Eddie Murphy

Thandiwe Newton

Terry Crews

Clifton Powell

Lester Speight

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Katt Williams

Marlon Wayans

Eddie Griffin

Richard Gant

Floyd Levine

Anthony Russell

Pat Crawford Brown

Jeanette Miller

Michael Colyar

Alexis Rhee

Rob Huebel

John J West

John Gatins

Khamani Griffin

Lindsey Sims-Lewis

China Anderson

Kristen Schaal

Susan Beaubian

Charlie Murphy

Hayley Marie Norman

Sara Sanderson

Smith Cho

Lonnie Henderson

Bruna Rubio

Anastacia McPherson

Donna Medine

Brian Robbins

John Davis

David Newman

Clark Mathis

Ned Bastille

Camille Friend

Henry Kingi Jr.

Jay Scherick

David Ronn

Clay A. Griffith

Juel Bestrop

Seth Yanklewitz

Molly Maginnis

Michael Tollin

David B. Householter

Henry Kingi

Andy Gill

Gregory J. Barnett

Sandra Lee Gimpel

Lars P. Winther

Rick Baker

Kazu Hiro

Clinton Wayne

Angela Stauffer

Julian Brain

Comedy

Norbit

Tollin/Robbins Productions

Davis Entertainment

DreamWorks Pictures

Eddie Murphy Productions

United States of America

CinemaSerf

Eddie Murphy does just about everything here, except make me laugh, in this unsophisticated romp that makes the "Carry On" films look like Ingmar Bergman. To be fair he's adaptable - thanks almost entirely to the skills of the Oscar nominated make-up team (33 folks get credited!) - as he plays the eponymous geek, his own larger-than-life wife "Rasputia" and his adopted Chinese dad "Wong" who runs the orphanage into which he was unceremoniously dumped as a baby. When fellow orphan "Kate" (Thandiwe Newton) returns to their hometown, he is desperate to rekindle their childhood friendship but he's gonna have to deal with his own wife and her fiancé "Delon" (Cuba Gooding Jr). Whilst all of this is going on, the orphanage takes centre stage as "Rasputia" and her hoodlum brothers have designs on the place that is going to makes matters even more awkward for "Norbit" and his romantic plans with "Kate" who is looking to buy the place, too. Can he save the day and get the gal? It might've looked good on the drawing board or perhaps Eddie Murphy just surrounded himself with people ill-prepared to just say no, but after about five minutes it's clear that this is for his die-hard fans only. It reinforces just about every stereotype going but not in a funny way. It's all written as if the audience were supposed to be eight years old watching a pantomime with fake boobs, wobbly bits where there shouldn't be and, well you get the drift. On the plus side, it doesn't hang about and the action comes quick and fast but to be honest, I found myself cringing way more than smiling, let alone giggling. Johnny Depp just about got away with wearing purple in "Wonkaland" in 2005 but it doesn't work for Murphy here at all. Nor does anything else. Puerile and vulgar, sorry.

English

Norbit (2007) - Trailer [4K] 35mm Scan (Widescreen) [5.1]

Dreamworks Norbit Trailer

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