Release Date:
Thursday, June 1, 2000
Big Momma’s House 2 was the worst that could’ve happened. But once we were assured that this was not the sequel to Martin Lawrence’s two-hour fart joke from last summer, we settled in.
The movie pits professional thief Kevin Caffery (Lawrence) against multi-gazillionaire Max Fairbanks (Danny DeVito), who thwarts the would-be robber’s attempt to fleece the tycoon’s beachfront house, in turn convincing police that Caffery’s lucky ring was one of the items stolen from his home. Enter: High jinks, as Caffrey, along with cohort Berger (John Leguizamo), spends the entirety of the movie trying to get his ring back, orchestrating a series of amusing revenge tactics intended to force Fairbanks to surrender the ring.
Despite Lawrence’s tired shtick, this movie is worth the price of admission alone to see ol’ dirty bastard Bernie Mac (in the role of Caffery’s uncle) and William Fichtner (in the role of the flamboyant detective assigned to the case) show the movie’s leading actors what interesting characters look like.
The movie pits professional thief Kevin Caffery (Lawrence) against multi-gazillionaire Max Fairbanks (Danny DeVito), who thwarts the would-be robber’s attempt to fleece the tycoon’s beachfront house, in turn convincing police that Caffery’s lucky ring was one of the items stolen from his home. Enter: High jinks, as Caffrey, along with cohort Berger (John Leguizamo), spends the entirety of the movie trying to get his ring back, orchestrating a series of amusing revenge tactics intended to force Fairbanks to surrender the ring.
Despite Lawrence’s tired shtick, this movie is worth the price of admission alone to see ol’ dirty bastard Bernie Mac (in the role of Caffery’s uncle) and William Fichtner (in the role of the flamboyant detective assigned to the case) show the movie’s leading actors what interesting characters look like.