Norbit

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Norbit

PG-13

2007

1h 42m

Comedy

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Mild-mannered Norbit (Eddie Murphy) has always had it rough, since the day he was left abandoned at a combination Chinese restaurant and orphanage. Recently forced to marry the shrewish glutton Rasputia, he is at wit's end. Then his childhood sweetheart, Kate (Thandie Newton), moves back to town, and he tries to figure out a way back to his true love.

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Critics Consensus

Coming off his Oscar-nominated performance in Dreamgirls, the talented-but-inconsistent Eddie Murphy plays three roles in Norbit, a cruel, crass, stereotype-filled comedy that's more depressing than funny.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

03/10/2007

2/5

Murphy has a deplorable joke concerning a lost policeman's whistle for which there is no excuse whatever - other than it's very funny.

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Tony Horkins

Empire Magazine

03/08/2007

1/5

Stereotype-based comedy from Eddie Murphy in a variety of fat suits is just not enough to make a decent film.

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Anna Smith

Time Out

03/08/2007

Even if you go back decades, body fascism has rarely been so brazen, or so unfunny. Horrifying.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

11/27/2020

4/10

With the unbelievable advancements in makeup artistry and special practical effects, it's something of a wonder that the best use of it here is for a blubbery fat-suit.

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Daniel Barnes

Dare Daniel

03/16/2020

1.5/5

A nonstop series of sloppily constructed comedy bits peopled with racist and misogynist caricatures.

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Brooke Holgerson

Boston Phoenix

07/07/2010

1/4

If there's no limit to your love of fat jokes, this is the movie for you.

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Tajhmahal R

@Jewels313 Dec 13

Cost of production: $69 million Revenue made: $159 million (successful box office movie) Soooo: They are absolutely lying in these reviews. Norbit is a hilarious movie and the fat jokes don't mean that Eddie Murphy hates fat people. Comedy can be offensive, only if you are immature and insecure about your own reality . I do not feel that the movie is a fat shaming movie. In fact, it made big women look dominant, which in 2007 may have been unrealistic. On the contrary, in 2025, big people have found fame and brought light to fat shaming and being dominant amd confident in your appearance. That means that Eddie Murphy has had more respect for their condition than we Americans have. He literally portrayed himself loving a big women and she lives life like she's a super model and he's a roach. Respustia was literally the big dog of the whole movie. I would still suggest watching this movie in 2025.

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EXTAVIX D

@Extavix Dec 8

This movie is a comedy gem plain and simple unfortunately Rotten Tomatoes is full of woke clowns who can’t take a joke and pretend to be movie critics

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Keriel N

@KerielNieves Nov 27

I dunno why anyone hate this, but this is got to be silly and hilarious!

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Eric A

Nov 21

This movie is an underrated gem!

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Cork B

Nov 14

I kind of fell asleep. Look, this thing is Dumb and Dumber dumb. But it also has something a lot of comedies no longer have - scenes that make you bust out laughing. Yeah it isn't Shakespeare, yeah it is offensive, but it IS sporadically funny as heck.

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Stefan Marian D

Oct 30

funny movie, idk why others think it is bad.

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Synopsis

Mild-mannered Norbit (Eddie Murphy) has always had it rough, since the day he was left abandoned at a combination Chinese restaurant and orphanage. Recently forced to marry the shrewish glutton Rasputia, he is at wit's end. Then his childhood sweetheart, Kate (Thandie Newton), moves back to town, and he tries to figure out a way back to his true love.

Director: Brian Robbins
Producer: John Davis, Eddie Murphy, Michael Tollin
Screenwriter: Eddie Murphy, Charlie Murphy, Jay Scherick, David Ronn
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Tollin/Robbins Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Crude and Sexual Humor|Some Nudity)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 9, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 6, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $95.3M
Runtime: 1h 42m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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