Eddie Murphy Knew All Along

"...In the film Coming to America (1988), Eddie Murphy eerily describes a very similar outcome as that..."

Jan. 22, 2008 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

The Distinguished Gentleman

"...Directed by: Jonathan Lynn. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Joe Don Baker,..."

Dec. 11, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nutty Professor Ii: The Klumps

"...Maria Horsford, John Ales, Larry Miller, Janet Jackson and Eddie Murphy. “Comedy isn't pretty,” said Steve Martin during his..."

July 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Nutty Professor

"...Directed by: Tom Shadyac. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, James Coburn, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle..."

June 28, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Life

"...Directed by: Ted Demme. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Anthony Anderson, Rick James, Bokeem Woodbine,..."

April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Money Talks

"...Tucker, Charlie Sheen, Heather Locklear and Paul Sorvino. Until Eddie Murphy pulled his career out of its long free..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Dolemite Is My Name

Eddie Murphy pays homage to the comedy genius of Rudy Ray Moore

"...Directed by: Craig Brewer. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Wesley Snipes, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Keegan-Michael..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Metro

"...Directed by: Thomas Carter. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Michael Rapaport, Michael Wincott, Carmen Ejogo and Denis..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Showtime

"...Frankie R. Faison, William Shatner, Mos Def, Rene Russo, Eddie Murphy and Robert De Niro. It's a double-edged sword:..."

March 22, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dr. Dolittle

"...Directed by: Betty Thomas. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Kristen Wilson, Raven-Symoné, Kyla..."

June 26, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Haunted Mansion

Eddie Murphy heads up this latest Disney amusement ride-turned-movie.

"...Directed by: Rob Minkoff. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn, Jennifer Tilly, Nathaniel Parker,..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

"...Directed by: Mike Mitchell. Starring: Rob Schneider, Norm MacDonald, Eddie Griffin, Oded Fehr, Allen Covert, Arija Bareikis, Amy Poehler..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween

Another installment of Madea's spooky stories

"...his insufferable ingrate of a teenage daughter (White). Unlike Eddie Murphy’s wonderfully precise incarnations of the Klump family in..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Fluffy Movie

Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias performs in this comedy concert film.

"...Iglesias fooling his mom into allowing him to rent Eddie Murphy’s Raw. When that film was released in 1987,..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Jumping the Broom

This urban family rom-com actually has something interesting to say about race and romance.

"...the Broom makes Tyler Perry's shrieky Madea franchise resemble Eddie Murphy's Klump family by comparison. It may not be..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Daddy Day Camp

Someone should blow "Taps" for this outing and put it out of its misery.

"...the outset as Daddy Day Care's leading combo of Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin are replaced by a different..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Original Kings of Comedy

"...tradition of Richard Pryor's Live on the Sunset Strip, Eddie Murphy's Raw, and Martin Lawrence's You So Crazy. It..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blue Streak

"...and funny, Martin Lawrence has been shunted into the Eddie Murphy role in this new cop comedy/caper movie. Lawrence..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

So I Married an Axe Murderer

Remember when Mike Myers was funny? This film features one of his best performances as a poet who reluctantly marries, then fears that his bride (a meat butcher) is a bluebeard.

"...Unfortunately, it outshines Myers' lead work as Charlie (recalling Eddie Murphy upstaging himself in Coming to America. A Saturday..."

July 30, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Split Second

"...cheapie with more “fucks” per frame than the last Eddie Murphy movie and less cohesive plot logic than The..."

May 8, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Summer Supernovas

Eddie, Demi, and Other Lone Stars

"...By the time Eddie Murphy made Coming to America in 1987, his supernova..."

July 12, 1996 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

Acting on Impulse

Murphy's Law

"...so many years ago that the debut of an Eddie Murphy movie was an Event, much as a movie..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Screens Feature

Boomerang

"...Directed by: Reginald Hudlin. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens, Halle Berry, David Alan Grier, Martin..."

July 3, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beverly Hills Cop III

"...Directed by: John Landis. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Hector Elizondo, Theresa Randle, Bronson Pinchot,..."

May 27, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Holy Man

"...Directed by: Stephen Herek. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston, Robert Loggia, Jon Cryer..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dr. Dolittle 2

"...Directed by: Steve Carr. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Kristen Wilson, Raven-Symoné, Jeffrey Jones, Lil' Zane and..."

June 22, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Spy

"...Directed by: Betty Thomas. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Malcolm McDowell, Famke Janssen, Gary Cole..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Norbit

The three personas Eddie Murphy adopts in this film literally fill the screen, but the script doesn't serve his multidimensional talents.

"...Directed by: Brian Robbins. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Cuba Gooding Jr., Eddie Griffin, Terry..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Daddy Day Care

"...Directed by: Steve Carr. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Anjelica Huston, Steve Zahn, Regina King,..."

May 9, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Thousand Words

Eddie Murphy plays a truth-challenged literary agent who learns his lesson when a bizarre set of circumstances allow him to utter only 1,000 words before dying.

"...Directed by: Brian Robbins. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Kerry Washington, Allison Janney, Clark Duke and Cliff..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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