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 ...

No doubt, Norbit traffics in stereotypes, and occasionally - as in Eddie Gilbert's character Pope Sweet Jesus, a fast-talking pimp turned restaurateur - the exaggeration is almost funny.

But sitting through “Norbit” on a balmy New Haven afternoon (read: 40 degrees) is not one of these times. Raised at the Golden Wonton, a Chinese restaurant and orphanage, Norbit (Eddie Murphy) is ...

Eddie Murphy’s new film Norbit has grabbed itself a supporting cast. The Shaggy Dog director Brian Robbins is hard at work on the film, which sees Murphy playing a wimp pressured into marrying a ...

Norbit movie reviews and ratings - Tribute.ca rating of 3.79 out of 5 Stars. ... Just bothered me seeing a pimp preachin in a church.....overall quality film....eddie is hilarious.

Are Seventh Son and Jupiter Ascending Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne’s very own Norbit ? As Eddie Murphy taught us, one bad movie can ruin an actor’s shot at Oscar.

Q. What’s your favorite movie? A. Norbit. By 2015, Wilson had changed his mind: He told Consequence of Sound it was Pinocchio. Thankfully, it seems as if Wilson meant the original animated ...