Leaves you wondering whether there really is a God.
Holy Man (1998)
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Reviews Counted:48
Fresh:6
Rotten:42
Average Rating:3.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This satire features Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum and Kelly Preston, all trying to boost the ratings of a home shopping channel by presenting Murphy as a televangelist. To their dismay, the viewers... This satire features Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum and Kelly Preston, all trying to boost the ratings of a home shopping channel by presenting Murphy as a televangelist. To their dismay, the viewers start to tune in. Features cameos by Morgan Fairchild, Betty White, Florence Henderson, James Brown and Soupy Sales. [More]
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston, Robert Loggia
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston, Robert Loggia, Jon Cryer
Director: Stephen Herek
Director: Stephen Herek
Screenwriter: Tom Schulman
Producer: Roger Birnbaum, Stephen Herek
Composer: Alan Silvestri
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May 18, 1999
Reviews for Holy Man
It may not be earthshaking, but this calmly competent feel-good movie shows that a little sincerity can go a long way.
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.
[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 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.
Although the film is a comedy, it can't overcome the fact that it is profoundly sad that people in this country are so spiritually starved they would seek fulfillment by watching a shopping channel.
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May 19, 2005:
Universal Gets Into a "Worst Case" Scenario
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