Big Momma's House 2
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Movie Reviews of Big Momma's House 2
Movie Review: My review
Summary: 5 Stars
My product ordered came in a reasonable amount of time and it was in excellent condition, unopened.Movie Review: Plays Like New
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie plays just as good as a brand new movie. Very good price for it.Movie Review: Solved all of the problems with the first film
Summary: 4 Stars
Perhaps not surprisingly if you're familiar with many of my reviews, I'm going to have to go against the grain here. I think Big Momma's House 2 is a much better film than the first one. There were a number of problems--most related to trying to pull the material in too many directions at once, both in terms of genre and style--that made Big Momma's House uneven and not able to reach its potential. (See my review of that film for more information.) New director John Whitesell and returning writers Don Rhymer and Darryl Quarles have solved or surmounted all of those problems and produced a relatively unique gem in Big Momma's House 2.
The comedy is still frequently of the absurdist variety here, but it's toned down just enough, and the rest of the main characters were made just quirky enough, that the blend is exquisite. Additionally, the problems with Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) playing Big Momma to people who know Big Momma intimately have been eliminated.
Next, unlike the first film, Rhymer and Quarles didn't add crime elements as an underdeveloped afterthought here. Instead, a crime story remains the focus throughout the film. The crime story is well written and contains just enough character development to give it effective dramatic weight and drive. The Big Momma scenes function instead as a necessary satellite around the more serious story, and the film becomes more like the classic Pink Panther films, where we have an interesting crime story being investigated by a buffoonish law enforcement agent. Rhymer and Quarles are even able to work in something of a rom-com subplot (involving an errant assumption about a lover) in a similar naturally flowing way, but they keep it appropriately on the back burner.
Yet, the highlights of the film occur when Big Momma interacts with everyday people. Wisely, the focus is kept narrower in these scenes, and we get much better character development. The Fuller family is full of amusing, slightly absurdist quirks. There are a couple characters from the crime plot who it would have been nice to interact with more--Agent Kennelly (Zachary Levi), Stewart (Josh Flitter), Agent Morales (Marisol Nichols) and so on--but even they are surprisingly well developed for the amount of screen time they receive.
This is also a somewhat sweeter story given the complex, continually developing relationship between Big Momma and the Fuller family. But that doesn't mean it's not outrageously funny, too. I laughed out loud far more consistently here than I did during Big Momma's House 1, and that's because the film is so much more consistent overall, yet Whitesell manages to retain a lot of parallelism with the first film while avoiding simply remaking the same story with different characters and a different setting.
Movie Review: Funnier than Friday!! 4.4 stars.
Summary: 4 Stars
Martin Lawrence (or His funny alter-ego) Big Momma entertains...and it entertains like Nobody's business! XD
I started watching it at like 6:30 A.M. and was like - OK. What movie is this? Martin? Nia Long?! It took Me about 3 minutes to get it.
But I truly loved this. I didn't expect to be half as entertained as I was. But this s.h.i.t was funnier than funny! It even surpassed Friday in bringing the funny! Maybe that's cause We've all seen that one to Death??
Anyway, when Big Momma teaches the little girl to dance the *initial* time, I laughed out loud so much! "Put some stank 'on it!"
Martin seriously is very underrated for being a big part in this movie. No other movie has made Me laugh and smile so MUCH.
4.4 stars.
Movie Review: Made Me Laugh
Summary: 4 Stars
Which says a lot. Not too many comedies do. But Martin Lawrence surprised me here and there. I actually ended up enjoying this movie, despite the fact that I'm not a big fan of Lawrence at all.
The real star of the show, in my opinion, are the kids. Especially young 3-year-old Andrew (played by twins Preston and Trevor Shores). It's sad when the 3-year-old is the best actor. He stole the show for me.
Reality is completely out the window on this one so don't expect anything that requires an IQ over 60. Just go with the flow, there is worst out there and this movie doesn't try to pass itself off as being a smart movie.
So, rent this and enjoy it. I enjoyed it more than I thougth I would.