Main Cast: Miguel A. Nuñez, Vivica A. Fox, Kevin Pollak, Tommy Davidson, Kim Wayans
Release Year: 2002
Country: US
Run Time: 91 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
It's Big Momma's House on the three-point line in this broad farce, which marks the leading man/woman debut of longtime character actor Miguel A. Nunez. Nunez stars as Jamal Jefferies, a hotheaded pro basketball player whose on-court antics and quick temper get him booted from the league altogether. Faster than you can say Dennis Rodman, Jamal has transformed himself into the busty Juwanna Mann in order to be a forward for a high-intensity team in the WUBA league, the Charlotte Banshees. Behind the doors of the womens' lockerroom, Jamal unexpectedly falls for Michelle Langford (Vivica A. Fox), the team's no-nonsense captain. But prosthetic breasts and false eyelashes aren't the only thing preventing Jamal from finding true love with Michelle: there's also the problem of her aggressive, two-timing boyfriend, Romeo (Ginuwine), not to mention the unwanted advances Juwanna gets from a skanky rapper named Puff Smokey Smoke (Tom Davidson). ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
Jennifer Lewis - Aunt Ruby; Ginuwine - Romeo; Annie Corley - Coach Rivers; Tammi Reiss - Vickie Sanchez; Heather Quella - Magda Rowonowitch; Vlade Divac - Beat Player Morse; J. Don Ferguson - UBA Referee; Roy Firestone - himself; Mert Hatfield - Arbitrator; Pearl Jones - Esther; Jay Leno - himself; Terry Loughlin - Commissioner; Ric Reitz - Beat Coach; Elliott Street - Doctor; Judy Simpson Cook - Nurse; Deanna Davis - Carla; Cynthia Cooper - herself; Lil' Kim - Tina Parker; Kevin Frazier - himself; Omar J. Dorsey - Rickey; Lance Krall - Asian Guy; Angela Cossey - Natalie Kemper; Itoro Coleman - Scruggs, Debbie; Bonnie Johnson - Lorne's Secretary; Deborah Calloway Duke - Mable; Tyrone "Mugsy" Bogues - Stewart, Andrew; Dikembe Mutombo - Arch Player Coyner; Rasheed Wallace - Beat Player Whitley; Jeanne Zelasko - herself; Chris Myers - Himself; Kenny Albert - himself; Katy Steding - herself; Teresa Weatherspoon - herself; Reginald Coles III - Beat Player Kerns; Mark Allan Stewart - City Cop; Andrew Kenny - Autograph Kid; Brittani Warrick - Young Girl; Jaclyn Dahm - Triplet #1; Erica Dahm - Triplet #2; Nicole Dahm - Triplet #3; Eddie Rouse Jr. - Moving Man; Michael Drake - Waiter; Everett Summers - WUBA Referee; Carol Mitchell - Betty
Credit
Jennifer O'Kelly - Art Director, Angel Pine - Associate Producer, Douglas Hill - Boom Operator, Shay Griffin - Casting, Pam Dixon - Casting, Thom "Coach" Ehle - Consultant/advisor, Leslie Roseboro - Consultant/advisor, Kia Jam - Co-producer, David C. Robinson - Co-producer, Peggy Farrell - Costume Designer, Omar Simmons - Costume Designer, Aimee Kandl - Costume Designer, Gina Timpanaro - Costume Designer, Victoria Perras - Costume Designer, Yvonne Fraser - Costume Designer, Mark Little - First Assistant Director, J. Tom Archuleta - First Assistant Director, Anthony Hemingway - First Assistant Director, Jesse Vaughan - Director, Seth Flaum - Editor, Jonathan A. Zimbert - Executive Producer, Ralph Singleton - Executive Producer, J. Bradley Smith - Location Manager, Lisa Coleman - Composer (Music Score), Wendy Melvoin - Composer (Music Score), Maureen Crowe - Musical Direction/Supervision, Kate Best - Makeup Special Effects, Frank Pershing Flynn - Camera Operator, Robert Newcomb - Camera Operator, Mark R. Van Loon - Camera Operator, Eve Cauley - Production Designer, Reynaldo Villalobos - Cinematographer, Steve Oedekerk - Producer, James G. Robinson - Producer, Bill Gerber - Producer, Bill Meadows - Recording, Joseph DeAngelis - Recording, Marthe Pineau - Set Designer, Kevin