Metascore
34 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 20
  2. Negative: 10 out of 20
  1. BMH2 is a harmless, genial outing, a comedy that is amusing without ever rising to the level of funny. You sit through the film with a smile on your face, waiting for the laughs that never come.
  2. 60
    Mercifully free of excess mania, sexual innuendo and fart jokes, this sweet-natured comedy, ably directed by John Whitesell (Malibu's Most Wanted), has some nice bits of business.
  3. Reviewed by: R. Emmet Sweeney
    60
    Lawrence is an ingratiating performer, sarcastic and sentimental, and does inventive work with a swivel chair, a bathing suit, and steaming rocks. He's helped along by Emily Procter, who plays the overworked wife and should be freed from "CSI: Miami" as soon as possible.
  4. Reviewed by: Nicholas Fonseca
    58
    House 2 may never elicit more than mild chuckles, but when Momma teaches the Fullers a few lessons about family, it's heartfelt without being syrupy.
  5. This could be the start of an awful new genre: Nannies Gone Wild.
  6. Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    50
    Completely unnecessary but painless, like dentistry performed by mimes.
  7. Inconsequential sequel for the undemanding moviegoer.
  8. If state-of-the-art cross-gender fat suits and drunken Chihuahuas were the stuff of comic genius, Big Momma's House 2 still wouldn't be very funny.
  9. Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    40
    This is a sequel so bad that even Cedric the Entertainer and Anthony Anderson didn't return for it, let alone Terrence Howard and Paul Giamatti.
  10. Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    40
    This isn't your father's cross-dressing. At the same time, the science of comedy attains a new level of appreciation, since hardly anything about this sluggish sequel to the 2000 box office hit comes close to being funny.
  11. If there is a casting agent in hell, ­Martin Lawrence and Tyler Perry will soon put on their fat suits as Big Momma and Madea Simmons and show up as a tag team in a big-screen ­Wrestlemania.
  12. Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    38
    Lawrence is a comedian with talent who rarely uses it for anything worthwhile, and here he makes a halfhearted, paycheck-collecting effort that's actually in perfect keeping with the rest of the movie's tired, recycled tone.
  13. Reviewed by: Jessica Letkemann
    38
    All told, however, this bland little movie fits right into it's late January slot. It's a little bawdy - the fat-lady thong bit was funnier in "Shallow Hall" - and it passes the time.
  14. Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    30
    So episodic and flat it should be a letdown even to those amused by the original.
  15. 30
    This is funny mostly for its brazen disregard of common sense.
  16. The result is an incredibly disorganized movie with a few funny scenes -- most of which are revealed in the commercials.
  17. 25
    There's something depressing about seeing the low-energy, family-friendly Lawrence sleepwalk through the film's sappy plot points.
  18. Reviewed by: Kim Newman
    20
    Bottom-rung dreck.
  19. It's a shame to once again witness Martin Lawrence squander his considerable comic talents under a fat suit and fake breasts in this shoddy sequel.
  20. Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    0
    If you experience any laughter while in the presence of this movie, it's a credit to your imagination. But if you can tickle yourself, why spend the $10.75?
User Score

Mixed or average reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 6 out of 16
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