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When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate a crass Southern granny known as Big Momma in order to remain incognito.
Theatrical
May 31, 2000
Box Office
$174.0M
Budget
$30.0M
Return
5.8x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 6, 2001
Theaters
1
Director
Raja Gosnell
Writers
Darryl Quarles, Don Rhymer
Producers
David T. Friendly, Jeff Kwatinetz, Martin Lawrence
Music
Richard Gibbs
Studio
Regency Enterprises, 20th Century Fox, Taurus Film
Themes
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Quotes
See all →Memories of Comfort During a Storm
Sherry
I remember how it used to storm like this when I was a little girl. You would wrap your arms around me, and it felt like nothing in the world could ever hurt me.
[jumping into bed beside "Big Momma" during the storm]
Malcolm Turner
It feels so damn good.
[wrapping his arms around Sherry]
Sherry
Big Momma, what's that?
[feeling a jab in her back from Malcolm's "arousal"]
Malcolm Turner
That's just my flashlight. The storm knocked out all the power so I had to get a big ol flashlight.
[pulls out a flashlight]
Sherry
Big Momma, is there another flashlight under there?
[interrupting the conversation they were having when she feels another jab in the back]
Infidelity and Unexpected Discoveries in Marriage
John
I used to be married, but not anymore.
Sadie
Is your wife with ] now?
[sympathetically; [Jesus]
John
Actually, the guy's name was pronounced "Hey-soos". He was the gardner, and one day I caught him spreading some fertilizer around the bedroom, if you know what I mean.
A Playful Exchange on Basketball Skills
Basketball Teen #1
Oh, so Granny think she got game?
Malcolm Turner
Oh yes, I got game. And I got two words for you: I'm back.
[as Big Momma]
Basketball Teen #2
You too fat to be ballin'!
Malcolm Turner
Say what? You look like a damn shaved bird!
[as Big Momma]
Confidence and Humor in Unexpected Situations
Nolan
Now lets say you walking down the street, strutting yo stuff, and someby yells out and screams "Hey, baby! Why don't you back that thing up and show me whatcha got and whatcha gon do?
Big Momma
I'd say I'm a size 10, and I'm about to cram it up his boney ass!
An FBI agent is going undercover... and he's concealing more than a weapon.
Big Momma's House Collection
Cast
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Martin Lawrence
Malcolm Turner
N
Nia Long
Sherry Pierce
P
Paul Giamatti
John
J
Jascha Washington
Trent Pierce
T
Terrence Howard
Lester Vesco
A
Anthony Anderson
Nolan
C
Carl Wright
Ben Rawley
P
Phyllis Applegate
Sadie
S
Starletta DuPois
Miss Patterson
N
Nicole Prescott
Lena
O
Octavia Spencer
Twila
T
Tichina Arnold
Ritha
C
Cedric the Entertainer
Reverend
P
Philip Tan
Kang
E
Edwin Hodge
Basketball Teen #1
A
Aldis Hodge
Basketball Teen #2
B
Brian Palermo
Cazwell
B
Brian Paul Stuart
Prison Doctor
D
Debby Gaudet
Bingo Staffer
P
Phil Hawn
Mailman
