FBI agent Malcolm Turner goes undercover as a large, elderly woman to catch an escaped convict, but complications arise when he bonds with Sherry, the convict's ex-girlfriend and the woman's... Read allFBI agent Malcolm Turner goes undercover as a large, elderly woman to catch an escaped convict, but complications arise when he bonds with Sherry, the convict's ex-girlfriend and the woman's granddaughter.FBI agent Malcolm Turner goes undercover as a large, elderly woman to catch an escaped convict, but complications arise when he bonds with Sherry, the convict's ex-girlfriend and the woman's granddaughter.
- Awards
- 1 win & 9 nominations
- Lester Vesco
- (as Terrence Dashon Howard)
- Twila
- (as Octavia L. Spencer)
- Reverend
- (as Cedric the Entertainer)
Storyline
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- TriviaMartin Lawrence fell into a three-day coma from jogging in warm costumes during summer filming. For any physically active scenes, his fat suit required built-in cooling tubes to help the actor.
- GoofsIn addition to the placement of the necklace, the simple fact that Malcolm was wearing the necklace in front of Sherry is a huge error. The necklace belonged to Big Momma. Sherry should have noticed this.
- Quotes
Sherry: [jumping into bed beside "Big Momma" during the storm] I remember how it used to storm like this when I was a little girl. You would wrap your arms around me, and it felt like nothing in the world could ever hurt me.
Malcolm Turner: [wrapping his arms around Sherry] It feels so damn good.
Sherry: [feeling a jab in her back from Malcolm's "arousal"] Big Momma, what's that?
Malcolm Turner: [pulls out a flashlight] That's just my flashlight. The storm knocked out all the power so I had to get a big ol' flashlight.
Sherry: [interrupting the conversation they were having when she feels another jab in the back] Big Momma, is there another flashlight under there?
- Alternate versionsFor the UK version the distributor chose to cut eight seconds of violence in the opening martial arts scene, and a head butt in a later scene, in order to achieve a "12" rating. Initial video releases used this same print. All cuts were waived in 2011, and is currently available uncut in the UK with a "12" certificate.
- ConnectionsEdited into Building Big Momma's House (2000)
- SoundtracksSecurity
Written by Otis Redding and Margaret Wessen
Performed by Otis Redding
Courtesy of ATCO Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
This diverting movie expands from an original idea about woman's disguising , but Lawrence and the writers manage to pull it off rather impressively . The jokes are plentiful and is pretty entertaining , the plot doesn't allow for many quiet moments which Lawrence needs to balance out the slapdash . There are sporadic laughters , though too often humour is mined by scatological and toilet lines , but in this movie some gags are agreeable enough . It's a farce with the great master of disguise Lawrence when he takes a make up by make-up artist Greg Cannon and is transformed into fat grandma . The story is fun and interesting and the characters are genuine and sympathetic . Film is a Martin Lawrence recital , using a few tricks of disguise , carrying out complete transformations , as he makes acrobatics , stooges , tongue-twister and pull faces and grimaces . The picture is a vehicle Lawrence , he's a real show man and authentic farceur by impersonating the cantankerous Southern granny . Lawrence like his partner Eddie Murphy has plenty of experience with women costumes and various roles . He is well accompanied by a good cast mostly African-Americans , such as : Cedric the Entertainer , Octavia Spencer , Phyllis Applegate , Anthony Anderson , Philip Tan , Edwin Hodge , Aldis Hodge , among others . The film gets a nice cinematography by Michael O'Shea , and atmospheric score by Richard Gibbs . The motion picture was allrightly directed by Raja Gosnell ("Never Been Kissed", "Home Alone 3", "Scooby-Doo""Yours, Mine & Ours" , "Beverly Hills Chihuahua", ¨Smurfs¨ , ¨Smurfs¨) but he had nothing to do with the sequels , but the film cemented his reputation as a commercially successful director . If you like Lawrence's crazy acting , you'll enjoy this one.
The film ¨Big Momma's House¨ (2000) was an unexpected box office hit , earning about 174 million at the worldwide box office, and received two sequels of its own . Being followed by ¨Big Momma's House II¨ 2006 by John Whitesell , with Emily Procter , Mark Moses , Zachary Levi , Kat Dennings , Chloë Grace Moretz , Marisol Nichols and again a Martin Lawrence providing a recital in a sequel more amusing than previous film . And a third part in which Momma's got back-up , titled ¨Big mommas : Like fater like son¨ 2011 by John Whitesell with Martin Lawrence, Brandon T. Jackson, Jessica Lucas.
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Vú Em FBI
- Filming locations
- 192 North Shaffer Street, Orange, California, USA(Big Momma's house)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $117,559,438
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $25,661,041
- Jun 4, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $173,959,438
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1