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Metascore
16 out of 100

Overwhelming dislike - based on 14 Critics What's this?

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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings

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  • Starring: Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor
  • Summary: He's Quick with a quip, Quick with a gun. And Quick with a scheme to keep mobsters from muscling in on the 1930's Harlem hot spot, Club Sugar Ray. (Paramount Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 11 out of 14
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    People may go to see Eddie Murphy once, twice, three or even six times in disposable movies like Harlem Nights, but if he wants to realize his potential he needs to work with a better writer and director than himself.
  2. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    38
    I don't mind that Nights is a potty-mouth benchmark; crude verbiage is appropriate to the leads, as well as the film's subject matter. This is, however, an amazingly mean two hours. Even the funniest gag involves Murphy's fatal shooting of three men. [17 Nov 1989, p.6D]
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  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    25
    In Harlem Nights, Eddie Murphy continues his one-man war against the female gender. Those women he doesn't kill outright are punched, maimed and slugged with garbage cans. But apparently they deserve it-there isn't a single female character in the film who isn't a prostitute. [17 Nov 1989, p.A]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. DreH
    10
    Ok.. i decided to stroll the bottom movies out of random bored to see what was there. Then i saw Harlem Nights. I think i must be missing something, or they all watched a boot-legged version of this movie. This movies is definitely one of the better movies ever made, with a stellar cast. I think this comedy is more cultural based and appeal to a specific crowd. That does not make this a bad movie, but just a movie not for everyone. But bottom 200, by no means… Expand
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  2. GerrickC.
    4
    Despite having some really big names from movies and television and movies including Redd Foxx and Eddie Murphy, the movie is nothing. What a total waste.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. ThePepper
    0
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    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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