Big Momma's House 2 (2006)

An FBI agent reprises his disguise as a corpulent old lady and takes a job as a nanny in a crime suspect's house.

Director:

John Whitesell

Writers:

Don Rhymer, Darryl Quarles (characters)

Stars:

Martin Lawrence, Emily Procter, Nia Long

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Martin Lawrence	...	Malcolm / Big Momma
Nia Long	...	Sherri
Emily Procter	...	Leah Fuller
Zachary Levi	...	Kevin
Mark Moses	...	Tom Fuller
Kat Dennings	...	Molly
Chloë Grace Moretz	...	Carrie (as Chloe Grace Moretz)
Marisol Nichols	...	Liliana Morales
Josh Flitter	...	Stewart
Dan Lauria	...	Crawford
Jascha Washington	...	Trent
Jeanene Fox	...	Yasmeen
Preston Shores	...	Andrew
Trevor Shores	...	Andrew
Sarah Brown	...	Constance (as Sarah Joy Brown)

Storyline

Undercover Agent Malcolm Turner is back and this time he's out to expose the suspected designer of a deadly computer "worm" that would allow outside forces access to sophistical and critical government intelligence files. But unfortunately, the only way the crafty agent can get next to the worm's creator, Tom Fuller, is to access the programmer's Orange County home as the new "nanny" to Fuller and his wife Leah's children: toddler Andrew and his two older sisters, Carrie and Molly. This means that Malcolm must once again rely on his sure-fire alter ego, the take-no-prisoners Hattie Mae Pierce, a.k.a. "Big Momma," to bring down the bad guys and prove that a woman's work is never done! But once undercover, the job proves another tough juggling act for Big Momma as "she" must manage the hectic lives of the three Fuller kids, keep up with their myriad of daily activities, and handle the many household chores, all while secretly trying to dig up information on Tom's computer virus. Of ...

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Plot Keywords:

repeat sequel | undercover | fbi | nanny | fbi agent | 

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Taglines:

The Momma of all Comedies is Back.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

20th Century Fox [France] Twentieth Century Fox [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 January 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mi abuela es un peligro 2

Filming Locations:

Costa Mesa, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$27,736,056, 29 January 2006, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$70,165,972

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$138,259,062

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox,Regency Enterprises,Deep River Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the movie when Malcolm is in the mall he tries to hide behind a scooter. The man in the scooter looks and sounds like Hal Holbrook.

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Goofs

At the end of the movie, Malcolm is shown taking the newly born baby out of a forward facing car seat. Babies are required to ride facing the rear until the age of 12 months.

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Quotes

Big Momma: Girl, you got a mean streak in you, and God don't like ugly.

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Connections

References Waiting to Exhale (1995)

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Soundtracks

Paper Hearts
Written by George S. Clinton
Courtesy of Zal King Music
By Arrangement with Bug

User Reviews

very lame but sometimes funny

Some of the greatest movie comedies of all time have revolved around men dressing up in drag and trying to pass themselves off as women ("Some Like It Hot" and "Tootsie" being the prime examples). Ironically, that's also been the basis for some of the worst comedies ever made ("White Chicks" being the prime example I can think of at the moment). Somewhere in the middle lie the Big Momma movies, both the original, made in 2000,and the sequel from 2006, creatively entitled "Big Momma's House 2." Once again, Martin Lawrence stars as the FBI agent who this time goes undercover as a nanny to the children of a man who may be involved in some sort of major threat to national security (yawn!).

In turns of its storyline, the movie falls somewhere between "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "Mary Poppins," with Big Momma managing to heal the rift in the family and making the neglectful father a model parent by the end of the film. The crime scenario is beyond stupid and leads to a whole host of idiotic slapstick scenes involving Big Momma taking on the gun-wielding bad guys, but if you have a high level of tolerance for this sort of thing, "Big Momma's House 2" should provide you with a good share of laughs amid all the clunkers.

Lawrence exhibits a great deal of energy in the role of Big Momma, but he never brings the kind of insight and believability to the part that Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis or Dustin Hoffman managed to do in their respective turns at cross dressing comedy. Unfortunately, Lawrence's portrayal is all surface imitation, utterly devoid of the kind of subtle shading that might suggest he had actually gotten in touch with his character. This film would be a trifle less innocuous if it hadn't been done so much better already.