Norbit

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, 9% Rotten Tomatometer Score
  • Coming off his Oscar-nominated performance in Dreamgirls, the talented-but-inconsistent Eddie Murphy plays three roles in Norbit, a cruel, crass, stereotype-filled comedy that's more depressing than funny.
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    Peter BradshawGuardian
    Murphy has a deplorable joke concerning a lost policeman's whistle for which there is no excuse whatever - other than it's very funny.
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    Tony HorkinsEmpire Magazine
    Stereotype-based comedy from Eddie Murphy in a variety of fat suits is just not enough to make a decent film.
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    Anna SmithTime Out
    Even if you go back decades, body fascism has rarely been so brazen, or so unfunny. Horrifying.
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    Neil SmithBBC.com
    Three Eddie Murphys is three too many.
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    George PalathingalSydney Morning Herald
    Murphy finally has nothing to prove in front of the camera, which makes his fondness for wearing extreme prosthetics to play multiple roles in a film bursting with cheap, obvious gags increasingly baffling.
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    Richard RoeperEbert & Roeper
    It's offensively bad.
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    Mike MassieGone With The Twins
    With the unbelievable advancements in makeup artistry and special practical effects, it's something of a wonder that the best use of it here is for a blubbery fat-suit.
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    Daniel BarnesDare Daniel
    A nonstop series of sloppily constructed comedy bits peopled with racist and misogynist caricatures.
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    Brooke HolgersonBoston Phoenix
    If there's no limit to your love of fat jokes, this is the movie for you.
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    Drew TurneyDark Horizons
    The laughs are broad (pardon the pun), obtuse, and unsubtle.
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