Metascore
38 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 34 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 34
  2. Negative: 14 out of 34
  1. 75
    Eight different characters, all played by Murphy, all convincing, each with its own personality. This is not just a stunt. It is some kind of brilliance.
  2. It's a half-life better than Martin Lawrence treading similar, simpler water in "Big Momma's House."
  3. Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    75
    When have we seen the same performer playing both parts in a sexual situation? It happens here, not once but twice.
  4. 70
    Murphy still knows how to please a crowd.
  5. Reviewed by: Gemma Files
    70
    Nothing less than stunning: a slapstick ballet of choreographed buffoonery.
  6. Messy and scattershot, with a plot that's little more than a dirty version of ''Flubber.''
  7. Despite greater resources and high-tech whiz bang than the first movie, has a lot more turkey than dinner.
  8. 60
    Too often, the movie is more forced and frantic than actually funny.
  9. 60
    This is a parlor trick, but it's a hell of a good one.
  10. Murphy is remarkably convincing -- even endearing -- as each of the characters.
  11. 50
    Has some very funny moments, it is weighed down by gooey sentimentality.
  12. It's just like Paul McCartney's first solo album after the Beatles broke up; he played all the instruments himself -- because he could.
  13. Yes, bestiality in a PG-13 movie. It's the end of life as we know it.
  14. Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    50
    There's a whole lotta latex goin' on. The trouble is that not enough else is going on.
  15. 50
    Character-rich, but plot-poor.
  16. 50
    The bloom is off the rose due to cynical rehash.
  17. 50
    Half a movie at best. The broad humor at times derails Mr. Murphy's performances, but the movie provides a vehicle for him to display his reach.
  18. 50
    Defiantly sophomoric, often hilarious and crude as all get-out.
  19. 40
    The "Citizen Kane" of flatulence.
  20. This inferior sequel is doomed by a lousy - and extremely vulgar - script.
  21. He (Murphy) can't make chicken a la king from the chicken manure supplied by the writers.
  22. 30
    An amazing technical accomplishment that never becomes a coherent movie.
  23. 30
    Sporadically funny, the film seems weighted down, literally, with bulging, bulbous Murphys flatulating endlessly.
  24. Reviewed by: Robert Horton
    30
    Half vulgar and funny, half tedious and cloying; despite the shameless laughs, it's still a disappointment.
  25. Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    30
    Be prepared to laugh less at a lot more of the same thing in this overbearing but underwhelming sequel.
  26. The star's over-the-top energy isn't enough to make this hopelessly vulgar, numbingly repetitious farce worth watching.
  27. 25
    An annoying, unclever, unlikable movie.
  28. Reviewed by: Brian Parks
    20
    Suffers from a serious case of sophomore slump.
  29. Reviewed by: David Ansen
    20
    What was a ragged but often hilarious charmer has been genetically altered into a deafening and desperate mutant.
  30. 20
    Wastes most of its 110 minutes making impotent jokes about male sexual behavior and the repugnance of old women.
  31. It will linger like a foul odor or the taste of tinfoil between the teeth.
  32. Reviewed by: John Hartl
    10
    Utterly unnecessary sequel.
  33. The thrill is definitely gone, leaving a disappointing and unpleasant mess in its place.
User Score

Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. Aw come on. This is one of my favorite movies ever. It's funny and well...it's good. Scratch that, excellent!!! I couldn't even find one flaw! I would give it a chance and if you're into comedy, you'll love this. Full Review »
  2. Eddie Murphy should have just stopped at the first movie. The first movie was crude enough, but this took it to a whole new level. And what happened to Klump's girlfriend from the first movie? Did they break up or something? Now his new girlfriend is played by Janet Jackson. Full Review »