Big Momma's House 2
Christianity Today Movies did not review this film, but here's what other critics are saying �?BR>compiled by Jeffrey Overstreet

from Film Forum, 02/02/06
If you want to pay nine dollars to see Martin Lawrence in a fat-lady outfit—again—well, I guess Big Momma's House 2 will appease you.
Lawrence returns to the role of FBI agent Malcolm Turner, this time posing as a nanny for the children of a computer whiz (Mark Moses) in order to stop a conspiracy that would unleash a dangerous computer worm. And it gets laughs—or tries to—from jokes about gigantic underwear and stupid white folks.

Apparently, jokes about fat and underwear are exactly what America wants. The movie was No. 1 at the box office last week, in spite of mainstream critics' best efforts to explain to people that this is a waste of big screen time. Christian critics agree: This House should be condemned.

"Big Momma's House 2 isn't awful, but it is lazy and clichéd," writes Bob Smithouser (Plugged In). "Even its homilies on family ties, while appreciated, feel cribbed. The fat jokes are tiresome, as are the stereotypes of grandmotherly black women who adore Oprah, lust after Billy Dee Williams and invoke the name of Al Sharpton at the faintest hint of racial discrimination. There's not a funny, original idea in sight."

David DiCerto (Catholic News Service) says that the movie's "questionable elements are hardly redeemed by the film's tacked-on family values message." He concludes, "A closing line suggests we haven't seen the last of Malcolm's matron, 'You never know when Big Momma might be back.' One can only hope not soon."