Big Momma's House

Big Momma's House


Starring:Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Paul Giamatti, Jascha Washington, Terrence Howard, Anthony Anderson, Ella Mitchell, Carl Wright, Phyllis Applegate, Starletta DuPois, Jessie Mae Holmes, Nicole Prescott, Octavia Spencer, Tichina Arnold, Cedric the Entertainer, Philip Tan, Edwin Hodge, Aldis Hodge, Brian Palermo, Brian Paul Stuart
Director: Raja Gosnell
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Disguise is the limit. "Martin Lawrence brings down the house" (E! Online) as crafty FBI agent Malcolm Turner who's willing to go through thick and thin in order to catch an escaped prisoner. "Nia Long is captivating" (Checkout.com) as Sherry, the con's sexy former flame - she might have the skinny on millions in stolen loot, and she's headed for Georgia to lay low for a while. That's enough to send Malcolm deep undercover as Big Momma, an oversized, overbearing Southern granny with an attitude as tough as her pork chops. The result is an outrageous comedy of epic proportions, filled with nonstop laughs and plenty of action!
Big Momma's House 2
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Big Momma DVD- Too Funny
  • My review
  • average laughs
  • Very nice family watch
  • Was Okay
 Big Momma's House 2
Starring: Martin Lawrence , Nia Long , Emily Procter , Zachary Levi , and Mark Moses
Director: John Whitesell
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B000F1IQHI
Release Date: 2006-05-09

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Funnyman Martin Lawrence steps back into the latex fatsuit for Big Momma's House 2, the sequel to one of Lawrence's biggest hits. Malcolm Turner (Lawrence, Bad Boys, Rebound) goes undercover, turning his Big Momma disguise into a nanny for a computer company executive who may be concocting a means to hack into military databases. But that's just a pretense to get Big Momma coping with a perfectionist mom and her three kids, who are all dysfunctional in cute and easily resolved ways. Naturally, Big Momma dispenses life lessons and catches the crooks while Lawrence does his best to milk his fat drag act for cheap laughs. Unfortunately, those cheap laughs never quite pay off; the script is a wastebasket of cliches and clumsy set-ups for gags that never seem worth the effort. The movie desperately wants to appeal to women with cute kids while luring men with a spa visit featuring scantily clad Victoria's Secret models. Even Lawrence's fans will find themselves snoozing through this one. --Bret Fetzer

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Nonstop laughs are back in the house with this super-sized sequel that's wilder, funnier, and filled with even more outrageous new adventures! Martin Lawrence and Nia Long return in a heavyweight hit comedy that's loads of fun for the whole family!

In the interest of national security, FBI agent Malcolm Turner (Lawrence) goes back undercover as Big Momma?a slick-talking, slam-dunking Southern granny with attitude to spare! Now this granny must play nanny to three demanding kids to complete his most outrageous assignment ever!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Big Momma DVD- Too Funny.......2007-03-19

The price was right - shipping indeed quick and then we put the movie in - laughed till we hurt!!! This is an old fashion just plain clean fun type of humor and we loved it - highly recommend the DVD and the supplier -

5 out of 5 stars My review.......2007-03-08

My product ordered came in a reasonable amount of time and it was in excellent condition, unopened.

3 out of 5 stars average laughs.......2007-02-24

I laughed a few times. The little boy who teams up with Big Momma was funny. This happens later in the film. The old lady that wants to fight Big Momma at the bingo club was pretty hysterical, also. That's about it. Not bad, but the thing is, we've seen men dress up as women in movies for YEARS. It's all been done a bunch of times.

4 out of 5 stars Very nice family watch.......2007-01-28

Big Momma is back and he's better than ever before!

Martin Lawrence steps back into the fat suit and seems to have perfected his role as Big Momma. I have heard a lot of people say negative points about this film, but I disagree with them (mostly). It is a comedy and is not meant to be took seriously.

Big Momma's House 2 seems to be more of a family film, but saying that there are elements that will appeal to all ages. They was not one scene in the film that I found distasteful or lame and I thought that the cheerleader scene at the end of the film was comical and adorable.

4 out of 5 stars Was Okay.......2006-12-04

Should be last Big Momma movie. This one was okay, but not as funny as the first. I have always loved Martin Lawrence and am dying for "Martin" (the comedy series) to come out. However, as the saying goes "quit while you're ahead". I would give this advice to Martin with the Big Momma franchise. I don't see that he can wring any further jokes from Big Momma. No more please!!

