Rating of
1.5/4
Eddie Murphy has hit rock bottom with this one!
mdtinney - wrote on 11/23/09
Seems Eddie Murphy has hit bottom (in more ways than one) with this movie. I was surprised at the low caliber of this feeble attempt at humor. Despite Eddie Murphy's comic prowess it remains a sad story with sad characters and few, if any, redeeming qualities. In fact, his characterization of a fat woman made it perfectly obvious that Eddie is very prejudice and to emphasize the point, the anorexic appearing Thandie Newton was cast to be the exclamation point after the word 'Fat!'. As for the character, Norbit, I have to ask... How Stupid / Desperate Can One Person BE? Until this movie, I believed the slow decline I've seen in Eddies last few movies was temporary. However, this movie made it painfully clear he's lost it and/or is desperate. After all, only a desperate person would produce, write, and act in something this bad.
If you are planning to see it, I have one word of advice for you...
Don't!
