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- 1998
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 54 m
- 1998
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 54 m
Summary Eddie Murphy stars as G, an outrageous, self-styled inspirational guru with a knack for showing up where he isn't exactly wanted. (Buena Vista Entertainment)
Directed By: Stephen Herek
Written By: Tom Schulman
- 1998
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 54 m
- 1998
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 54 m
Holy Man
42
5.9
Summary Eddie Murphy stars as G, an outrageous, self-styled inspirational guru with a knack for showing up where he isn't exactly wanted. (Buena Vista Entertainment)
Directed By: Stephen Herek
Written By: Tom Schulman
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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21% Positive
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47% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
42
21% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
47% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
32% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
It's harmless fun, but it underutilizes Murphy, who's largely reduced to doing virtuoso variations on his iconic smile.
A pleasant piece of commercial filmmaking, but as a satirical comedy, it's devoid of laughs and insight.
For all the funny possibilities of Mr. Murphy's neat transformation here, the latest comedy from Stephen Herek ("Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure," "The Mighty Ducks") doesn't know what to do with him.
The result is a poorly-focused motion picture characterized by limp satire and capped off by a final fifteen minutes that could send half of the audience into sugar shock.
By turns wry and sarcastic, the film does a good job ridiculing the home shopping phenomenon in general and the audience that supports it, but lets itself down with occasional lapses into lame slapstick, dubious plot twists and the kind of soap opera-isms it elsewhere decries.
What a waste of a great comedian. What demented casting.
All the advance signs looked discouraging, but I still kept thinking: How bad could a comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Jeff Goldblum really be? Well, let's put it this way … you won't ever hear me asking that particular question again.
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