Holy Man (1998)
Average Rating: 3.6/10
Reviews Counted: 50
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 44
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Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 14
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 12
No consensus yet.
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Stephen Herek directed this comedy-drama in which soul-less exec Ricky Hayman (Jeff Goldblum), programmer for the failing Good Buy Shopping Network, is dismayed by a request to increase sales in two weeks. Bald do-gooder guru G. (Eddie Murphy) assists when Ricky and marketing director Kate (Kelly Preston) get a freeway flat. When G. passes out, tests indicate a heart murmur and heat prostration, so the robed prophet becomes Ricky's house guest. At a party, G. uses hypnosis and psychology to rid
Oct 9, 1998 Wide
May 18, 1999
Disney
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Cast
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Eddie Murphy
G. -
Jeff Goldblum
Ricky Hayman -
Kelly Preston
Kate Newell -
Robert Loggia
John McBainbridge -
Jon Cryer
Barry -
Eric McCormack
Scott Hawkes -
Sam Kitchin
Control Room Director -
Robert Small
Assistant Director -
Marc Macaulay
Brutus -
Morgan Fairchild
herself -
Nino Cerruti
himself -
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All Critics (51) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (44) | DVD (6)
It may not be earthshaking, but this calmly competent feel-good movie shows that a little sincerity can go a long way.
Top CriticThe material lacks a biting edge.
The kitsch on-air shopping sequences are often very funny.
This screenplay was in no shape to be filmed; perhaps the filmmakers assumed that the mere presence of Eddie Murphy would repair its wrongs and give them a big opening weekend.
The film never really explains where G came from or where he's going.
While Murphy probably has what it takes to make the comedian-to-serious actor transition, he needs to do what Martin, Williams, and Carrey did: hold out for a good script.
Leaves you wondering whether there really is a God.
Good intentions abound, but we all know where they lead.
A thought-provoking but uneven comedy.
What does Hollywood teach us here? Materialism BAD! Television BAD! Media BAD!
The shallowness and lack of perspective of the story keeps everyone from delivering anything more than a mundane, mildly amusing comedy.
It's always watchable, sometimes enjoyable, never special.
[Murphy] is the only thing that isn't deadeningly predictable here, but it might still be worth the price of a ticket to see him continue to have such fun being a movie star.
Eddie Murphy's downhill decline
Eddie Murphy still can't pick scripts worth a damn. It's not the worst movie he ever made, but that comes as small comfort when you're suffering through it.
Oh brother, what a preposterous package it uses to deliver its warm and fuzzy message about What Really Matters.
A clever script and great comic timing from the entire cast take the infomercial parody to a whole new hilarious level.
Holy Man saddles its star with a leaden, melodramatic script that never allows the high jinks to get rolling at Murphy's hyperkinetic pace.
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