Big Mama's house

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Movie
German title Big Mama's house
Original title Big Momma's House
Country of production United States
Germany
original language English
Publishing year 2000
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK 12 (DVD) / 6 (cinema)
Rod
Director Raja Gosnell
script Darryl Quarles
Don Rhymer
production David T. Friendly
Michael Green
music Richard Gibbs
camera Michael D. O'Shea
cut Kent Beyda
Bruce Green
occupation
chronology

Successor  →
Big Mama's House 2

Big Mama's House (Original Title: Big Momma's House ) is a comedy film from 2000 directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Martin Lawrence . In 2006 a sequel was released under the title Big Mama's House 2 and in 2011 another sequel was released under the title Big Mama's House - The Double Portion .

action

Malcolm Turner is an FBI agent known for his ability to disguise himself beyond recognition for his investigations. Together with his colleague John, he is assigned to track down Lester Vesco, who has just escaped from prison. Vesco was sentenced to life imprisonment after he murdered two people in a bank robbery - the whereabouts of the million-dollar booty from the bank robbery could never be determined. They are now trying to get to him through his ex-girlfriend Sherry Pierce, who is suspected to have been his accomplice. However, she rushed to leave her apartment with her son Trent when she learned of the outbreak. Sherry's closest known relative is her grandmother, Hattie Mae Pierce, who lives in Cartersville . In a house across the street, the two agents take a stand. When Hattie Mae leaves her house, Malcolm breaks into her and places hidden cameras and microphones in the house.

When Hattie Mae later left town for two weeks to help a friend, the two had the opportunity to tap into her phone. When they are at their house, Hattie Mae's phone rings and her granddaughter Sherry says on her answering machine that she is nearby and would have liked to stop by. At that moment Malcolm answers the phone with a disguised voice and pretends to be Hattie Mae, who is inviting her over. Malcolm disguises himself as Hattie Mae, also with the help of a mask that is very similar to Hattie Mae. When Sherry arrives with her son, he tries to get information about Vesco, which does not succeed. Later, the loot from the bank robbery is found hidden in a box belonging to Sherry's son, but Sherry claims that he did not know anything about it. One day the real Hattie Mae comes back, at the same time Vesco has found out the whereabouts of Sherry and appears there too. Malcolm finally manages to arrest Vesco, but Sherry is disappointed that Malcolm lied to her the whole time and that she apparently believed she was complicit. Malcolm later attends a church service that Sherry is also present at. He confesses his love to her in front of everyone and they both kiss.

background

  • Production costs were estimated at around $ 30 million. The film grossed around 174 million US dollars in cinemas worldwide, including around 117 million US dollars in the United States.
  • Filming began on January 21, 2000 and ended on April 6, 2000. The film was shot in Orange and Los Angeles .
  • The cinema release in the USA was on June 2, 2000, in Germany on July 27, 2000.

Reviews

“The other day I was [...] at the WOM [...] and saw two delightfully orthographically incorrect signs:“ German Videos ”and“ English Videos ”(sic!). Why am I telling you this? Because against these pluralistic total dropouts, the possessive idiot apostrophe in the German loan title Big Mama's Haus looks downright suspicious of elementary school graduation. And so we can learn by analogy: It can always get worse. Even at Big Momma's House , things could have been much worse: the film could have been longer. "

- Artechock

“This is Charley's aunt's humor brand with strong silicone inserts. There's not much to laugh about at this extremely flat comedy. Most of them will only notice this in the cinema, however. The German money that [sic!] Taurus Film put into this top production is a specialty. "

- filmtabs.de

"Brainless and humorless comedy attempt. The supposed gags are based solely on the fact that a thin young man disguises himself as a fat old woman. "

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

  • Richard Gibbs won a film music award at the 2001 BMI Film & TV Awards .
  • Martin Lawrence was nominated for Best Comedic Performance at the 2001 MTV Movie Awards .
  • The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2001, the film in the category was favorite movie and Martin Lawrence in the category favorite actor nominated.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Budget and box office results
  2. ↑ locations
  3. ↑ Start dates
  4. ^ Film review on artechock.de by Thomas Willmann
  5. ↑ Film review on filmtabs.de by Günter H. Jekubzik
  6. ↑ Big Mamma's house. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 26, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 

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