Big Momma's House
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: June 2, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
7
Negative:
13
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
Boston GlobeJay Carr
It keeps its promise to throw an hour and a half of lively entertainment at audiences.
75
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Lawrence plus latex equals laughs. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Neither good nor terrible. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger 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
38
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A bad, bad movie...It's loud and dumb and it wastes a good cast on a ludicrous script. Read full review
20
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
If Big Momma's House isn't as bad as you imagined, then you've no imagination at all. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Lawrence is so ON that he appears to be gunning for clockwork bursts of audience approval. Read full review
10
Film.comTom Keogh
This is pretty much a lazy film with a few lighthearted moments and no substance. Read full review
10
Film.comSean 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
20
L.A. WeeklyRon Stringer
Yo momma so fat, when she gets in an elevator, it has to go down. Had enough? Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobin 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.
63
Miami HeraldCharles Savage
The kind of stupid-funny movie that should only be seen in a crowded theater.
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Big Momma's got game, but she doesn't have much else. Read full review
38
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Intermittently funny, often vulgar.
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
My guess is that the film will appeal equally to broad-minded 10-year-olds and their grandparents. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
How special.
20
SalonAndrew 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
75
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
When all's said and done, it turns out to be quite sweet-natured. OK. I laughed. So sue me. Read full review
63
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
A high-spirited, big-bottomed Polaroid of the comedian in a fat suit.
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerNekesa Mumbi Moody
The formulaic screenplay has enough funny moments to keep the audience from concentrating on the predictability of it all. Read full review
30
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Fitfully amusing. Read full review
15
TNT RoughCutJ. Rentilly
A frenetic, aggressively unfunny one-joke merging of "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Tootsie."
50
TV Guide MagazineStephen 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
63
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
There's something about a plus-size floral housedress that brings out the best in many male comics, and Lawrence is no exception.
20
VarietyTodd 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
20
Village VoiceJessica 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
60
Washington PostDesson Thomson
If you're not rolling in the aisles, you're definitely in the wrong theater. Read full review
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