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Norbit [2007]

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Binding : DVD
EAN : 5051188152932
Label : Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
Manufacturer : Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
Publisher : Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
Release date : 2007-07-09
Title : Norbit [2007]
Actor : Array
Audience rating : Suitable for 12 years and over
Format : PAL
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 2007-03-09
Region code : 2
Studio : Paramount Home Entertainment (UK)
Theatrical releaseDate : 2007-03-09
Number of discs : 1

Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Eddie Murphy stars and stars in this very broad and raucous comedy that finds the Oscar-nominated Dreamgirls actor revisiting the multiple-character shtick that worked so well for him in Coming to America and The Nutty Professor. The latter's makeup-effects artist, Rick Baker, once again transforms Murphy into a variety of grotesques and caricatures, including the hugely fat, monstrous Rasputia, the Asian Mr. Wong, and the timorous Norbit, a nervous orphan raised by Wong and married to Rasputia. The latter, a member of a construction family with a plan to turn Wong's orphanage into a strip club, is a relentlessly narcissistic shrew who puts the screws on Norbit at every turn, especially when he rediscovers his love for an old friend, Kate (Thandie Newton). Kate's wish to buy and maintain the orphanage herself is secretly compromised by her fiancé (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), who is in cahoots with Rasputia's family and using Norbit to further their agenda.

Extraordinarily silly, frequently crude and mean-spirited to an extreme, Norbit is far more sour than The Nutty Professor. But there are moments of inspiration, especially a wedding interrupted by wannabe pimps who launch a profane gospel groove, and a dog that talks to Norbit while he is semi-conscious. For the most part, though, Norbit impresses as a technical marvel utilizing careful shot design and skillful editing. Murphy participates in several remarkable, three-character scenes in which he happens to be all three characters, and those moments move so briskly it's easy to forget one is looking at a comic stunt. --Tom Keogh

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-07-04 rating:

Sorry, Eddie who?!?
- Golden Child? Great
- Dr Doolittle(s)? No probs
- Daddy Day Care? Good
- Nutty Professor(s)? Indeed
- 48 Hours and BHills Cop aren't my cup-of-tea but are classic Murphy
- NORBIT is far and away the closest to 'Donkey' that Eddie Murphy has come to (and that says something considering he voiced 'Donkey' in the Shrek films - which were great!)
If you like Eddie Murphy and are wondering whether to watch Norbit - don't! - watch COMING TO AMERICA and watch it again and again - just do not watch Norbit! I laughed once, maybe twice (whence 2 stars instead of 1 - I don't hate it but I definately don't like it!), but that was at the situation, not at the characters: Norbit is a muppet (actually, no, that's degrading to the Muppets!) and that nasty fat mama he plays is a faaaaaar cry from Big Mama (even though I prefer Murphy to Lawrence).
But if you're reading this after watching Norbit and liked it (shudder!) then DON'T watch the other Eddie Murphy films I listed earlier because it is a completely different actor!!!

review by: date: 2008-05-17 rating:

The Trailer was better!
Very disapointing. Eddie Murphy is a great talent, but it is wasted in this film, as it suffers from a poor script, oddly written by Murphy himself. You would have thought he'd have know better.
It's a similar concept of the Nutty Proffessor, where Murphy plays several characters, something which in my view is boring now. Don't get me wrong this film does have some funny moments, but there seems to be more unfunny moments than funny. Besides the best bits of the film can be seen in the trailer. For anything under a fiver this ain't such a waste, but it isn't worth the £10 i payed.

review by: milk date: 2007-12-31 rating:

norbit
the people who have given this poor reviews obviously take this film way to seriously. for comical slapstick value this film is a classic but if you buy it don't expect this film to be an award winner

review by: moviebuff05 date: 2007-12-18 rating:

dull
this was a boring film. i rented it thinking that it was going to be hilarious because of how eddie murphy normally is, but no, it wasn't really funny, the storyline was weak and the characters were stupid, i'm glad i didnt bother buying it and only wasted 3 quid on it instead of 15.

review by: date: 2007-11-04 rating:

Don't bother!
Utter rubbish with basic boring storyline, I still cannot believe that I watched it to the end, was hoping that it would get better but unfortunately not.
The film is not as funny as the trailers make out, quite possibly the worse film Eddie Murphy has ever made, so pleased I rented this and did not buy it.

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