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Overview
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Release Date:
9 February 2007 (USA)
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Tagline:
Have you ever made a really big mistake?
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
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Orphan
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Pimp
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Domestic Violence
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Water Slide
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Hall
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 3 wins
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7 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(78 articles)
Razzie Nominations Announced
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Razzie Awards 2010 Nominations
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(From FilmShaft.com. 2 February 2010, 7:47 AM, PST)
Razzie Awards 2010 Nominations
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Tagline runs true... have you ever made a really big mistake?
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Eddie Murphy | ... | Norbit / Rasputia / Mr. Wong | |
| Thandie Newton | ... | Kate Thomas | |
| Terry Crews | ... | Big Jack Latimore | |
| Clifton Powell | ... | Earl Latimore | |
| Lester Speight | ... | Blue Latimore (as Lester 'Rasta' Speight) | |
| 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 | |
| Jeanette Miller | ... | Mrs. Coleman | |
| Michael Colyar | ... | Morris the Barber | |
| Marlon Wayans | ... | Buster | |
| Alexis Rhee | ... | Mrs. Ling Ling Wong |
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Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, some nudity and language. (edited for re-rating)
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Runtime:
USA:102 min | Philippines:101 min | Argentina:103 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:12A |
Singapore:NC-16 (cut) |
USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating) |
Netherlands:6 |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) |
Australia:M |
Argentina:13 |
Brazil:12 |
Finland:K-11 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Germany:12 |
Malaysia:U |
Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Ireland:15A |
Portugal:M/12 |
South Korea:15 |
USA:R (original rating)
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One scene shows Rasputia watching a talk show with a paternity test theme. Eddie Murphy endured a paternity scandal before the film's theatrical run, involving Spice Girl Melanie Brown. A DNA test confirmed the actor was the baby's father.
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Goofs:
Continuity: When the two twins beat up norbit at the beginning in the first shot one of the boys is seen punching norbit in the next he is shaking him, than in the next shot hes punching him again.
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Quotes:
Rasputia:
Go over and get another wine cooler. It's hot as hell out here. Don't you see I'm sweltering?
Norbit: Rasputia, you can't drink wine.
Rasputia: Why the hell not?
Norbit: You're with child.
Rasputia: With child? I ain't with no... Oh. Oh, that was... I had gas. I still got it.
Rasputia: [farts] There's your child. Now go get me something to drink.
Rasputia: [farts again] Twins!
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Norbit: Rasputia, you can't drink wine.
Rasputia: Why the hell not?
Norbit: You're with child.
Rasputia: With child? I ain't with no... Oh. Oh, that was... I had gas. I still got it.
Rasputia: [farts] There's your child. Now go get me something to drink.
Rasputia: [farts again] Twins!
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Movie Connections:
Spoofs Flashdance (1983)
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Soundtrack:
Tonight I Celebrate My Love
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Walking into the movie one must admit they aren't expecting the same comedic genius as a Mel Brook's film, but perhaps that was the main draw of "Norbit" in the first place. Personally, I walked in expecting a ridiculously vile and obscenely immature show of comedy. I walked away seeing a lackluster prequel to Dr. Dolittle and The Nutty Proffesor combined. It would be honestly hard to say anything in this film is worth seeing, aside from the few momentary chuckles provided by Eddie Griffin and Katt Williams as stereotypical pimps (a consistently typecast role both have fallen into).
As it can be best surmised, Eddy Murphy has inadvertently passed the torch, from his hysterically funny prime in stand up comedy (see: Eddy Murphy - RAW) and the Beverly Hills Cops franchise, to the mainstream Hollywood "everything is predictable" yawn-fest which is NORBIT. The script is nothing more than the recycled remains of every romantic comedy stir fried with an inexcusable amount of fat jokes and simmered over an unbelievably whipped pathetic excuse for a main character by the utterly incomprehensible name of Norbit.
Simply stated, if you are over the age of 10, you will not enjoy a single second of this movie. If you want to see a funny fat movie with Eddy Murphy rent The Nutty Professor and save yourself two laugh less hours of gaggingly pathetic fat jokes and continuity errors. It seems Norbit is one big joke, oddly enough however, no one is laughing.