Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: February 18, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
22
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
5
Negative:
9
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
MovielineMichelle OrangeFeb 18, 2011
It goes down like a canned but genial '80s comedy: Without fanfare or much nutrition; part of your balanced breakfast. Read full review
50
VarietyJoe LeydonFeb 18, 2011
Kind of a drag when it resorts to frantic slapstick and tired action-comedy tropes, but modestly engaging during stretches that suggest the project would have worked better as an exuberant musical. Read full review
40
Time OutAndrew SchenkerFeb 19, 2011
Hilariously horrible when it isn't just plain awful. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick SchagerFeb 18, 2011
John Whitesell's extraordinarily witless movie operates as a checklist for cultural and racial clichés. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttFeb 18, 2011
Won't likely disappoint fans of men-in-drag comedy but doesn't offer much that's original or funny. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyAdam MarkovitzFeb 18, 2011
Lawrence's gender-bending jokes are played out, and his slapstick is wooden and slow. Read full review
30
The New York TimesMike HaleFeb 19, 2011
About the only honestly funny thing in the movie is Faizon Love's uncredited performance in the Joe E. Brown role, as the school maintenance man who's immediately smitten with Big Momma. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsFeb 19, 2011
Star Martin Lawrence, now the sole remaining element from the original "Big Momma's House" 11 years ago, looks pretty tired both in and out of makeup here. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeTom RussoFeb 19, 2011
Fresh or not, creatively merited or not, here it comes: the third installment of Martin Lawrence's big, dopey franchise. Read full review
25
Orlando SentinelRoger MooreFeb 18, 2011
A humorless mashup of "White Chicks" and "Glee." Read full review
20
EmpireAnna SmithFeb 17, 2011
Whoever demanded a third installment of Lawrence's mirthless mash-up of weak gags and cross-dressing horrors should be imprisoned and forced to watch it on repeat until they repent. Avoid. Read full review
11
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovFeb 24, 2011
The comic, his career now apparently in total free fall, tackles the (dual) role(s) so broadly (no pun intended) that it's just plain annoying. Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenFeb 19, 2011
A film so drained of entertainment or simple humanity it is difficult to relate to as anything other than industrial artifact. Read full review
10
Boxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyFeb 19, 2011
Starved of humor and energy, the interminable Big Mommas: Life Father, Like Son could force Lawrence and co-star Brandon T. Jackson undercover for real. Read full review
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