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45 out of 100

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  • Starring: Eddie Murphy
  • Summary: Sharing the same name as a popular, recently deceased congressman, a small-time con man wins a seat in congress.

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 21
  3. Negative: 4 out of 21
  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Vincent Canby
    80
    The Distinguished Gentleman is an easy, breezy romp of a movie, a low comedy of highly entertaining order.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    The Distinguished Gentleman prefers to give us measured laughs at a leisurely pace, and then it settles for the sellout upbeat ending. Ho hum.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    25
    The Distinguished Gentleman isn't much of a movie - it's a mess, in fact. [04 Dec 1992]
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