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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... [More]
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston, Robert Loggia
Director: Stephen Herek
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Reviews for Holy Man
The script has many glaring flaws, chiefly, that it never explains why G's inspirational speeches about steering clear of materialism and useless products actually sell the things in question.
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Whatever your conclusion, Eddie Murphy does come off as the least slimed by the proceedings. Is it luck, smart self-marketing or divine intervention?
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This film is funny, but despite its subject matter, or perhaps because of it, this is a movie without a soul.
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Structurally unsound and way too long.
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Nothing in this film works except for an occasionally frantic funny line reading from Goldblum and maybe a couple of the products being sold.
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It's also troublesome that Murphy, a generally charismatic actor, is downright dull here. He and Goldblum are curiously flat in their line readings; they don't seem convinced by the story they're asked to act out, and with good reason.
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Not even Eddie can save this ill-conceived mess of a movie.
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The movie is dominated not by Eddie Murphy but by Jeff Goldblum, a versatile actor indeed, who can flesh out a comic performance as easily as he can horrify us in the role of a fly.
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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.
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Top CriticThere's a terrific movie to be made about home-shopping and the folks addicted to it, but 'Holy Man' is not that film.
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The film never really explains where G came from or where he's going.
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Top CriticEven a 5-year-old could predict where this plot is going.
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There's precious little comedy here in this tired romantic comedy set amid a television-age satire.
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Except for a few funny interchanges in GBSN's production booth, Holy Man is a disaster.
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How bad could a comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Jeff Goldblum really be? Well, let's put it this way … you won't ever hear me asking that particular question again.
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Faux pas of the year.
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Who knew that in 16 years Eddie Murphy, who made such a brash, raucous big-screen splash in 48 Hrs., would become... cuddly.
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About halfway through Holy Man the terrible reality sets in: Oh, no, they mean for us to take this seriously.
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Top CriticIt's a PG rated mediocrity that, instead of aiming to be hilarious, aims to be "nice."
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