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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
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Norbit (Eddie Murphy) is a shy fellow, raised by Mr. Wong (Eddie Murphy again) in a combination orphanage/Chinese restaurant in Boiling Springs, Tennessee. As a child, Norbit comes to love Kate, a fellow orphan, but the soulmates are separated when Kate is adopted. Enter Rasputia, an aggressive, plus-sized 10-year-old who protects him from bullies and demands his romantic loyalty, much like her thuggish older brothers demand 'protection' money from all the merchants in Boiling Springs. Rasputia and Norbit eventually marry--and the peevish adult Rasputia is played to great comic effect by Eddie Murphy in a fat suit. Although Rasputia is controlling, unfaithful, hideous-looking, and always madder than a hornet, she and Norbit make a life together, albeit one based on inertia, fear, and complacency. The bubble bursts when the now-grown Kate (Thandie Newton) returns to Boiling Springs to buy Mr. Wong's orphanage. Norbit's love is rekindled, and he must find a way to end his loveless marriage, save Kate from marrying a crooked philanderer (Cuba Gooding, Jr., in a rare villainous turn), and prevent Rasputia's brothers from carrying through with a big con job that would destroy the orphanage and Kate's life. Eddie Murphy, not surprisingly, carries the show, with broad, juvenile humour, fat jokes, and pratfalls, and while he never aims very high, he manages to inject some poignancy into Norbit's and Wong's characters, even as he plays Rasputia strictly for laughs. It's not Shakespeare--it's not even Big Momma's House--but the laughs are as big as Rasputia's muumuu.
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I have seen this film 19 times and still found this film incredibly funny. Granted not Eddie Murphy's best film but he is solid act acting in this film. Especailly when he plays more than one character in this film.
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This film is amazing !! it is very funny and everybody over 12 should watch this film.if you are feeling down should watch it i can guarantee that you will enjoy it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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First saw this film one year ago on t.v. my daughter has had this sitting on our hard drive on the pvr since this time and wanted it as part of a christmas present, the item was cheap (used item) but well worth the money and is still being watched.
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Best Eddy film ever
This is his best film I love it so funny he brings sunshine to a bad day lol
Published 20 months ago by James1981
soooooo funny!!!!!!!!!!
this move is soooooo funny, i loved it. eddie murphy plays a number of roles in this movie just like in nutty professor. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2010 by Miss D
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Published on 19 Dec 2009 by varunrdas
I've been to funnier funerals
The front of the case has a quote saying, "hysterically funny", but above it there is a picture of Eddie Murphy in a fat suit lying on Eddie Murphy dressed as a geek. Read more
Published on 11 Nov 2009 by A. Cassidy
Terrible
I had to switch it off a 1/4 of the way through because it was so boring. Eddie Murphy has done alot better, this was terrible acting on his behalf and it's not even funny just... Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2009 by Louise Hickerman
Hysterically Funny!
Norbit is a classic funny movie from comedy genius Eddie Murhy! He returns to his classic style of playing more than one characters!
This movie looks Stunning in Blu-ray. Read more
This movie looks Stunning in Blu-ray. Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2008 by H. Yousuf
Sorry, Eddie who?!?
- Golden Child? Great
- Dr Doolittle(s)? No probs
- Daddy Day Care? Good
- Nutty Professor(s)? Read more
- Dr Doolittle(s)? No probs
- Daddy Day Care? Good
- Nutty Professor(s)? Read more
Published on 4 July 2008 by N. Seeds
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. Read more
Published on 18 May 2008 by Craig Taylor
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... Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2007 by mikky silk
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... Read more
Published on 18 Dec 2007 by Ms. F. I. Macdonald
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