The Golden Child (1986)

All Critics (22) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (14) | DVD (4)

This film -- insignificant and lightweight and monumentally silly -- is entertaining from beginning to end.

January 1, 2000 Full Review

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

A half-baked comedy without a heart.

January 1, 2000 Full Review | Comments (3)

Paul Attanasio

Washington Post

Top Critic

Mediocre Eddie Murphy comedy looks very dated now.

February 23, 2008 | Comment (1)

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Not even Eddie Murphy's normal bag of tricks and tics can save this contrived and unconvincing film from self-destructing.

August 25, 2004 Full Review

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

His posse told him he was god-like.

February 13, 2004

Victoria Alexander

FilmsInReview.com

Indefensible rubbish with occasional flashes of invention and Victor Wong.

December 10, 2003

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Eddie Murphy begins to dabble in "kiddy-land."

May 30, 2003

Alex Sandell

Juicy Cerebellum

An uneven and staid mystical bore that miscasts Murphy something fierce. There's nothing Golden about this neglected Child.

May 27, 2003

Frank Ochieng

Movie Eye

An extremely amusing film from back when Murphy was still funny; it's been unfortunately mostly forgotten these days.

February 9, 2003

Widgett Walls

Needcoffee.com

A mixed bag of occult mayhem that I remember liking as a kid.

January 29, 2003

Blake Davis

KFOR Channel 4 News

Yet another in a long string of Murphy abominations.

October 11, 2002

Jon Niccum

Lawrence Journal-World

Maybe being typecast as Axel Foley was a good idea

September 17, 2002

Clint Morris

Moviehole

the beginning of the end for Murphy's career

July 29, 2002

James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

When Eddie's onscreen, this confusing mess of an adventure flick actually works. But that darn PLOT keeps getting in the way.

July 25, 2002

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

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