20 February 2009

Big Momma's House 2 (2006)

I have a few things to say about Big Momma's House 2.

1) Forgive me for not bothering to see the original Big Momma's House first. I'm sure that wasn't fair to Martin Lawrence's artistic vision for the "Big Momma's House" series.

2) I will gladly give Martin Lawrence credit for one thing: while he is one of THREE (!) black comics who has resorted to dressing up as a morbidly obsese grandma to sustain his film career, AT LEAST he is playing a man undercover as a woman, and not playing an actual female -- as Eddie Murphy and Tyler Perry are so fond of doing themselves. Believe me, I have nothing against drag, but at least Big Momma's House 2 didn't make me feel like I was watching the creepy home movies of a schizophrenic closet transgender case who, on top of all that, IS NOT FUNNY.

3) No, Martin Lawrence isn't very funny either, but still.

4) Big Momma spends a lot of time in mid-air in this movie. Curious!

5) I will probably never see the original Big Momma's House. But I kind of recommend slow rolling the sequel.

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