Turner juggles two personas, alternating between mustachioed charmer and endowed granny. Meanwhile, the real Big Momma is a joyless, dyspeptic old crank who swears one minute and breaks into a hymn the next. Such spiritual affectation is common. And it s not funny. A lecherous parishioner pursues old ladies.
Congregants seem unfazed by profanity in church.
Problems also include sexual dialogue, bathroom humor, violence and a script peppered with more than 50 crude or profane expressions. If this film were just a predictable clone, it could be forgiven. But scatological sight gags, feeble religiosity and other objectionable elements reveal significant cracks in the foundation of Big Momma s House . This article appeared in the July 2000 issue of Plugged In magazine. Focus on the Family.