Big Momma's House 2 (2006)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

John Whitesell

Writers (WGA):

Don Rhymer (written by)
Darryl Quarles (characters)

Release Date:

27 January 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Thriller

Tagline:

The Momma of all Comedies is Back.

Plot:

On his latest assignment, FBI agent Malcolm Turner (Lawrence) goes undercover as Big Momma, and works as a nanny for an unhappy woman (Procter) who is under investigation for murder.

Plot Keywords:

Undercover | FBI | Nanny | FBI Agent | Cheerleading

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 19	4:00 PM	Fox
Mon. July 20	10:00 AM	FX

Cast

Martin Lawrence	...	Malcolm / Big Momma
Nia Long	...	Sherri
Emily Procter	...	Leah Fuller
Zachary Levi	...	Kevin
Mark Moses	...	Tom Fuller
Kat Dennings	...	Molly
Chloe Moretz	...	Carrie (as Chloe Grace Moretz)
Marisol Nichols	...	Liliana Morales
Josh Flitter	...	Stewart
Dan Lauria	...	Crawford
Jascha Washington	...	Trent
Preston Shores	...	Andrew
Trevor Shores	...	Andrew
Sarah Brown	...	Constance (as Sarah Joy Brown)
Rhoda Griffis	...	Mrs. Gallagher

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual humor and a humorous drug reference.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Ireland:12A | UK:PG | Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:M (original rating) | Australia:PG (re-rating after appeal) | Argentina:Atp | Netherlands:MG6 | Malaysia:U | Brazil:10 | Finland:K-11 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Singapore:PG (edited version) (DVD rating) | Hungary:14 | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:12 | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Costa Mesa, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Big Momma is confronted by the lady wanting to fight her at the bingo game, you can see Carrie turn to her and mouth the word, "Big Momma" though you can't hear her. Then there is a close up on her saying, "Big Momma, do you even know this lady?"

Quotes:

Stewart: What do you think I'm trying to do, get free HBO? This stuff's hard!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs 10 (1979)

Soundtrack:

The Perfect Wave

Certainly full of slapstick but plot could have used the work!!!

After settling down into a desk job inside the FBI, former Field Agent Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) defies orders to stay out of the investigation of his former partners death and travels to Orange County, California to go undercover as Big Momma, working for an unhappy woman (Emily Proctor) who is under investigation for the murder. Little did he realise that he would become attached to the dysfunctional family

After pouring myself a nice hot cup of tea, I settled down in the comfy chair of Screen 1 to brace myself for the print check and hopefully have some harmless viewing. The result; A relatively brain dead projectionist trying to get to grips of where the last hour and a half of his life disappeared to. Now, to tell you the truth, I've never been much of a big fan of Martin Lawrence to start with but, like Jeremy Clarkson driving from London to Edinburgh and back ECONOMICALLY, shocks are everywhere. For the first time ever, I actually found Martin Lawrence's humour quite funny. Giving the dog a bowlful of tequila gave me a bit of a tickle, as did Big Momma's 'Baywatch' style slow-mo run.

This is probably the only plus side on a film which lacked the power to keep a rather basic storyline going. The characters created weren't complex enough. The family consisted of three children. One who was 3 and wasn't able to speak, which you undoubtedly knew he would by the end. The 8 year old girl was a wannabe dancer, and there was a troubled teen, who would stop her rebellious ways by the end of the movie. Emily Proctor's acting throughout the film was, to be truthful, pretty lame. It's like she took Calleigh Duquesne's character from CSI: Miami and just took all of the weapons expertise out of it. No original work was added to the character.

To sum up, this is a sequel that should have been left WELL alone. If you are of the type of mind that requires a film that will challenge you, I'd look elsewhere. Laughter is guaranteed as this film's storyline is clearly based around Big Momma, allowing Martin Lawrence breathing space to play with the character, but there were never any genuine references to the original film.