Hardison - Set Designer, Carl Rudisill - Sound Mixer, Richard E. Yawn - Sound Editor, Soundstorm - Sound Editor, Lonnie R. Smith, Jr. - Stunts, Leo Creer Jr. - Stunts, Dartenea Bryant - Stunts, Wayne King - Stunts, Bob Vasquez - Special Effects Supervisor, Tammy Bagby - Technical Advisor, George Manasse - Unit Production Manager, Bill Johnson - Unit Production Manager, Bradley Allenstein - Screenwriter, Benoit Girard - Visual Effects Supervisor, Thomas W. Carmichael - Associate Editor, Alan Aldridge - First Assistant Camera, Michael Repeta - First Assistant Camera, Bill Finger - First Assistant Camera, Stephen Thompson - Gaffer, John Mayo - Gaffer, Chunky Huse - Key Grip, Eric Jones - Key Grip, Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz - Music Editor, Eric D. Graham - Post Production Coordinator, Jacqui Popelka - Production Coordinator, Andrea Levine - Properties Master, Frank A. Montaño - Re-Recording Mixer, Andy Koyama - Re-Recording Mixer, Thomas Johnston - Script Supervisor, Lexie Longstreet - Script Supervisor, Michael G. Jefferson - Second Assistant Director, Tracey Hinds - Second Assistant Director, Timothy Donohue - Second Assistant Director, Victor Iorillo - Sound Effects Director, Tim Walston - Sound Effects Director, Glenn Hoskinson - Sound Effects Director, Roland N. Thai - Sound Effects Director, Frank A. Fuller Jr. - Sound Effects Director, Steve Williams - Sound Effects Director, Kent Eanes - Still Photographer, Richard E. Yawn - Supervising Sound Editor, Andrea D'Amico - Visual Effects Producer, Melissa Brockman - Visual Effects Producer, Jerome Morin - Visual Effects Producer, Paul Simmons Sr. - Assistant Costumer Designer, Mary Cook - Assistant Hair, Brian Sheratt - Assistant Hair, Rick Fisher - Assistant Location Manager, I. Karl Golden - Assistant Location Manager, Carol Rasheed - Assistant Makeup, Randall Milazo - Assistant Properties, Pembrooke Andrews - Assistant Sound Editor, Rebecca Rian - Casting Assistant, Conrad Chitwood - Construction Coordinator, Pashelle Clayton-Robinson - Costumes Supervisor, Catherine M. Speakman - Dialogue Editor, Bill Dotson - Dialogue Editor, Maxann Crotts - Extra Casting, Joan Zulfer - First Assistant Accountant, Boysie Jereza - First Assistant Accountant, Gena Bleier - First Assistant Editor, Justin C. Green - First Assistant Editor, Charles R. Bunn - First Assistant Editor, Sean Rowe - Foley Artist, Laura Macias - Foley Artist, Catherine Rose - Foley Artist, Joseph DiVitale - Foley Editor, Paul Simmons Jr. - Key Costumer, Kenneth Walker - Key Hairstylist, Eleanora Winslow-Price - Key Make-up, Andy Krish - Leadman, Anamarie Gonzaga - Production Accountant, David Coyner - Production Executive, Monica Barrios-Smith - Second Assistant Camera, Chris Satrazemis - Second Assistant Camera, Marshall McGee - Cable Person, Wally Mikowski - Construction Foreman, Gary Burritt - Negative Cutter, Gary Pilkinton - Special Effects Foreman, Kathleen Tonkin - Special Effects Technician, Chris Bennett - Special Effects Technician, Lee Lemont - Supervising ADR Editor, Monica Fedrick - Graphic Design, Jay Johnson - Title Design, Richard B. Molina - Assistant Avid Editor
Juwanna Mann follows the story of Jamal Jeffries (Miguel A. Núñez Jr.), a basketball star whose undisciplined on-and-off-court antics have him indefinitely suspended from the league, without any prospects. After falling in love with Michelle Langford (Vivica A. Fox) who's a WNBA player and also lacking training in anything other than basketball and going through a financial crisis, Jamal decides to dress like a woman and try out for the Charlotte Banshees, a women's basketball team, in order to get back into the game and to start a romance with Michelle.
