“…kind of a drag when it resorts to frantic slapstick and tired action-comedy tropes, but modestly engaging during stretches that suggest the project would have worked better as an exuberant musical.”
“…won’t likely disappoint fans of men-in-drag comedy but doesn’t offer much that’s original or funny.”
— Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
“…a sad excuse for a cross-dressing sequel.”
— Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
“Thanks a bunch, Tyler Perry. Your antics in old-lady dress-up have inspired Martin Lawrence to literally drag his worst franchise out of the closet and back onto the big screen, cheaper and more lazily than ever.”
— Luke Y. Thompson, E! Online
“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.”
— Simon Abrams, Slant Magazine
LOOK BACK…
Not that the two don’t have their issues (besides the whole tranny thing, that is). Malcolm proudly dreams of sending his kid off to college at Duke, but Trent defiantly pushes his own plan to hit the concert circuit as a rapper. Without Trent’s mom around to mediate — Nia Long has been written out here, for anyone keeping track — the spat spills over into Malcolm’s workday. When Trent foolishly lands himself square in the sights of a Russian baddie (Tony Curran) that Malcolm is after, dad and son are forced into hiding.
The pair are MacGuffined off to a girls’ high school for the arts, where Malcolm’s Big Momma alter ego conveniently fills a dorm mother vacancy, and Trent’s kneesocks-sporting “Charmaine’’ salivates at the pajama-party prospects. Then Trent falls for good-girl hottie Haley (Jessica Lucas, “Melrose Place’’), blows his cover, and sets the gangsters back on his trail. All of which is beside the point, of course — we’re here to see Big Momma get roped into modeling for a life drawing class, one of the few gags that sort of works here.
REVIEW…
Let’s just start by saying DANG! this movie is being hated on! Maybe a cross dressing movie was not a good idea right now with the way things are going in the public about tyranny’s and ect!
But my Over all opinion is it was good but when you look back at the last “TWO” “Big Mommas” this one falls short of the stick and was not as good both comedy/entertainment wise. So I have to say one and two won it but three lost it maybe it was because they were trying way to hard to be funny or the plot just wasn’t their who knows, Comedy wise I laughed about three scenes at the most they were “Ball Grab” In mall “Naked Momma” In Art room and then “Bali” Dancing studio something, But three scenes just don’t cut it to people these day’s.
So overall okay movie not no Grammy or anything but a GOOD TRY award but do give mad props for trying to make use laugh “Big Momma” but you feel short this time and I’ll give you.
- 5 1/2 OUT OF 10
5 1/2 BIG MOMMAS OUT OF 10
Tyler OMG 