Big Momma's House 2

Big Momma's House 2
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Directed by	John Whitesell
Produced by	David T. Friendly Michael Green
Written by	Don Rhymer
Starring	Martin Lawrence
Music by	George S. Clinton
Cinematography	Mark Irwin
Editing by	Priscilla Nedd-Friendly
Studio	Regency Enterprises
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	27 January 2006
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$40 million
Box office	$138,259,062

Big Momma's House 2 is a 2006 American comedy film directed by John Whitesell and written by Don Rhymer. The film is a sequel to Big Momma's House (2000) and stars Martin Lawrence reprising his role as FBI agent Malcolm Turner. The film was released theatrically on 27 January 2006 and was critically panned as critics felt that a sequel was unnecessary. Unlike the original, the film is more family friendly compared to the first film's more mature target demographic. The film was not well received by film critics. It currently holds a 6% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Plot

Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) has been assigned a desk job in public relations as an FBI agent, since he wants to live with his new wife, Sherry Pierce (Nia Long), during her delivery for the couple's new baby girl. Meanwhile, an incident occurs in Orange County, California, where Malcolm's old friend, Doug Hudson (Kirk B.R. Woller), has been killed while going undercover. FBI agent Kevin Keneally (Zachary Levi) is doing surveillance on a former U.S. Army military intelligence specialist Tom Fuller (Mark Moses), who has since retired and is working for a private corporation called National Agenda Software. The FBI has reasons to believe that Tom is developing a computer worm which will create backdoors into data stored on U.S. intelligence agency databases. Malcolm, affected by his friend's death, asks FBI chief Crawford (Dan Lauria) to put him on the case, but Crawford refused Malcolm and told him to stay away for safety reasons. By eavesdropping via the webcam, Malcolm found out that the FBI is sending an agent into infiltrate Fuller's house as a nanny. Giving Sherry the pretext of attending a safety conference in Phoenix, Arizona, Malcolm leaves for Orange County, taking with him the "Big Momma" costume.

Malcolm reprises his disguise as Big Momma and showing up at Fuller's house as Mrs. Fuller (Emily Procter) is interviewing several other candidates. Big Momma eliminates the three other applicants for the nanny position by pointing out the sexually attractive qualities of the first, the drug use of the second, and the concealed firearm of the third. He meets the three Fuller children, Molly (Kat Dennings), Carrie (Chloë Moretz), and Andrew. After failing to perform the housekeeping tasks assigned to her, Big Momma is fired, and works all night cleaning up and makes a large breakfast. Upon seeing it the next day, Mrs. Fuller changes her mind when the family awakes to find this. Big Momma is soon accepted within the household and becomes a daily part of their lives. His tasks include accompanying Mrs. Fuller to the spa, taking the family to the beach, watching out for trouble, and simply playing a game of bingo as part of her routine. After Big Momma finds out the password from Tom, Molly calls him who tells her that she needs her at a nightclub. Big Momma goes at once, only to find that Molly was lured by Fuller's bosses, who kidnaps her and Big Momma. They are tied up and placed in the back of a vehicle. Big Momma has a switchblade, which Molly reaches for and uses to free them. He sees that they are at the waterfront and witnesses Tom giving a disc to a man who puts it in his laptop and is granted full access to FBI data. Big Momma gets on a jet ski and jumps it onto the dock, sending it into two men, and landing on one himself. Big Momma helps Tom and they attempt to escape, but one of the men shot him. The FBI shows up, and Keneally gave Malcolm the handcuffs to put on Tom, but Malcolm tells the agent in charge that Tom's family was threatened, and that no charges should be filed. Malcolm and Keneally agree, and the case is closed. Sometimes later, Big Momma goes to the girls' state cheerleading championships. Their stuntwoman broke her leg, and Big Momma helps them out by doing the routine and winning the competition. He then leaves and gives the family a farewell letter saying he must go on, but to look out, because one day he might be back.

Cast

• Martin Lawrence as FBI Agent Malcolm Turner/Big Momma
• Nia Long as Sherry Pierce Turner
• Zachary Levi as Kevin Keneally
• Mark Moses as Tom Fuller
• Emily Procter as Leah Fuller
• Kat Dennings as Molly Fuller
• Chloë Moretz as Carrie Fuller
• Marisol Nichols as Liliana Morales
• Jascha Washington as Trent Pierce

Reception

Critical response

The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews. Rotten Tomatoes ranked the film 80th in the 100 worst reviewed films of the first decade of the 21st century, with a rating of 6%. The critical consensus was: "Unfunny and unoriginal. In other words, a perfect piece of evidence for opponents of pointless movie sequels."

Metacritic gives the film a score of 34% based on reviews from 20 critics, indicating "Generally Unfavorable Reviews".

Its poor reception has been lampooned in The Onion.

Box office

Big Momma's House 2 grossed $27,736,056 in its opening weekend ranking number one. As of 3 March 2011, the film has grossed a total of $70,165,972 at the United States box office with a worldwide gross of $138,259,062.

Sequels

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son was released on 18 February 2011. Brandon T. Jackson was cast in the role of Trent, who was originally played by Jascha Washington.^{[citation needed]} Nia Long also did not reprise her role, which resulted in her character, Sherry, being written out.^{[citation needed]} The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews from film critics as well.

External links

• Big Momma's House 2 at the Internet Movie Database
• Big Momma's House 2 at Box Office Mojo
• Big Momma's House 2 review in Slant Magazine by Keith Uhlich