NORBIT Film Review - 16/5/07

The film's Tag-line is "Have You Ever Made A Really Big Mistake?" and that should be taken literally. Having seen all the best bits in the Trailer for this movie (which looked fairly funny) actually watching it was a really big mistake! Eddie Murphy plays 3 characters (maybe - it's hard to tell?) and both are really offensive in a film with a real nasty mean streak in a "supposed" comedy....lurching from one unpleasant character to the next I couldn't wait for this tired & trite rubbish to finish. Watching this was about as interesting as sitting in a launderette for 2 hours seeing clothes spinning around in a washing machine. Cliched stereotypes in an aimless comedy saying nothing and leading nowhere packed full of standard fare of the "seen it all before" type and nasty with it. Cuba Gooding, Jnr. & Thandie Newton were wasted on this drivel and obviously had the rent to pay this month otherwise I doubt if they would sink this low?

Eddie Murphy playing Eddie Murphy?

Actors for hire - Low Rates as Bills need paying!

Eddie Murphy playing Eddie Murphy?

Murphy's character grows up as an orphan and ends up married to a grotesque woman (played by Murphy) who later meet's his childhood sweetheart and rebels against his restrictive life. It doesn't get any better!