what happens when you put martin lawrence in a fat suit in real life ?
you get martin lawrence in a coma ( the comedian thought he was getting fat , so he put on numerous layers of heavy clothing and went jogging in 100 degree heat , ending up in a coma ) .
so what happens when you put martin lawrence in a fat suit in the movies ?
you get an audience in a coma .
in big momma 's house , lawrence plays a fbi agent who 's a master of disguises .
when a naughty , naughty man escapes from jail and seeks out his former girlfriend ( the very sexy nia long . . .
the only thing worth looking at in this movie ) , she flees to georgia to stay with her rather large southern aunt " big momma " ( ella mitchell ) .
the fbi follows her in order to recover the large sum of money stolen in the bank robbery that sent the naughty man to jail .
however , big momma is called away on an emergency .
sensing that they could lose their only chance to capture the criminal , lawrence goes undercover as big momma .
and let the comedy begin !
big momma 's house is the definition of a " gimmick " movie if there ever was one .
the plot can basically be summed up as " martin lawrence dresses up as a fat woman " . . .
and even that description is too wordy .
you can just see this script plotted out on a chalkboard with martin lawrence / fat woman in the middle of the board with a big circle around it , and
all sorts of clich ?
d , " humorous " situations pointing to it .
fat woman plays basketball !
fat woman takes a dump !
fat woman kung fu !
well they left one off the board .
. .
movie critic slips into coma !
paul giamatti ( private parts , the negotiator ) plays lawrence 's partner and as much as i enjoy his work , even he ca n't inject life into this lifeless comedy .
hell , the greatest performers on the planet could n't make this material work . . .
it 's just that awful .
you can just see this script plotted out on a chalkboard all sorts of clich ? d , " humorous " situations lifeless comedy you get an audience in a coma the definition of a " gimmick " movie it 's just that awful