The reason I gave this movie 4 stars is that it was not quite as bad as I was expecting. At least, for the most part, the plot made sense (at least to me) and I laughed out loud several times. So it wasn't horrible. Just not great.
Big Momma's House (Special Edition)
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • GREAT VIEWING
  • family watch
  • Big Momma Doubtfire!
  • Not a bad diversion. . . .
  • Good, but not as good as it could have been with some radical revisions
 Big Momma's House (Special Edition)
Starring: Phyllis Applegate , Starletta DuPois , Paul Giamatti , Terrence Howard , and Martin Lawrence
Director: Raja Gosnell
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B00003CXJY
Release Date: 2001-03-06

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No one tries very hard in Big Momma's House, so your enjoyment of this Martin Lawrence vehicle pretty much depends on how much amusement you're able to derive from a guy dressed up as a very ample woman. The setup is of the eye-rolling, only-in-Hollywood nature: Lawrence, as detective Malcolm Turner, is after a killer, and apparently the only way to capture him is to pose as the bad guy's ex-girlfriend's grandmother, who--the film cannot stress this point too much--is quite large.

Apparently, Sherry (Nia Long), the young woman in question--she's as attractive as Big Momma is, well, you know--is none too bright, for she falls for Malcolm's ruse, which of course ostensibly amuses mainly because it's so transparent. She at least has an excuse--she hasn't seen Big Momma in two years--but Big Momma's oblivious friends must be functional morons. Screenwriters Darryl Quarles and Don Rhymer didn't tax themselves very much, as they have Malcolm-as-Big-Momma going through fairly predictable motions--botching a meal and delivering a baby unconventionally (Big Momma's a midwife), but ruling at basketball and self- defense and protecting Sherry while trying vainly not to flirt with her. Paul Giamatti is wasted as Malcolm's partner; director Raja Gosnell's clunky sense of comic rhythm is bewildering, because he used to be an editor (he brought a similar lack of magic to Home Alone 3).

Lawrence won't have anyone forgetting Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot, Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, or Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire anytime soon. Big Momma's House benefits mainly by being first to the marketplace ahead of Eddie Murphy's The Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps; Murphy's work in prosthetics is far more accomplished, versatile, and funny. --David Kronke

Description

Disguise is the limit. "Martin Lawrence brings down the house" (E! Online) as crafty FBI agent Malcolm Turner who's willing to go through thick and thin in order to catch an escaped prisoner. "Nia Long is captivating" (Checkout.com) as Sherry, the con's sexy former flame - she might have the skinny on millions in stolen loot, and she's headed for Georgia to lay low for a while. That's enough to send Malcolm deep undercover as Big Momma, an oversized, overbearing Southern granny with an attitude as tough as her pork chops. The result is an outrageous comedy of epic proportions, filled with nonstop laughs and plenty of action!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars GREAT VIEWING.......2007-05-26

This is just down my street hilarious and great family viewing. highly recommended. Loved every minute.

4 out of 5 stars family watch.......2007-01-28

This is a great film for kids and big kids! Its just simple humour but had me in stitches more than once, good characters and story. Good family viewing.

4 out of 5 stars Big Momma Doubtfire!.......2006-11-13

Big Momma's House is far more entertaining than some of the reviews would indicate. Yes, the plot is almost impossible: an FBI agent who is forced to disguise himself as a very large grandmother, in order to track down an escaped killer.

But the film has so many enjoyable scenes. Who can forget lovely Sherry (Nia Long), asking if Big Momma (Martin Lawrence) has another flashlight? The makeup and body padding make Martin Lawrence an awesomely agile grandmother. His basketball back-dunk is something we would all love to see grandmothers be able to do. It's kind of like when we wish we had super powers.

I can't spoil it for you, because there are just so many memorable scenes: like detective Malcolm caught in a tree branch as he slowly sags out of his "granny suit." Or when he somersaults, breaking through the front window, shyly commenting, "I forgot my keys." Or when the reverend (Cedric the Entertainer) discourages Big Momma from talking too much about what happened in the back of an El Camino.

OK--it's kind of kitsch--but it's a whole lot of fun. It will not be considered the greatest movie of the twentyfirst century, but it is an escapist romantic comedy and lots of fun. If you liked films like Mrs. Doubtfire, you'll really like this. Relax and enjoy it.

