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Norbit

2007 Directed by Brian Robbins

Have You Ever Made A Really Big Mistake?

A mild-mannered guy who is engaged to a monstrous woman meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.

Eddie Murphy Thandie Newton Terry Crews Clifton Powell Lester Speight Cuba Gooding Jr. Katt Williams Floyd Levine Anthony Russell Pat Crawford Brown Jeanette Miller Michael Colyar Marlon Wayans Alexis Rhee Eddie Griffin Rob Huebel John West

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Review by DirkH ½ 5

This movie has reportedly been used as a surrogate to waterboarding.
Review by Matthew L. Brady ½

This is how Eddie Murphy lost his Oscar.
Review by russman ½ 7

So that just happened
Review by Ben Brewer ½

In 1987, Eddie Murphy stepped onto the stage at New York's Felt Forum to perform a stand up routine entitled Raw.

In the 93 minutes that followed, Murphy delivered a set that contained 223 utterances of the word fuck, and ran the gamut from Bill Cosby's prudishness, to nightclub brawls.

The set was electrifying. It was fast, it was furious, it was, well...raw. It was also fucking hilarious.

This is not that Eddie Murphy.
Review by Luka Mina ★★★★★ 5

Wow.

This is a film that needs to be watched 3 times to appreciate.
Subtle comedy.
Oscar worthy performances.
Ingenious historical and religious allegories and biblical allusions (Rasputia=God).

Honestly, no jokes or sarcasm, my love for this film is as big as Rasputia herself.

'How you doing?'
Review by Waiching Liu ½ 4

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…

Recent reviews

Review by VinTheDog ½

Why have I seen this three times?
Review by vhcaffe ½ 2

Filme pastelão clássico, agrada as emissoras de TV que querem preencher o vazio do quadro de filmes.
Review by Daniel Duffy ★

The Star Room Cinema

I saw this in theaters when it first came out lol.

My mom likes this movie and said it’s sweet.

The pimps are the best part of the film, Eddie Griffin and Katt Williams truly steal the show. I’m not even joking.

The only redeeming qualities the film possesses are the makeup effects and Eddie Murphy’s performances (even as over-the-top and comically offensive as they are).
Review by Janitor Chari Haba ★★★★★

I fucking love remembering this movie exists. It gives me life
Review by Cole Schneider ★★

He withstood abuse
Summer after summer, but
Friends will fight for him
Review by Nathan Navarrette ★★★★★

This movie says “turkey ass” multiple times.

Comedies are supposed to break new ground, and this one surely did.
Review by Maxi Cueto ½

So outrageously bad that its kind of fun to watch
Review by Magnolia_Fan

Theater
Review by CekkoPito ★★★★

That's a fantastic film. Better than a lot of other famous films.
Better than Scarface.
Better than Troy.
Better than Pulp Fiction.