Eddie Murphy plays three roles in his latest Nutty Professor clone, titled Norbit. And Eddie Griffin still steals his movie from him. Murphy, Oscar-nomination aside, has spent much of the past deca… ...

The wife’s infidelity is a blessing, of course, since it allows Norbit to guiltlessly pursue Kate (Thandie Newton), a long-lost childhood sweetheart who has returned to town to buy the orphanage.

Witness Norbit’s true love from his orphanage days, Kate, who was adopted, moved away and returns full-grown, saccharine-sweet, and played by the slender, elegant Thandie Newton.

Norbit marries his childhood sweetheart - not cute Kate, the one he pretend-marries under the orphanage tree right before she gets adopted, but Rasputia, the big girl with the even bigger mouth ...

The talent at play here — Murphy, Baker, Newton — could surely have combined to make something lasting and entertaining; rather, “Norbit” is as fleeting as a belch — and even less funny.

Funny. In 1962. And it’s the Japanese who are stereotypically known for the whale harpooning and the R-L confusion. Not the Chinese. The fat suits, save for a couple of scenes where the legs are ...

The two of them lie on the word “Norbit,” crushing the movie title, ... “I think she was funny as far as being jealous, ... Rasputia lies poolside in a bikini and talks to Kate.

T he year was 2007 and Eddie Murphy, while on an awards season high from his performance in Dreamgirls, released a movie called Norbit to the masses. On paper, it had all the signature ingredients ...

*More than a decade after its death by critics and moviegoers, Eddie Murphy’s Oscar-nominated comedy “Norbit” has come back ...

Directed by Brian Robbins, “Norbit” centers on the titular mild-mannered man who schemes to leave his wife Rasputia (Murphy) to be with his childhood sweetheart Kate (Newton).Rasputia and ...

Women. People of various races. People who face physical challenges. People who are overweight. People who are kind to animals. The list of those who are insulted and degraded just ...