3 out of 5 stars Not a bad diversion. . . ........2006-09-04

I'm not usually a fan of movies in this genre, but Big Momma's House is not as bad a diversion as some might have you believe. If you've ever witnessed someone doing or saying something so stupid,low and crass that you had to laugh in spite of yourself, then this movie fits the bill. One of the strongest draws of this movie is its unusually strong cast of talented actors, who make the most out of what they are given. Like most comedies in this vein, you have to suspend your disbelief much of the time: the plot of this situational comedy is highly improbable, but sometimes quite funny. Martin Lawrence won't make you forget Eddie Murphy's star turn in the First "Nutty Professor" remake, but he does have some surprisingly amusing moments impersonating "Big Momma" while in pursuit of a criminal who is on the lam. Nia Long, his love interest, is as cool and ravishing as ever. Ella Mitchell gamely plays the real Big Momma and, best of all, Anthony Anderson is uproariously funny as a bumbling security guard who moonlights giving self-defense classes to elderly women in the neighborhood community center. As most reviewers here have indicated, "Big Momma's House" is definitely not worth agonizing about. It's the film equivalent of pleasantly disposable junk food. It could have been much worse.

3 out of 5 stars Good, but not as good as it could have been with some radical revisions.......2006-08-25

The biggest problem with Big Momma's house is that you can often see just how funny it should be, but the cast and crew are not able to sustain the occasional hilarious parts with any consistency.

It doesn't seem to help that Big Momma's House wants to be more than a comedy. Writers Darryl Quarles and Don Rhymer shoot for a combination of a crime comedy ala Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and a romantic comedy. But the core comedy is absurdist, while the mostly serious crime stuff is so underwritten that it would be better absent, and the somewhat serious rom-com stuff is so generic and predictable that it has all the surprise of attending Mass.

To me, the comedy being absurdist is a plus, but it doesn't mesh well with other modes. It's ridiculous, of course, that Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) is trying to pass himself off as "Big Momma" Hattie Mae Pierce (Ella Mitchell). That's a large part of what makes it funny. However, director Raja Gosnell's decision to play the rest of the cast as mostly deadpan is a strange one. It leads the viewer to take the film in a more realist mode, but if you're doing that, you keep asking yourself why anyone else would believe that Turner is actually Big Momma. Gosnell should have gone for another approach during the Turner as Big Momma scenes. It's not that they're never funny, but too often the deadpan interaction breaks the humor.

However, the deadpan attitude works wonders when Mitchell is Big Momma. Mitchell is a fantastic here as a comic actress and especially Paul Giamatti as John is hilarious interacting with her. Once those too-brief scenes ended, I was wishing they wouldn't have, and when they reappeared again at the end, it made me more fully realize how much better they were. A whole film could have and should have been written around Mitchell as Big Momma with Giamatti and Lawrence interacting with her and beautiful co-star Nia Long via some other story.

Even with these problems, Big Momma is an enjoyable film. My wife enjoyed it even more than I did, we're looking forward to watching Big Momma's House 2, and we'll certainly watch this again in the future. But it's a case of moments of brilliance poking through so that you see just how much better it could have been.
Big Momma's House (Full-Screen Edition)
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • GREAT VIEWING
  • family watch
  • Big Momma Doubtfire!
  • Not a bad diversion. . . .
  • Good, but not as good as it could have been with some radical revisions
 Big Momma's House (Full-Screen Edition)
Starring: Martin Lawrence , Nia Long , Paul Giamatti , Jascha Washington , and Terrence Howard
Director: Raja Gosnell
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B000062XGC
Release Date: 2002-05-21

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No one tries very hard in Big Momma's House, so your enjoyment of this Martin Lawrence vehicle pretty much depends on how much amusement you're able to derive from a guy dressed up as a very ample woman. The setup is of the eye-rolling, only-in-Hollywood nature: Lawrence, as detective Malcolm Turner, is after a killer, and apparently the only way to capture him is to pose as the bad guy's ex-girlfriend's grandmother, who--the film cannot stress this point too much--is quite large.

