Norbit (2007)

What a waste of my time!!!

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

I usually would give this a 10, but my previous viewing makes me think a little differently. I'll return to that point in a moment.If you know your movie trivia like me, you know Eddie Murphy loves playing numerous characters. He plays a WHOLE family in the Nutty Professor movies, a dual role in Meet Dave, and 4 characters in my personal favorite-Coming To America. He does the same here:playing the titular character, his orphanage father, and hilariously-his obese female dog of a wife. The movie is PG-13 and really pushes it. This is why 2 stars have been removed. There is a ton of immoral and unnecessary content:1. Norbit comes home from work to find his wife Rasputia home from work early. Shocked, he looks for her-and catches her in bed with her dance instructor.2. This is followed by a chase after Norbit calls her the "queen of w*ores."3.A man who is about to be married meets up with numerous other women he is already married to. He is just marrying this woman for her moola.4.The whole plot centers on Norbit meeting up with his childhood crush and wanting to spend more time with her. This makes Rasputia jealous and she threatens to kill him if he spends more time with her. May I remind you that this is the same woman who slept with another man!There's also nick-picky stuff: like a man collecting offering in a church and he says "pay for your sins." That's not what that is for. But whatever. I'm giving it an 8 though if I am in the right mood I could give it a 10. If you are in the mood for stupid, this will fit the bill. Otherwise, this will disappoint. Before you complain about the inappropriate comment and the "woman played by a man" aspect-remember that Eddie Murphy is that woman. This is the same guy who played a Grandma that stated at the dinner table that "having relations is beautiful" and made a stand up routine bit about child abuse. This is nothing new. Norbit will satisfy raunchy Eddie Murphy fans-and if you complain-remember that Mulan still exists.

It was a great movie that made me laugh a lot! Big fan of Eddie Murphy. I think I saw all his movies with my boyfriend. I can't believed it when my boyfriend told me that he was the actor for Rasputia. Just a great comedian. It was a great movie that made me laugh a lot! Big fan of Eddie Murphy. I think I saw all his movies with my boyfriend. I can't believed it when my boyfriend told me that he was the actor for Rasputia. Just a great comedian. It was a great movie that made me laugh a lot! Big fan of Eddie Murphy. I think I saw all his movies with my boyfriend. I can't believed it when my boyfriend told me that he was the actor for Rasputia. Just a great comedian.

Norbit (2007): Dir: Brian Robbins / Cast: Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Eddie Griffin, Cuba Gooding Jr.Terry Crews: Eddie Murphy proved comic brilliance in The Nutty Professor playing multiple roles. What Norbit proves is that lightning doesn't necessarily strike twice. Murphy plays Norbit who was abandoned at a Chinese orphanage where he grows up to be the target of bullying. Saved one day by the massive Rasputa he is forced into marriage. Director Brian Robbins improves yet story is still simplistic formula with an ending lacking real feeling. Robbins is a director whose career is subdued with a long list of junk such as Good Burger, Ready to Rumble and Hardball. Eddie Murphy plays the humble Norbit as well as his overweight dominating wife and neither role evokes feeling. Thandie Newton is flat as a childhood love. The role is standard fare making it a complete waste of her time and talent. Eddie Griffin plays a pimp and Cuba Gooding Jr. plays Newton's scheming fiancée. Terry Crews is cast as Rasputa's older brother and that cannot be any less than embarrassing for his resume. There is a theme regarding facing adversaries but it is buried underneath Murphy's makeup job. This film is a failure on all accounts and if the script had as much time spent on it as Rasputa's humongous bulk then perhaps Norbit might have reason to smile. Score: 4 / 10

My problem with this film is as follows: It's not offensive. Humour, in my opinion, is not offensive. This film simply lacks quality. This is what would happen if you taught a third grader all the sexual, racial, and societal humour of a thirty-year-old but left them with the brain of a third-grader. Essentially, there is no quality here. Just not funny, and it's not bad enough to fit into that category of "so bad it's good." It's neither funny, racist, offensive or anything at all. It's not worth wasting your time watching. I watched this movie with a girlfriend and didn't chuckle once, I was simply bored. I miss the good old days of Blazing Saddles and good social commentary.