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Norbit
Have you ever made a really big mistake?
A mild-mannered guy who is engaged to a monstrous woman meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.
- Original title
- Norbit
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Revenue
- $159,814,490
CinemaSerf
Jan 6, 2025 · via TMDB
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.
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Eddie Murphy
Norbit / Rasputia / Mr. Wong
Thandiwe Newton
Kate Thomas
Terry Crews
Big Jack Latimore
Clifton Powell
Earl Latimore
Lester Speight
Blue Latimore
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Deion Hughes
Eddie Griffin
Pope Sweet Jesus
Katt Williams
Lord Have Mercy
Floyd Levine
Abe the Tailor
Anthony Russell
Giovanni
Pat Crawford Brown
Mrs. Henderson
Michael Colyar
Morris the Barber
Marlon Wayans
Buster
Alexis Rhee
Mrs. Ling Ling Wong
Khamani Griffin
Norbit - Age 5
Lindsey Sims-Lewis
Rasputia - Age 10
Kristen Schaal
Event Organizer
Rob Huebel
Excited Man on TV
Richard Gant
Preacher
Susan Beaubian
Shop Owner
John Gatins
Attendant
Laura Ortiz
Teen Attendant
Charlie Murphy
Floyd the Dog (voice)
Hayley Marie Norman
Ex-Wife
Sara Sanderson
Ex-Wife
Smith Cho
Ex-Wife
Marianne Muellerleile
Helga
Fumi Desalu-Vold
Boty Shaker Girl
Eurydice Davis
Wedding Guest
Sally Stevens
Choir Member
Kathryn Bostic
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Carmen Twillie
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Maxine Waters Willard
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Darryl Phinnessee
Choir Member
Kristin Denehy
Dancer
Celestina Aladekoba
Dancer
Anastacia McPherson
Waitress (Uncredited)
Clark Mathis
Director of Photography
Camille Friend
Hair Department Head
Rick Baker
Makeup Artist
Clinton Wayne
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Kazu Hiro
Prosthetic Supervisor
Aakomon Jones
Choreographer
Fatima Robinson
Choreographer
Andy Gill
Stunt Coordinator
Aaron Toney
Stunts
Austin Priester
Stunts
Brian Machleit
Stunts
Buddy Sosthand
Stunts
Henry Kingi
Stunts
Henry Kingi Jr.
Stunts
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Stunts
Tim Gilbert
Stunts
Brian Robbins
Director
Lars P. Winther
First Assistant Director
Andy Gill
Second Unit Director
Brian Robbins
Executive Producer
David B. Householter
Executive Producer
Michael Tollin
Executive Producer
Eddie Murphy
Producer
John Davis
Producer
David Newman
Original Music Composer
Steve R. Nelson
Production Sound Mixer
Michelle Eisenreich
Visual Effects Producer
Charlie Murphy
Screenplay
Eddie Murphy
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Charlie Murphy
Story
Eddie Murphy
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