Synopsis
When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate a crass Southern granny known as Big Momma in order to remain incognito.
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Cast
- Martin LawrenceMalcolm Turner
- Nia LongSherry Pierce
- Paul GiamattiJohn
- Jascha WashingtonTrent Pierce
- Terrence HowardLester Vesco
- Anthony AndersonNolan
- Carl WrightBen Rawley
- Phyllis ApplegateSadie
- Starletta DuPoisMiss Patterson
- Nicole PrescottLena
- 75
San Francisco Chronicle
When all's said and done, it turns out to be quite sweet-natured. OK. I laughed. So sue me. - 75
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence plus latex equals laughs. - 63
San Francisco Examiner
A high-spirited, big-bottomed Polaroid of the comedian in a fat suit. - 63
USA Today
There's something about a plus-size floral housedress that brings out the best in many male comics, and Lawrence is no exception. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
Any movie that employs an oven mitt and a plumber's friend in a childbirth scene cannot be all bad, and I laughed a lot. - 38
New York Post
Intermittently funny, often vulgar. - 33
Entertainment Weekly
Lawrence is so ON that he appears to be gunning for clockwork bursts of audience approval. - 20
Variety
The sight and sound of Lawrence in fat-lady drag remains engaging throughout; script may often let him down, forcing him to keep things afloat almost single-handedly.