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The Golden Child (1986)

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Eddie Murphy followed up his Beverly Hills Cop success with this fantasy adventure that plops him right into the land of Ray Harryhausen and Indiana Jones. The plot revolves around a God-like youngster (J.L. Reate) known as a "golden child," who has been sent to Tibet to bring the gift of compassion to humanity. But the devil isn't idle, sending his emissary, Sardo Numspa (Charles Dance) to kidnap the golden child. Sardo absconds with the child and takes off to Los Angeles. In L.A., a beautiful

Mar 9, 1999

Paramount Home Video

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All Critics (22) | Top Critics (4) | 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 Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
Chicago Sun-Times
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A half-baked comedy without a heart.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
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Mediocre Eddie Murphy comedy looks very dated now.

February 23, 2008 Comment (1)
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 | Comment
Spirituality and Practice

His posse told him he was god-like.

February 13, 2004 Comment
FilmsInReview.com

Indefensible rubbish with occasional flashes of invention and Victor Wong.

December 10, 2003 Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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

May 30, 2003 Comment
Juicy Cerebellum

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

May 27, 2003 Comment
Movie Eye

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

February 9, 2003 Comment
Needcoffee.com

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

January 29, 2003 Comment
KFOR Channel 4 News

Yet another in a long string of Murphy abominations.

October 11, 2002 Comment
Lawrence Journal-World

Maybe being typecast as Axel Foley was a good idea

September 17, 2002 Comment
Moviehole

the beginning of the end for Murphy's career

July 29, 2002 Comment
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 Comment
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[Re-watch]Movies may have moved on in terms of effects, but this is still an easy watching good prevails evil family film with comical input by Eddie Murphy.

August 4, 2006
76Majikat

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Brilliant!

August 12, 2011
Anatoliy Dudaev

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