FBI agent Malcolm Turner and his 17-year-old son, Trent, go undercover at an all-girls performing arts school after Trent witnesses a murder. Posing as Big Momma and Charmaine, they must find the murderer before he finds them.
A film so drained of entertainment or simple humanity it is difficult to relate to as anything other than industrial artifact.
– Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb 2011
fresh:
It seems fair to point out that of all the cross-dressing comedies of recent decades, none has channeled Some Like It Hot quite so thoroughly.
– Mike Hale,
New York Times,
18 Feb 2011
rotten:
Even Big Momma deserves better than this.
– Keith Phipps,
AV Club,
18 Feb 2011
rotten:
An assessment of the film as part of a dissertational examination of Lawrence's contribution to comedic posterity and to African-American cultural history will surely note that the film was not pre-screened for critics in advance.
– Bruce Demara,
Toronto Star,
18 Feb 2011
rotten:
Looking back, it's strange to remember that the first two movies were both hits, and that Paul Giamatti and Terrence Howard even saw enough in the premise to sign up for the original. At this point, it's really all just flab.