Boomerang (1992)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Reginald Hudlin

Writers (WGA):

Eddie Murphy (story)
Barry W. Blaustein (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

1 July 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A Player Who's About To Be Played.

Plot:

Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger he finds that his new boss...

Plot Keywords:

Advertising | Human Relationship | Black Romance | African American | Beautiful Woman

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Eddie Murphy	...	Marcus
Robin Givens	...	Jacqueline
Halle Berry	...	Angela
David Alan Grier	...	Gerard
Martin Lawrence	...	Tyler
Grace Jones	...	Strangé
Geoffrey Holder	...	Nelson
Eartha Kitt	...	Lady Eloise
Chris Rock	...	Bony T
Tisha Campbell-Martin	...	Yvonne (as Tisha Campbell)
Lela Rochon	...	Christie
John Witherspoon	...	Mr. Jackson
Bebe Drake	...	Mrs. Jackson (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
John Canada Terrell	...	Todd
Leonard Jackson	...	Chemist

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexuality.

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-12 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:M18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:R | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

New York, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Hudlin drew inspiration from Jules et Jim (1962), His Girl Friday (1940), and Annie Hall (1977).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: (At 1:35:31) Halle Berry's character answers her cordless phone. We hear her push the talk button to answer it, and it immediately beeps back twice which means the handset either has a dead battery or is out of range from the base unit. In either case, the double beep means the handset would be inoperable, yet she talks on it.

Quotes:

Yvonne: I hope you catch a disease and your dick falls off!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Incident at Loch Ness (2004)

Soundtrack:

Reversal of a Dog

A great comedy which seemed to be one of the last good ones with Murphy

Reginald Hudlins Boomerang is probably Eddie Murphy last good film to date. In this story of a marketing executive who is also a player. Murphy is great in this role, funny and full of hilarious one-liners. The film is written well, very funny, direction is decent and acting is good for the most part. Although Givens is not the best female lead, Halle Berry was great in her role. Martin Lawrence and Chris Rock were absolutely hilarious, and David Alan Grier was good as well. The film is not to be taken to seriously, and although not at the caliber of Murphy favs of mine "coming to America" and " beverly hills cop", Boomerang is still a must-see for any Eddie Murphy fan. 8/10