8. Big Momma’s: Like Father, Like Son
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 5%
Razzie Awards: 0 (3 Nominations)
Box-Office Gross: $82,686,066
Non-Descript Declining Black Comedian Fat-Suit Film: A Play in One Act:
Generic Executive Type 1: “So here’s the pitch. We’ve got a black comedian of declining prominence, we’ve got a fat suit, we’ve got a loyal fanbase, we just need $32 million dollars to make it and you’ll have you money back before even Chris Tucker can say Chris Tucker? Deal?”
Generic Executive Type 2: “Do you have a script? Do you have Eddie Murphy? Even Tyler Perry?”
Generic Executive Type 1: “No. But we do have Martin Lawrence, hot off the heels of his supporting role in ensemble comedy Death at a Funeral, a film described by at least one critic of questionably sound mind as ‘laugh out loud faeces fun’.”
Generic Executive Type 2: “Perfect. Don’t worry about the script, we can dub it in post. Everyone will be too busy falling over their guts once they’ve fallen out of their split sides in a grotesque affirmation of the comic genius of the fat suit to notice that no one is saying anything of worth. Here’s the money. Just make sure you get a young actor from Tropic Thunder in there that we can sacrifice to the Box-Office gods in the meantime. You know the one, the one with a promising career to ruin.
Generic Executive Type 1: “Brandon T. Jackson?”
Generic Executive Type 2: “Yeah.”
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