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what happens when you put martin lawrence in a fat suit in real life ?
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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 ) .
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so what happens when you put martin lawrence in a fat suit in the movies ?
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you get an audience in a coma .
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in big momma's house , lawrence plays a fbi agent who's a master of disguises .
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when a naughty , naughty man escapes from jail and seeks out his former girlfriend ( the very sexy nia long . . .
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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 ) .
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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 .
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however , big momma is called away on an emergency .
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sensing that they could lose their only chance to capture the criminal , lawrence goes undercover as big momma .
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and let the comedy begin !
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big momma's house is the definition of a " gimmick " movie if there ever was one .
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the plot can basically be summed up as " martin lawrence dresses up as a fat woman " . . .
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and even that description is too wordy .
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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 .
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fat woman plays basketball !
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fat woman takes a dump !
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fat woman kung fu !
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well they left one off the board . . .
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movie critic slips into coma !
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paul giamatti ( private parts , the negotiator ) plays lawrence's partner and as much as i enjoy his work , even he can't inject life into this lifeless comedy .
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hell , the greatest performers on the planet couldn't make this material work . . .
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it's just that awful .
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