Big Momma's House: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Elvis Mitchell New York Times (Top Critic)

30

Mr. Lawrence is better when forced to react to his co-stars.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Susan Wloszczyna USA Today (Top Critic)

63

There's something about a plus-size floral housedress that brings out the best in many male comics, and Lawrence is no exception.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

60

[Martin Lawrence] delivers.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jay Carr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

Farcical adroitness and Martin's ablity to turn on the charm keep Big Momma's House perking along.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Louis B. Parks Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

Big Momma's House is much like the baseball games we've been seeing at Enron Field lately -- a lot of action with poor results.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Philip Wuntch Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

Big Momma is broadly entertaining and efficient.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

50

The plot's going nowhere, so why not bring on the fun?
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jonathan Foreman New York Post (Top Critic)

It's not only inferior to all Murphy's movies (even Coming to America), it's a lot less funny than most of Lawrence's own film work.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

Lawrence gives this depressing effort his all, but that is not nearly enough.
Full Review » 12 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

25

It's as big a failure as Battlefield Earth.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Nekesa Mumbi Moody Associated Press (Top Critic)

Even though Lawrence's act is getting repetitive, it's still good enough to make for an amusing time.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Robin Rauzi Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

30

The whole project works so hard at creating funny situations that Lawrence gets no chance to be funny as himself.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

40

Funny Martin Lawrence in drag with potty jokes.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

50

Big Momma's House seldom finds anything funny for Lawrence to do in drag.
Full Review » 9 years ago
John R. McEwen Film Quips Online

60

Lawrence isn't doing anything that hasn't been done before, and he's certainly not doing it any better.
Full Review » 9 years ago
James Rocchi Netflix

20

Idiotic "comedy" is larded with thick makeup and thin performances.
Full Review » 10 years ago
James Sanford Kalamazoo Gazette

squarely aimed at the type of audience willing to overlook all sorts of inconsistencies and stereotypes in a movie as long as it includes a few juicy toilet jokes.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Pablo Villaca Cinema em Cena

20

O sonho de Martin Lawrence e ser Eddie Murphy. Infelizmente, porem, lhe faltam duas coisas: o talento do idolo e a capacidade de atrair bons roteiros.
Full Review » 10 years ago
James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk

38

The movie has no audacity or verve; it's all recycled toilet jokes, cheap sentiment, and caricatures.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Liz Braun Jam! Movies

Makes good use of prosthetics and silicone to grab laughs.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com

40

Seeing Martin's faux [breast] appear on his shoulder is awfully funny, until about 45 minutes of the same joke being repeated ad nauseam.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Edward Johnson-Ott NUVO Newsweekly

50

Witless, formulaic material.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Robert Payne Reel.com

63

An infectious, good-hearted bag of fun.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Harvey S. Karten Compuserve

60

Big Momma's House gives even the notion of summer movies a bad name.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Donald Munro Fresno Bee

Big Momma's House is as uneven as the readout on a binge dieter's bathroom scale.
Full Review » 12 years ago