Violence)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 18, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $37.9M
Runtime: 1h 48m

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