Big Momma's House 2

Big Momma's House 2 has quietly become one of the more dependable comedies currently available in Australia on Disney Plus and Stan, and in the US on Starz Apple TV Channel. The runtime earns every minute, with nothing here that feels like padding. A 6/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Martin Lawrence leads a cast with real comic timing. Start it on Disney Plus whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Big Momma's House 2 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Big Momma's House 2 does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. FBI agent Malcolm Turner goes back undercover as Big Momma, a slick-talking, slam-dunking Southern granny with attitude to spare! Now this granny must play nanny to three dysfunctional upper-class kids in order to spy on their computer hacker father. The chemistry Martin Lawrence and Marisol Nichols bring to it does a lot of the heavy lifting. Big Momma's House 2 came out in 2006. Big Momma's House 2 earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Comedy fans looking for a reliably funny watch will find it in Big Momma's House 2. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single evening. Martin Lawrence is funny in a way that holds up on rewatch. Put it on when you need something guaranteed to land.