Apparently, Sherry (Nia Long), the young woman in question--she's as attractive as Big Momma is, well, you know--is none too bright, for she falls for Malcolm's ruse, which of course ostensibly amuses mainly because it's so transparent. She at least has an excuse--she hasn't seen Big Momma in two years--but Big Momma's oblivious friends must be functional morons. Screenwriters Darryl Quarles and Don Rhymer didn't tax themselves very much, as they have Malcolm-as-Big-Momma going through fairly predictable motions--botching a meal and delivering a baby unconventionally (Big Momma's a midwife), but ruling at basketball and self- defense and protecting Sherry while trying vainly not to flirt with her. Paul Giamatti is wasted as Malcolm's partner; director Raja Gosnell's clunky sense of comic rhythm is bewildering, because he used to be an editor (he brought a similar lack of magic to Home Alone 3).

Lawrence won't have anyone forgetting Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot, Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, or Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire anytime soon. Big Momma's House benefits mainly by being first to the marketplace ahead of Eddie Murphy's The Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps; Murphy's work in prosthetics is far more accomplished, versatile, and funny. --David Kronke

Description

Disguise is the limit. "Martin Lawrence brings down the house" (E! Online) as crafty FBI agent Malcolm Turner who's willing to go through thick and thin in order to catch an escaped prisoner. "Nia Long is captivating" (Checkout.com) as Sherry, the con's sexy former flame - she might have the skinny on millions in stolen loot, and she's headed for Georgia to lay low for a while. That's enough to send Malcolm deep undercover as Big Momma, an oversized, overbearing Southern granny with an attitude as tough as her pork chops. The result is an outrageous comedy of epic proportions, filled with nonstop laughs and plenty of action!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars GREAT VIEWING.......2007-05-26

This is just down my street hilarious and great family viewing. highly recommended. Loved every minute.

4 out of 5 stars family watch.......2007-01-28

This is a great film for kids and big kids! Its just simple humour but had me in stitches more than once, good characters and story. Good family viewing.

4 out of 5 stars Big Momma Doubtfire!.......2006-11-13

Big Momma's House is far more entertaining than some of the reviews would indicate. Yes, the plot is almost impossible: an FBI agent who is forced to disguise himself as a very large grandmother, in order to track down an escaped killer.

But the film has so many enjoyable scenes. Who can forget lovely Sherry (Nia Long), asking if Big Momma (Martin Lawrence) has another flashlight? The makeup and body padding make Martin Lawrence an awesomely agile grandmother. His basketball back-dunk is something we would all love to see grandmothers be able to do. It's kind of like when we wish we had super powers.

I can't spoil it for you, because there are just so many memorable scenes: like detective Malcolm caught in a tree branch as he slowly sags out of his "granny suit." Or when he somersaults, breaking through the front window, shyly commenting, "I forgot my keys." Or when the reverend (Cedric the Entertainer) discourages Big Momma from talking too much about what happened in the back of an El Camino.

OK--it's kind of kitsch--but it's a whole lot of fun. It will not be considered the greatest movie of the twentyfirst century, but it is an escapist romantic comedy and lots of fun. If you liked films like Mrs. Doubtfire, you'll really like this. Relax and enjoy it.

3 out of 5 stars Not a bad diversion. . . ........2006-09-04

I'm not usually a fan of movies in this genre, but Big Momma's House is not as bad a diversion as some might have you believe. If you've ever witnessed someone doing or saying something so stupid,low and crass that you had to laugh in spite of yourself, then this movie fits the bill. One of the strongest draws of this movie is its unusually strong cast of talented actors, who make the most out of what they are given. Like most comedies in this vein, you have to suspend your disbelief much of the time: the plot of this situational comedy is highly improbable, but sometimes quite funny. Martin Lawrence won't make you forget Eddie Murphy's star turn in the First "Nutty Professor" remake, but he does have some surprisingly amusing moments impersonating "Big Momma" while in pursuit of a criminal who is on the lam. Nia Long, his love interest, is as cool and ravishing as ever. Ella Mitchell gamely plays the real Big Momma and, best of all, Anthony Anderson is uproariously funny as a bumbling security guard who moonlights giving self-defense classes to elderly women in the neighborhood community center. As most reviewers here have indicated, "Big Momma's House" is definitely not worth agonizing about. It's the film equivalent of pleasantly disposable junk food. It could have been much worse.

3 out of 5 stars Good, but not as good as it could have been with some radical revisions.......2006-08-25

The biggest problem with Big Momma's house is that you can often see just how funny it should be, but the cast and crew are not able to sustain the occasional hilarious parts with any consistency.

