Big Mama's House 2
PG-13
1.5 of 4 Stars
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Zachary Levi, Emily Procter, Mark Moses
Directed by: John P. Whitesell
Produced by: David T. Friendly, Beau Flynn, Jeremiah Samuels
“Big Mama's House 2” is another attempt by Martin Lawrence to make a comeback. Martin
should know by now that the only movie the public wants to see him in that will produce any
Box Office clout, is “Bad Boys III.” The saddest thing is that this movie did so well at the box
office, making it the second biggest opening of all time for its week in January. Martin
Lawrence, now approaching direct-to-video status finally hit gold by following his hit trend in
making a sequel to find his box office draw. However not making sequels have been
dreadful. Martin’s last for movies did not even reach over $5 Million opening weekend.
Personally I believe that Martin Lawrence is a talented actor but he thinks he’s funny even
when most of his jokes in all of his movies fall flat. Often times Lawrence tries to mix sexual
humor with a family theme, which is NOT what the general public wants to see. The
difference between Jim Carey's humor and Martin Lawrence's humor is that one is primarily
gross or potty humor (Carey) and one is sexual and filthy (Lawrence). There is a reason
why Rodney Dangerfield, Eddie Murphy and Steve Martin all gave up filthy humor for family
films. Sexual Humor is OUT and is now considered a box office detraction. It seems that
Lawrence didn’t get that e-mail.
In “Big Mama's House 2,” Malcolm is back but this time as Mrs. Doubtfire without all the thrills
and chills. Malcolm is an FBI agent who has taken a demotion from field agent to desk
jockey at his pregnant wife's request. She doesn’t want him to be in danger anymore, but
when Malcolm finds out that his partner is killed in the line of duty, he is determined to get
back in the game. He finds out that one of the perpetrators of a terrorist plot is in need of a
nanny to watch over his kids, so he brings out his Mama suit and dresses up like the
ultimate African American nanny, in a sad attempt to get close to the perp. Yada, Yada,
Yada, the movie goes on, he gets close to the kids, his identity is revealed, he teaches the
family how to act as one and finds out some deep dark secrets about the father. This is the
run of the mill and predictable plot peppered with a bunch of filthy jokes to try to make
people laugh.
I was actually offended at something that too many people probably don’t care about these
days. On one side of the movie they were trying to portray family values and on the other
you have Big Mama showing preteen girls how to make sexual gestures and shake their
butts to prepare for a cheerleading competition. This is appalling, given the highly sexually
charged school system we have these days and this kind of example doesn’t help one bit.
Since BMH2 actually doesn’t know if it’s a family movie or not, they toss in a scene where
Martin is checking out naked women and lusting after Victoria Secret models.
“Big Mama's House 2” has so many errors but none as funny as the press kit that they sent
out to the critics. The whole press kit telling about the storyline is full up spelling errors and
appears to be written by a second grade dropout. It totally cracks me up and that’s probably
the funniest part of the whole movie.
“Big Mama's House 2” is well acted but again we have a movie doomed by bad scripting, bad
writing, bad directing and bad jokes. You never quite understand what the bad guys are
really doing because the movie forgets about them and focuses too much on Martin
Lawrence in a big fake suit. There is also a kid in the movie whose character thinks it’s cool
to be mute, jump off anything he can climb and land right on his face. This is evidently
supposed to be funny but really plays no meaningful or humorous part in the movie.
I have to give credit for one funny sequence in the movie where Lawrence, dressed as Big
Mama, is seen running on the beach looking like Bo Derek from 10. That’s it; the only funny
thing I can remember from the entire movie.
Warning to Parents: This is a fine movie for 15 and above but I wouldn’t take my preteen
daughter to it. The influence that Martin Lawrence has on the younger girl in the show is
negative and wrong. Girls WILL see this movie and believe it’s cool and acceptable to make
sexual body gestures in cheerleading and that you’re incredibly uncool for thinking
otherwise.
The movie could have be G rated if not for the flood of dirty jokes.
