If you loved Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son, try Malibu's Most Wanted

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Malibu's Most Wanted has roughly 4.5× fewer votes than Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

2011 · dir. John Whitesell

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Malibu's Most Wanted

2003 · dir. John Whitesell

What they share

Both films are directed by John Whitesell, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Crime territory. If that's the register that drew you to Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

playful

What Malibu's Most Wanted is

A politician’s heir’s cringe-worthy appropriation needs a drastic intervention. What follows is a series of escalating misunderstandings and cultural collisions that somehow land somewhere between satire and farce. At least the soundtrack keeps the absurdity bearable.

If you loved Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son, try Malibu's Most Wanted

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

Malibu's Most Wanted

What they share

What Malibu's Most Wanted is

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