Is Norbit the guilty pleasure comedy farce much like with 1997's Fathers' Day for me and a comedy with Robin Williams and Billy Crystal that was trashed by critics but one I adored to bits, or is it an absolute travesty and a low for Eddie Murphy, whose film career has its share of downs and ups?

Penned by Eddie and his late brother, Charlie Murphy, Norbit took in almost $100 million and is the follow-up to Eddie Murphy's praised performance in Dreamgirls and is another film where just like with 1996's The Nutty Professor Eddie dons prosthetics. The only difference being the laughs here was not only woefully few and few between, the humour was just poor and most…

I, as any respectible man should, am very rarely willing to give any piece of art a perfect score unless I feel it is something truly monumental and genre defining such as The Internship, Good Burger, Scooby doo 2 or The Nut Job 2 Nutty By Nature. Film is an art that can conjure up many emotions, we laugh, love, cry, and squirm in sheer goddamn terror! Art will always be there to provide us with a sense of escape from our brutal, unforgiving planet.... which brings me to Norbit starring Eddie Murphy and Eddie Murphy, which reminded me that we can dream for the stars, we all have the potential to change the fuckin world baby! I found myself…

Is Norbit the guilty pleasure comedy farce much like with 1997's Fathers' Day for me and a comedy with Robin Williams and Billy Crystal that was trashed by critics but one I adored to bits, or is it an absolute travesty and a low for Eddie Murphy, whose film career has its share of downs and ups?

Penned by Eddie and his late brother, Charlie Murphy, Norbit took in almost $100 million and is the follow-up to Eddie Murphy's praised performance in Dreamgirls and is another film where just like with 1996's The Nutty Professor Eddie dons prosthetics. The only difference being the laughs here was not only woefully few and few between, the humour was just poor and most…