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Big BAD Momma., 5 June 2000
Author:
Patrick Brogan from Glendale, Arizona, U.S.A.
Hey look people, Martin Lawrence is wearing a dress!
Isn't
that funny? Hey look, there is Martin Lawrence wearing a different dress,
isn't that still funny? That seems to be the
continuing running gag in the new film staring Martin Lawrence
titled, BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE. A film that tries to pull off the same male
dressed as female jokes that we've seen before in TOOTSIE, SOME LIKE IT HOT,
and MRS. DOUBTFIRE.
Lawrence plays Malcolm Turner, a federal agent who is
after
a escaped convict, Lester (Terrence Howard), who is looking
for his ex-girlfriend Sherry (Nia Long) who might or might
not
have the $2 million dollars that he stole during a robbery. Before you can
say, STAKEOUT, Malcolm and his partner John
(Paul Giamatti), travel to Georgia to watch over the house
that
belongs to one Big Momma (Ella Mitchell), hoping that Sherry
will show up to see her big grandmother. When Big Momma makes a unexpected
departure, Malcolm decides to play Big Momma so
he can help capture Lester.
The plot to this film is as routine as Lawrence's last film, BLUE
STREAK. And like BLUE STREAK, it also has another
element missing, humor. The jokes in this film are so predictable and lame.
And to get the 12 year olds in the theater laughing, they also include some
more left over potty
jokes from READY TO RUMBLE, which were just as stupid in that film. And to
get the audience groaning, they have a shot showing Big Momma's behind. Why
they did that, I still don't
know?
Lawrence use to be funny on his t.v. show and in the
movie
BAD BOYS. Here, he's just playing the same role, Martin Lawrence, just this
time he's dressed up as a woman. When Robin Williams and Eddie Murphy dress
up as women, they at least
add some personality to their disguises, and make their fictional character
seem real. With Lawrence, it's just good
ol' Martin wearing a wig and dress. And character actor Paul Giamatti is
wasted playing the bumbling partner of Lawrence.
Giamatti has been in some excellent films like PRIVATE
PARTS,
NEGOTATITOR, and MAN ON THE MOON, among many others. Why is
he
in this film, I still do not know. And Nia Long is also
wasted
playing the girl who notices the little differences in
big
momma, but just shrugges them off.
What's bad about this movie, everything. There are no jokes, ripped
off plot, stereo typed characters and stereo typed situations that the
average movie audience has seen a dozen times already. I guess the people
who never seen classic
drag films like SOME LIKE IT HOT and TOOTSIE, would enjoy
this.
But for those who love and enjoy those films, will pity the filmmakers of
this film. There is one good thing I can say about BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE, it
will keep BATTLEFIELD EARTH company
for one of the worst movies of the summer. * (out of five)
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