It doesn't seem to help that Big Momma's House wants to be more than a comedy. Writers Darryl Quarles and Don Rhymer shoot for a combination of a crime comedy ala Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and a romantic comedy. But the core comedy is absurdist, while the mostly serious crime stuff is so underwritten that it would be better absent, and the somewhat serious rom-com stuff is so generic and predictable that it has all the surprise of attending Mass.

To me, the comedy being absurdist is a plus, but it doesn't mesh well with other modes. It's ridiculous, of course, that Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) is trying to pass himself off as "Big Momma" Hattie Mae Pierce (Ella Mitchell). That's a large part of what makes it funny. However, director Raja Gosnell's decision to play the rest of the cast as mostly deadpan is a strange one. It leads the viewer to take the film in a more realist mode, but if you're doing that, you keep asking yourself why anyone else would believe that Turner is actually Big Momma. Gosnell should have gone for another approach during the Turner as Big Momma scenes. It's not that they're never funny, but too often the deadpan interaction breaks the humor.

However, the deadpan attitude works wonders when Mitchell is Big Momma. Mitchell is a fantastic here as a comic actress and especially Paul Giamatti as John is hilarious interacting with her. Once those too-brief scenes ended, I was wishing they wouldn't have, and when they reappeared again at the end, it made me more fully realize how much better they were. A whole film could have and should have been written around Mitchell as Big Momma with Giamatti and Lawrence interacting with her and beautiful co-star Nia Long via some other story.

Even with these problems, Big Momma is an enjoyable film. My wife enjoyed it even more than I did, we're looking forward to watching Big Momma's House 2, and we'll certainly watch this again in the future. But it's a case of moments of brilliance poking through so that you see just how much better it could have been.
Big Momma's House / Big Momma's House 2
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    		Big Momma's House / Big Momma's House 2
    Starring: Martin Lawrence , Nia Long , Emily Procter , Zachary Levi , and Mark Moses
    Director: John Whitesell , and Raja Gosnell
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    Release Date: 2007-08-07

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    Disk 1: BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE WS Special Edition Disk 2: BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE 2
    Big Momma's House
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Big Momma's House
      Starring: Martin Lawrence , Nia Long , Paul Giamatti , Jascha Washington , and Terrence Howard
      Director: Raja Gosnell
      Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
      ProductGroup: DVD
      Binding: DVD

      GeneralGeneral | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
      SlapstickSlapstick | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
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      Lawrence, MartinLawrence, Martin | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
      Long, NiaLong, Nia | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
      Prescott, NicolePrescott, Nicole | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
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      1. Big Momma's House 2
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      3. Black Knight
      4. National Security
      5. Rebound

      ASIN: B00005IBN0
      Release Date: 2002-12-10

      Description

      Disguise is the limit. "Martin Lawrence brings down the house" (E! Online) as crafty FBI agent Malcolm Turner who's willing to go through thick and thin in order to catch an escaped prisoner. "Nia Long is captivating" (Checkout.com) as Sherry, the con's sexy former flame - she might have the skinny on millions in stolen loot, and she's headed for Georgia to lay low for a while. That's enough to send Malcolm deep undercover as Big Momma, an oversized, overbearing Southern granny with an attitude as tough as her pork chops. The result is an outrageous comedy of epic proportions, filled with nonstop laughs and plenty of action!
      Big Momma's House
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Big Momma's House
        Starring: Martin Lawrence , Nia Long , Paul Giamatti , Jascha Washington , and Terrence Howard
        Director: Raja Gosnell
        Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
        ProductGroup: DVD
        Binding: DVD

        GeneralGeneral | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
        SlapstickSlapstick | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
        Bumbling CopsBumbling Cops | By Theme | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
        Assumed IdentityAssumed Identity | By Theme | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
        Comedy of ErrorsComedy of Errors | By Theme | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
        Gender BendingGender Bending | By Theme | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
        FarceFarce | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
        Comic CriminalsComic Criminals | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
        Martin LawrenceMartin Lawrence | Comedy Stars | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
        Entertainer, Cedric TheEntertainer, Cedric The | ( E ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
        Giamatti, PaulGiamatti, Paul | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
        Lawrence, MartinLawrence, Martin | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
        Long, NiaLong, Nia | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
        Prescott, NicolePrescott, Nicole | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
        Wright, CarlWright, Carl | ( W ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
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        ( B )( B ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
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        ASIN: B00008G7TV
        Release Date: 2002-12-10

