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.
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Momma's got back-up.
2011 · 1h 47m · PG-13
Action, Comedy, Crime
Directed by
John Whitesell
Overview
FBI agent Malcolm Turner and his 17-year-old son Trent go undercover at an all-girls performing arts school after Trent witnesses a murder. Posing as Big Momma and Charmaine, they must find the murderer before he finds them.
Director and cast
- John Whitesell Director
- Martin Lawrence as Malcolm / Big Momma
- Brandon T. Jackson as Trent / Charmaine
- Jessica Lucas as Haley
- Portia Doubleday as Jasmine Lee
- Faizon Love as Kurtis Kool
- Emily Rios as Isabelle
- Ana Ortiz as Headmistress
- Michelle Ang as Mia
- Steve Warren as GGSA Showcase Audience Member
- Henri Lubatti as Vlad
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
An assessment of the film as part of a dissertational examination of Lawrence's contribution to comedic posterity and to African-American cultural history will surely note that the film was not pre-screened for critics in advance.
Even Big Momma deserves better than this.
It seems fair to point out that of all the cross-dressing comedies of recent decades, none has channeled Some Like It Hot quite so thoroughly.
A film so drained of entertainment or simple humanity it is difficult to relate to as anything other than industrial artifact.
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