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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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Murphy has a deplorable joke concerning a lost policeman's whistle for which there is no excuse whatever - other than it's very funny. Mar 10, 2007 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Murphy has a deplorable joke concerning a lost policeman's whistle for which there is no excuse whatever - other than it's very funny.
Peter Bradshaw
Even if you go back decades, body fascism has rarely been so brazen, or so unfunny. Horrifying. Mar 8, 2007
Even if you go back decades, body fascism has rarely been so brazen, or so unfunny. Horrifying.
Anna Smith
Three Eddie Murphys is three too many. Mar 6, 2007 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Three Eddie Murphys is three too many.
Neil Smith
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. Feb 23, 2007 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
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.
George Palathingal
It's offensively bad. Feb 20, 2007
It's offensively bad.
Richard Roeper
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. Feb 17, 2007 | Rating: 1/6 | Full Review…
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.
Melissa Anderson
Like all of Murphy's recent films, there's also a sweet-if-predictable heart beating beneath the discount jokes. Nov 16, 2012 | Rating: 2/5
Like all of Murphy's recent films, there's also a sweet-if-predictable heart beating beneath the discount jokes.
Luke Goodsell
If there's no limit to your love of fat jokes, this is the movie for you. Jul 7, 2010 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
If there's no limit to your love of fat jokes, this is the movie for you.
Brooke Holgerson
The laughs are broad (pardon the pun), obtuse, and unsubtle. Jan 15, 2008 | Full Review…
The laughs are broad (pardon the pun), obtuse, and unsubtle.
Drew Turney
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. May 31, 2007 | Rating: 56/100
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.
Brian Webster
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Joseph Proimakis
Most of the jokes concern obesity, which Murphy evidently believes to be ipso facto funny. Mar 17, 2007 | Full Review…
Most of the jokes concern obesity, which Murphy evidently believes to be ipso facto funny.
Philip French
When I was in college, this film was playing in the student pub; I had nothing else better to do, so I watched it. Boy was that a bad choice. This film was poorly written, acted and directed with a bad cast. The result is one of the worst films that I have seen in recent memory. This is one of the most stupid comedies ever, and it's no wonder why Eddie Murphy's career is in such shambles. Norbit is a strained comedy right from the start. There's nothing funny about this film, in fact the only good thing about this film is the end credits. This is a painful comedy that I hated. The film suffers from a bad script, a poor cast and bad directing. There are no redeeming factors in this film. The film provides you with a waste of time, and there's nothing here that is fun, or entertaining. Norbit is an unfunny film that will depress you. This is simply put a comedy with no laughs or entertainment value whatsoever. Eddie Murphy is horrible on-screen, and this is by far one of the stupidest comedies I've seen. Norbit is a very forgettable film that doesn't deliver. The film is a pure waste of time from start to finish and shouldn't be watched by anyone looking for an effective comedy. Avoid this comedy; you'll be glad that you did. Eddie Murphy is a has been, and Norbit is proof to that. This is a film that is unwatchable, and definitely not worth your time.
Super Reviewer
Been there done that......nutty professor zzzzzzz.
Kind of mixed. It isn't as horrible and offensive as some people seem to be saying, but it isn't as funny either. I find with this one I kind of get bored watching it, though the high point for me is Raspucia. I actually think that character is kind of amusing - I don't think it's offensive that she is fat, I mean come on, it's a horrible character who just happens to be very overweight. That character would be just as horrible on a skinny girl. The bits that she (or he, as she, to be more exact) is not in are the bits that drag. Norbit is a dork - there is nothing interesting about him. The pimps are so so, Mr Wong is mildly offensive with his whaling. Thandie is distracting just by how stick thin she is, but she is nice in this. It's a dumb comedy for those times you can't be bothered to think about a movie too hard. Bit of a laugh at some of the Rasputia stuff, but otherwise a bit on the bland side.
Fat suits can't make up for boring jokes and just plain weirdness.
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