PG-13
1.5 of 4 Stars
Starring: Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Zachary Levi, Emily Procter, Mark Moses
Directed by: John P. Whitesell
Produced by: David T. Friendly, Beau Flynn, Jeremiah Samuels
“Big Mama's House 2” is another attempt by Martin Lawrence to make a comeback. Martin
should know by now that the only movie the public wants to see him in that will produce any
Box Office clout, is “Bad Boys III.” The saddest thing is that this movie did so well at the box
office, making it the second biggest opening of all time for its week in January. Martin
Lawrence, now approaching direct-to-video status finally hit gold by following his hit trend in
making a sequel to find his box office draw. However not making sequels have been
dreadful. Martin’s last for movies did not even reach over $5 Million opening weekend.
Personally I believe that Martin Lawrence is a talented actor but he thinks he’s funny even
when most of his jokes in all of his movies fall flat. Often times Lawrence tries to mix sexual
humor with a family theme, which is NOT what the general public wants to see. The
difference between Jim Carey's humor and Martin Lawrence's humor is that one is primarily
gross or potty humor (Carey) and one is sexual and filthy (Lawrence). There is a reason
why Rodney Dangerfield, Eddie Murphy and Steve Martin all gave up filthy humor for family
films. Sexual Humor is OUT and is now considered a box office detraction. It seems that
Lawrence didn’t get that e-mail.
In “Big Mama's House 2,” Malcolm is back but this time as Mrs. Doubtfire without all the thrills
and chills. Malcolm is an FBI agent who has taken a demotion from field agent to desk
jockey at his pregnant wife's request. She doesn’t want him to be in danger anymore, but
when Malcolm finds out that his partner is killed in the line of duty, he is determined to get
back in the game. He finds out that one of the perpetrators of a terrorist plot is in need of a
nanny to watch over his kids, so he brings out his Mama suit and dresses up like the
ultimate African American nanny, in a sad attempt to get close to the perp. Yada, Yada,
Yada, the movie goes on, he gets close to the kids, his identity is revealed, he teaches the
family how to act as one and finds out some deep dark secrets about the father. This is the
run of the mill and predictable plot peppered with a bunch of filthy jokes to try to make
people laugh.
I was actually offended at something that too many people probably don’t care about these
days. On one side of the movie they were trying to portray family values and on the other
you have Big Mama showing preteen girls how to make sexual gestures and shake their
butts to prepare for a cheerleading competition. This is appalling, given the highly sexually
charged school system we have these days and this kind of example doesn’t help one bit.
Since BMH2 actually doesn’t know if it’s a family movie or not, they toss in a scene where
Martin is checking out naked women and lusting after Victoria Secret models.
“Big Mama's House 2” has so many errors but none as funny as the press kit that they sent
out to the critics. The whole press kit telling about the storyline is full up spelling errors and
appears to be written by a second grade dropout. It totally cracks me up and that’s probably
the funniest part of the whole movie.
“Big Mama's House 2” is well acted but again we have a movie doomed by bad scripting, bad
writing, bad directing and bad jokes. You never quite understand what the bad guys are
really doing because the movie forgets about them and focuses too much on Martin
Lawrence in a big fake suit. There is also a kid in the movie whose character thinks it’s cool
to be mute, jump off anything he can climb and land right on his face. This is evidently
supposed to be funny but really plays no meaningful or humorous part in the movie.
I have to give credit for one funny sequence in the movie where Lawrence, dressed as Big
Mama, is seen running on the beach looking like Bo Derek from 10. That’s it; the only funny
thing I can remember from the entire movie.
Warning to Parents: This is a fine movie for 15 and above but I wouldn’t take my preteen
daughter to it. The influence that Martin Lawrence has on the younger girl in the show is
negative and wrong. Girls WILL see this movie and believe it’s cool and acceptable to make
sexual body gestures in cheerleading and that you’re incredibly uncool for thinking
otherwise.
The movie could have be G rated if not for the flood of dirty jokes.
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