Eddie Murphy offers an olive branch to his fans with this good-natured comedy.
By Stephanie Zacharek Jul 11, 2008
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A Hollywood lawsuit may spark a high-stakes corporate war over the biggest franchise in entertainment history
By Andrew O'Hehir
July 28, 2009
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Why do black comedians like Tyler Perry, Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence don plus-size pantyhose and parade around as their feisty grandmas?
By James Hannaham
March 21, 2008
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Eddie Murphy straps on the big fat falsies and shakes them for all they're worth. So why is this movie such a drag?
By Stephanie Zacharek
February 9, 2007
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Aniston and Vaughn split. Family services eyeing Britney? Plus: Murphy says Spice baby may not be his.
By Scott Lamb
December 6, 2006
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Did Suge Knight shoot himself? Did Britney bawl out 13-year-old? Plus: "Harry Potter" films dissed.
August 29, 2005
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Yes, it's for the kids, but this animated sequel may be one of the most mature movies about adult relationships ever made.
By Stephanie Zacharek
May 19, 2004
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Eddie Murphy and Steve Zahn confront a chaotic warren of anarchistic kiddies in this silly but exhilarating dads-at-home comedy.
By Stephanie Zacharek
May 9, 2003
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Decadent Fassbinder classics, great roles for Michelle Pfeiffer and Susan Sarandon, the smell of chlorine, yacht racing and another Eddie Murphy flop.
March 11, 2003
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Owen Wilson is funny, Eddie Murphy's a braying ass and the easygoing humor of the classic TV series is frittered away.
By Charles Taylor
November 1, 2002
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Who's more bored by this quasi-reality-TV cop caper: Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy or the audience?
By Charles Taylor
March 15, 2002
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Eddie Murphy goes animal crackers again -- and reminds us how truly funny he can be.
By Charles Taylor
June 22, 2001
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The big guy's offspring is shakin' it loose for the Cr|e in a cage; David Spade in "Gilligan Powers"? Aaaah! the Roseanne that won't go away. Plus: Gere disses Winona!
By Amy Reiter
August 14, 2000
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As Hollywood comedies get coarse 'n' coarser, ratings ain't what they used to be.
By Gregg Kilday
August 3, 2000
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On the set of his first movie, he was young, gifted, black and beautiful. In his new one, it's just a Murphy, Murphy, Murphy, Murphy, Murphy World.
By Michael Sragow
August 3, 2000
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Eddie Murphy's mushy sentiment and cheerfully vulgar humor should delight midsummer multiplex-goers by the millions.
By Andrew O'Hehir
July 28, 2000
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Will Eddie Murphy continue Hollywood's African-American winning streak?
By Gregg Kilday
July 27, 2000
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Whole lotta shakin' goin' on while His Greatness shoots new movie with De Niro; Yasmine Bleeth's new role: "I'm a bitch ..."; Mike Myers: "I'm as happy as a little girl." Plus: How George Clooney makes waves wherever he goes.
By Amy Reiter
July 21, 2000
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A longtime writer for Eddie Murphy directs an alluring doc on the weird world of pro wrestling. Why is WWF capo Vince McMahon trying to pile-drive it?
By Michael Sragow
March 16, 2000
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Martin and Murphy team up for a good-natured sendup of the mindless summer blockbuster -- and just barely avoid making one themselves.
By Andrew O'Hehir
August 12, 1999
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Comedian Chris Rock gets tortured by a roomful of entertainment reporters.
By Cynthia Joyce
June 18, 1999
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A review of the
movie 'Doctor Dolittle,' starring Eddie Murphy, by Stephanie Zacharek.
By Stephanie Zacharek
June 25, 1998
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Honor thy daughter.
Mulan, Disney's first truly heroic female protagonist, battles Huns and
gender stereotypes with equal valor.
By Jenn Shreve
June 19, 1998
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Apple clicked on the wrong icon for its "think different" ad campaign.
BY BILL McKIBBEN
November 4, 1997
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Celebrity biographer Frank Sanello suffers the wrath of Sharon Stone, Tom Cruise, Eddie Murphy and -- worst of all -- their lawyers.
By Catherine Seipp
November 3, 1997
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