Norbit (2007)
Average Rating: 3.3/10
Reviews Counted: 123
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 112
Coming off his Oscar-nominated performance in Dreamgirls, the talented-but-inconsistent Eddie Murphy plays three roles in Norbit, a cruel, crass, stereotype-filled comedy that's more depressing than funny.
Average Rating: 3.4/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 31
Coming off his Oscar-nominated performance in Dreamgirls, the talented-but-inconsistent Eddie Murphy plays three roles in Norbit, a cruel, crass, stereotype-filled comedy that's more depressing than funny.
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Movie Info
A meek and lovable milquetoast married to an overbearing, overweight tyrant finds his life turned upside down when he meets the woman of his dreams in this romantic comedy starring Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Eddie Griffin. His entire life, Norbit (Murphy) has been picked on and put down, and after being bullied into marrying the most obnoxious woman in town (also Murphy) it appears as if that's the way things will remain until the day he dies. Upon meeting the one woman
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Cast
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Eddie Murphy
Mr. Wong, Norbit Albert... -
Thandie Newton
Kate -
Eddie Griffin
Pope Sweet Jesus -
Terry Crews
Big Jack -
Clifton Powell
Earl -
Katt Williams
Lord Have Mercy -
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Anthony Russell
Giovanni -
Floyd Levine
Abe the Tailor -
Michael Colyar
Morris the Barber -
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Deion Hughes -
Pat Crawford Brown
Mrs. Henderson -
Jeanette Miller
Mrs. Coleman -
Marlon Wayans
Buster -
Alexis Rhee
Mrs. Ling Ling Wong -
Khamani Griffin
Norbit Age 5 -
Austin Reid
Norbit Age 9 -
Lindsey Sims-Lewis
Rasputa Age 10 -
China Anderson
Kate Age 5 -
Kristen Schaal
Event Organizer -
Rob Huebel
Excited Man on TV -
Michael Vossler
Bullies -
Travis Vossler
Bullies -
Mason Knight
Boy at Schoolyard -
Jonathan Meyer Robinson
Norbit Age 17 -
Yves Lola St. Vil
Rasputia Age 17 -
Richard Gant
Preacher -
Susan Beaubian
Shop Owner -
John Gatins
Attendant -
Laura Ortiz
Teen Attendant -
Miles Robbins
Kid at Water Park -
Charlie Murphy
Floyd the Dog -
Hayley Marie Norman
Ex-Wife -
Sara Sanderson
Ex-Wife -
Smith Cho
Ex-Wife -
Esther Friedman
Beautician -
Lonnie Henderson
Beautician -
Carmen Rojas
Beautician -
Marianne Muellerleile
Helga -
Frank Langley IV
Puppeteer -
Donald Johnson
Charlie -
Greta Bommelje
kid -
Jesse Mendel
Little Girl in the Pool -
Kayren Wallace
Orphan Girl -
Kendra McCulty
Moonbounce Kid -
Amanda Sawyer
Moonbounce Kid -
Cameron Ur
Moonbounce Kid -
Lisa Marie Fernandez
Kissing Booth Girl -
Taylor Kennedy
Basketball Kid -
Hakeem Washington
Basketball Kid -
Fumi Desalu
Booty Shaker Girl -
Sammy B. Wills
Rib Shack Waitress -
Shyann Shane Lee
Rib Shack Waitress -
Richard Corgiat
Giovanni Staff Member -
Marc De'Antone
Giovanni Staff Member -
Vince Micelli
Giovanni Staff Member -
Ollie Rasbury
Female Vocalist -
Donald Bell
Male Vocalist -
Ron Cole
Wedding Guest -
Eurydice Davis
Wedding Guest -
Angelo George
Bar Patron -
Anthony Vela
Bar Patron -
Virgil E. Carter
Norbit Photo Double -
Lauren Miller
Rasputia Photo Double -
Sally Stevens
Choir Member -
Carmen Twillie
Choir Member -
John West
Choir Member -
Wendy Fraser
Choir Member -
Terri Koide
Choir Member -
Clydene Jackson-Edwards
Choir Member -
Josef Powell
Choir Member -
Kathryn Bostic
Choir Member -
Maxine Waters
Choir Member -
Terry Wood
Choir Member -
Gerald White
Choir Member -
Kipp Lennon
Choir Member -
Darryl Phinnessee
Choir Member -
Louis Price
Choir Member -
Oren Waters
Choir Member -
Craig L. Copeland
Choir Member -
Bob Joyce
Choir Member -
Guy Maeda
Choir Member -
Alvin Chea
Choir Member -
Donna Medine
Choir Member -
Neisha Folkes
Dancer -
Kristin Denelhy
Dancer -
Lucas Raynaud
Dancer -
Tyrell Washington
Dancer -
Reginald Jackson
Dancer -
Celestina Aladekoba
Dancer -
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All Critics (123) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (112) | DVD (23)
Even if you go back decades, body fascism has rarely been so brazen, or so unfunny. Horrifying.
Top CriticIt's offensively bad.
When Martin Lawrence and Tyler Perry play gals with sky-high BMI, at least their characters offer -- and are shown -- a certain amount of love and respect.
Norbit takes the idea behind The Nutty Professor 2 -- that Eddie Murphy can play just about every character in the movie -- and strips it of all charm and humor.
There are so many problems with Norbit that when you try to pin one down, another one splooges out elsewhere.
Think Big Momma's House blended with a particularly loathsome Jerry Lewis movie, and you've got the picture. Grimacing yet?
Like all of Murphy's recent films, there's also a sweet-if-predictable heart beating beneath the discount jokes.
If there's no limit to your love of fat jokes, this is the movie for you.
The laughs are broad (pardon the pun), obtuse, and unsubtle.
It's small consolation when you have to sit through such a miserably unfunny movie, but at least the bad ideas here are relatively original.
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Most of the jokes concern obesity, which Murphy evidently believes to be ipso facto funny.
A life sucking comedy of highly dubious intent.
If you're not a die-hard Murphy fan, your enjoyment of Norbit will depend entirely on how funny you find fat suits and fart jokes. Worth missing.
Murphy has a deplorable joke concerning a lost policeman's whistle for which there is no excuse whatever - other than it's very funny.
... admirável que, com um passado já tão recheado de atrocidades cinematográficas, Eddie Murphy tenha conseguido, com Norbit, a proeza de realizar aquele que, sem dúvida, é o pior filme de sua já desastrosa carreira.
Stereotype-based comedy from Eddie Murphy in a variety of fat suits is just not enough to make a decent film.
the humor is mean-spirited and the jokes rather puerile.
Three Eddie Murphys is three too many.
A one-dimensional bad news comedy.
Norbit is so bad, it has redefined my concept of Hell.
Why is everybody in such a tizzy over Norbit?
Stealing from Date Movie: now that is pathetic.
Murphy finally has nothing to prove in front of the camera, which makes his fondness for wearing extreme prosthetics to play multiple roles in a film bursting with cheap, obvious gags increasingly baffling.
Audience Reviews for Norbit
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Super Reviewer
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- Rasputia: What are you looking at Norbit?
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- Mr. Wong: Bingo! Right in the blow hole!
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- Mr. Wong: WHALE-HO!
- Rasputia: Did somebody just call me a whale?
- Mr. Wong: Yeah!
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- Norbit Albert Rice: But you shouldn't be drinking alcohol.
- Rasputia: Why not?
- Norbit Albert Rice: Because of the baby.
- Rasputia: The baby? AHHHHHH! PPPPPPPPPPP! It was only a gas.
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- Pope Sweet Jesus: You fat woman physco!
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- Rasputia: You're dead!
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