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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60MovielineMichelle OrangeMovielineMichelle OrangeIt goes down like a canned but genial '80s comedy: Without fanfare or much nutrition; part of your balanced breakfast.
- 50VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonKind of a drag when it resorts to frantic slapstick and tired action-comedy tropes, but modestly engaging during stretches that suggest the project would have worked better as an exuberant musical.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttWon't likely disappoint fans of men-in-drag comedy but doesn't offer much that's original or funny.
- 40Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerJohn Whitesell's extraordinarily witless movie operates as a checklist for cultural and racial clichés.
- 33Entertainment WeeklyAdam MarkovitzEntertainment WeeklyAdam MarkovitzLawrence's gender-bending jokes are played out, and his slapstick is wooden and slow.
- 25Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreA humorless mashup of "White Chicks" and "Glee."
- 25Boston GlobeTom RussoBoston GlobeTom RussoFresh or not, creatively merited or not, here it comes: the third installment of Martin Lawrence's big, dopey franchise.
- 20EmpireAnna SmithEmpireAnna SmithWhoever demanded a third installment of Lawrence's mirthless mash-up of weak gags and cross-dressing horrors should be imprisoned and forced to watch it on repeat until they repent. Avoid.
- 10Boxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyBoxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyStarved of humor and energy, the interminable Big Mommas: Life Father, Like Son could force Lawrence and co-star Brandon T. Jackson undercover for real.
- A film so drained of entertainment or simple humanity it is difficult to relate to as anything other than industrial artifact.