        Description

        Disguise is the limit. "Martin Lawrence brings down the house" (E! Online) as crafty FBI agent Malcolm Turner who's willing to go through thick and thin in order to catch an escaped prisoner. "Nia Long is captivating" (Checkout.com) as Sherry, the con's sexy former flame - she might have the skinny on millions in stolen loot, and she's headed for Georgia to lay low for a while. That's enough to send Malcolm deep undercover as Big Momma, an oversized, overbearing Southern granny with an attitude as tough as her pork chops. The result is an outrageous comedy of epic proportions, filled with nonstop laughs and plenty of action!
        Martin Lawrence Celebrity Pack (Big Momma's House / Rebound / Black Knight)
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          		Martin Lawrence Celebrity Pack (Big Momma's House / Rebound / Black Knight)
          Starring: Martin Lawrence , Wendy Raquel Robinson , Breckin Meyer , Horatio Sanz , and Oren Williams (II)
          Director: Steve Carr (III) , Gil Junger , and Raja Gosnell
          Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
          ProductGroup: DVD
          Binding: DVD

          GeneralGeneral | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
          Martin LawrenceMartin Lawrence | Comedy Stars | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
          ComedyComedy | African American Cinema | Genres | DVD | Video
          GeneralGeneral | African American Cinema | Genres | DVD | Video
          Billingslea, BeauBillingslea, Beau | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
          Cockrum, DennisCockrum, Dennis | ( C ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
          Lawrence, MartinLawrence, Martin | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
          Meyer, BreckinMeyer, Breckin | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
          Stoller, FredStoller, Fred | ( S ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
          Warburton, PatrickWarburton, Patrick | ( W ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
          Gosnell, RajaGosnell, Raja | ( G ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video
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          ASIN: B000G6BLJ2
          Release Date: 2006-09-12

          Product Description

          Includes:
        • Big Momma's House
        • Rebound
        • Black Knight

          Format: DVD MOVIE
          Drumline & Big Momma's House (Full Screen Edition)
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            		Drumline & Big Momma's House (Full Screen Edition)
            Starring: Nick Cannon , Zoe Saldana , Orlando Jones , Leonard Roberts , and GQ
            Director: Charles Stone III , and Raja Gosnell
            Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
            ProductGroup: DVD
            Binding: DVD

            GeneralGeneral | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
            GeneralGeneral | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video
            Gosnell, RajaGosnell, Raja | ( G ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video
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            ( D )( D ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
            ASIN: B0000C0FMU
            Release Date: 2003-11-04
            Drumline & Big Momma's House (Widescreen Edition)
            Average customer rating: Not rated
              		Drumline & Big Momma's House (Widescreen Edition)
              Starring: Nick Cannon , Zoe Saldana , Orlando Jones , Leonard Roberts , and GQ
              Director: Charles Stone III , and Raja Gosnell
              Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
              ProductGroup: DVD
              Binding: DVD

              GeneralGeneral | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
              GeneralGeneral | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video
              Gosnell, RajaGosnell, Raja | ( G ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video
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              ASIN: B0000C0FMV
              Release Date: 2003-11-04
              Big Momma's House / Me Myself & Irene
              Average customer rating: Not rated
                		Big Momma's House / Me Myself & Irene
                Starring: Jim Carrey , Renée Zellweger , Anthony Anderson , Mongo Brownlee , and Kate Forster
                Director: Peter Farrelly , Bobby Farrelly , and Raja Gosnell
                Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
                ProductGroup: DVD
                Binding: DVD

                GeneralGeneral | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
                Farrelly BrothersFarrelly Brothers | Comedy Directors | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
                Jim CarreyJim Carrey | Comedy Stars | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
                Brownlee, Jerry MongoBrownlee, Jerry Mongo | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
                Carrey, JimCarrey, Jim | ( C ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
                Cooper, ChrisCooper, Chris | ( C ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
                Cox, TonyCox, Tony | ( C ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
                Forster, RobertForster, Robert | ( F ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
                Greene, DanielGreene, Daniel | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
                Jenkins, RichardJenkins, Richard | ( J ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
                Farrelly, PeterFarrelly, Peter | ( F ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video
                Gosnell, RajaGosnell, Raja | ( G ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video
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                ASIN: B00006G8JI
                Release Date: 2002-10-15

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