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Big Momma's House
EMAILPRINT20th Century Fox Film Corp.

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 27 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 7 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Written by:
Darryl Quarles (also story)
Don Rhymer
Directed by: Raja Gosnell
Release Date:
Theatrical: June 2, 2000
DVD: November 28, 2000
Running Time: 98 minutes, Color
Origin: Germany / USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for crude humor including sexual innuendo, and for language and some violence
Starring Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, and Paul Giamatti
Disguised as an old lady, an FBI agent (Lawrence) attempts to protect a beautiful federal witness and her son.
Also On Metacritic
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Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database View The Trailer Official Studio Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
San Francisco Chronicle Bob Graham
When all's said and done, it turns out to be quite sweet-natured. OK. I laughed. So sue me.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
A high-spirited, big-bottomed Polaroid of the comedian in a fat suit.
USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
There's something about a plus-size floral housedress that brings out the best in many male comics, and Lawrence is no exception.
Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
My guess is that the film will appeal equally to broad-minded 10-year-olds and their grandparents.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Charles Savage
The kind of stupid-funny movie that should only be seen in a crowded theater.
Boston Globe Jay Carr
It keeps its promise to throw an hour and a half of lively entertainment at audiences.
Washington Post Desson Thomson
If you're not rolling in the aisles, you're definitely in the wrong theater.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
Big Momma's got game, but she doesn't have much else.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Stephen Miller
Lawrence -- with the help of Oscar-winning makeup effects artist Greg Cannom ("Mrs. Doubtfire") -- has created yet another prosthetic screen wonder.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
How special.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Nekesa Mumbi Moody
The formulaic screenplay has enough funny moments to keep the audience from concentrating on the predictability of it all.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
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.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
A bad, bad movie...It's loud and dumb and it wastes a good cast on a ludicrous script.
Read Full Review >New York Post Jonathan Foreman
Intermittently funny, often vulgar.
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Lawrence is so ON that he appears to be gunning for clockwork bursts of audience approval.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Robin Rauzi
If you think that Martin Lawrence dressed up as a hefty grandmother is funny, be gone with you .For the rest of you, you'd be better off just taking a ride on the bus. The script.. .is off and stumbling over unfunny one-liners.
Village Voice Jessica Winter
Ends up waddling its way toward gentler, mistier climes, stopping just shy of "Doubtfire" country. It doesn't run out of smelly steam so much as downshift and become a different movie.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson
If Big Momma's House isn't as bad as you imagined, then you've no imagination at all.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
Martin Lawrence, no Eddie Murphy, takes a reheated cross-dressing shtick and turns it into something to elate your inner fourth-grader.
Read Full Review >Variety Todd McCarthy
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.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Ron Stringer
Yo momma so fat, when she gets in an elevator, it has to go down. Had enough?
Read Full Review >TNT RoughCut J. Rentilly
A frenetic, aggressively unfunny one-joke merging of "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Tootsie."
Film.com Sean Means
So you'll laugh during Big Momma's House -- but the laughs are so negligible you'll probably forget them before you get to the parking lot.
Read Full Review >Film.com Tom Keogh
This is pretty much a lazy film with a few lighthearted moments and no substance.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 5.7 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Brittany R gave it a10:
I loved this movie! It was wonderful! I had a few laughs now and then, yes, but I wouldn't say it didn't keep me from laughing. This movie was the kind for entertainment. Always wanting more.
Michael C. gave it a 4:
I never laughed. Once. Amatuerish and extremely pointless, Big Momma's House is an extreme waste of time.
Maria W. gave it a 2:
This was by far the worst comedy I have ever seen. Shame on Martin Lawrence!! This was written by someone who does not know the meaning of "comedy." As for the make-up, it was probably the only thing that was done "okay" for this movie. For anybody who made this their first Martin Lawrence movie, I feel sorry for him. Give Martin another chance by watching another one of his movies and you won't be disappointed.
Ned D. gave it a 1:
Lawrence wants us to believe that old black women are just damned funny, whether or not you want to believe it. And if you don't, he'll just have the old black woman have diarrhea too. It's funnier now, isn't it? No?
Cole L. gave it a 3:
A very bad movie with bad jokes. But it had wit and cleverness.
