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Big Momma's House

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Critics' Reviews

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Movie Title
Avg. Score
63
Boston Globe: Jay Carr
It keeps its promise to throw an hour and a half of lively entertainment at audiences.Read Full Review »
63
USA Today: Susan Wloszczyna
There's something about a plus-size floral housedress that brings out the best in many male comics, and Lawrence is no exception.Read Full Review »
63
Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
My guess is that the film will appeal equally to broad-minded 10-year-olds and their grandparents.Read Full Review »
60
Washington Post: Desson Thomson
If you're not rolling in the aisles, you're definitely in the wrong theater.Read Full Review »
50
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Any movie that employs an oven mitt and a plumber's friend in a childbirth scene cannot be all bad, and I laughed a lot.Read Full Review »
50
ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
33
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Lawrence is so ON that he appears to be gunning for clockwork bursts of audience approval.Read Full Review »
30
The New York Times: A.O. Scott
Fitfully amusing.Read Full Review »
30
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Robin Rauzi
If you think that Martin Lawrence dressed up as a hefty grandmother is funny, be gone with you .For the rest of you, you'd be better off just taking a ride on the bus. The script.. .is off and stumbling over unfunny one-liners.Read Full Review »
20
Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
Martin Lawrence, no Eddie Murphy, takes a reheated cross-dressing shtick and turns it into something to elate your inner fourth-grader.Read Full Review »
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