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.
Murphy has a deplorable joke concerning a lost policeman's whistle for which there is no excuse whatever - other than it's very funny.
Read full articleStereotype-based comedy from Eddie Murphy in a variety of fat suits is just not enough to make a decent film.
Read full articleEven if you go back decades, body fascism has rarely been so brazen, or so unfunny. Horrifying.
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.
Read full articleWith 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.
Read full articleA nonstop series of sloppily constructed comedy bits peopled with racist and misogynist caricatures.
Read full articleIf there's no limit to your love of fat jokes, this is the movie for you.
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