Obama loved it.

On the other hand, I'm interested to see how that Marion Barry biopic turns out. HBO + Spike Lee = promising.

Norbit
Meet Dave
Imagine That
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Vampire in Brooklyn


Eddie's killed his career off too many times for it to stick at this point

What? You mean you have to do more to be funny than wear a fat suit and dress in drag?

That's a shocker...

Career killer?

That career went dead a long time ago. He needs to stick to animation films and just do voiceolver shiat.

who put their kools out on my carpet!

The second I saw the commercial, I went in to the "derp a derp te tittly tum, rated pg-13" routine. Seems like it was justified.

LucklessWonder: Norbit
Meet Dave
Imagine That
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Vampire in Brooklyn


Eddie's killed his career off too many times for it to stick at this point

I saw Metro.

It was so disposable that I can't remember anything about it.

Ya know with the whole Occupy movement thing, you'd think a remake of Trading Places would do really well right now....

Harlem Nights was his best movie. Your favorite movie of his sucks.

One of the producers: Nicholas Cage, master of the bad movie. Nuff said.

Eddie Murphy's career has been dead for a decade. The last decent roles I can remember him in are Kit and his retarded double in Bowfinger, the talking donkey in Shrek, and a Motown singer in Dreamgirls.

i.r.id10t: Ya know with the whole Occupy movement thing, you'd think a remake of Trading Places would do really well right now....



starring Jaden Smith and Kevin James? No...

i.r.id10t: remake of Trading Places

Sacrilege.

Yeah, eddie's carreer is over , but on the other hadnd he just got paid millions to kill it some more. I wish I could kill MY career that way.

JackieRabbit: Nuff said.

True dat.

Walker: Looking at IMDB in the last 10 years, his most successful movies were the ones where he played a donkey. Maybe he should stick with that. All donkey, all the time.

2011 Tower Heist

2010 Shrek Forever After
Donkey (voice)

2010 Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular (short)
Donkey (voice)

2009 Imagine That

2008 Meet Dave

2007 Shrek the Halls (TV short)
Donkey (voice)

2007 Shrek the Third
Donkey (voice)

2007 Norbit

2006 Shrek: Smash n' Crash Racing (Video Game)
Donkey (voice)

2006 Dreamgirls

2004 Far Far Away Idol (video short)
Donkey (voice)

2004 Father of the Pride (TV series)
Donkey

2004 Shrek 2
Donkey (voice)

2003 The Haunted Mansion

2003 Shrek 4-D (short)
Donkey (voice)

2003 Daddy Day Care

2002 I Spy

2002 The Adventures of Pluto Nash

2002 Showtime

2001 Dr. Dolittle 2

2001 Shrek
Donkey (voice)

2001 Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (video short)
Donkey (voice) (singing voice)

God, that's just abysmal. I wonder if he takes the time to read scripts, or if his agent just says "They're going to pay you $2 million to play a fat veterinarian with IBS." "SOLD!"

Nobody remembers The Golden Child? C'mon, if one movie could break a career, that would have been the one.

indylaw: Eddie Murphy's career has been dead for a decade. The last decent roles I can remember him in are Kit and his retarded double in Bowfinger, the talking donkey in Shrek, and a Motown singer in Dreamgirls.

Longer than a decade really. He really started to fade in the 90's. True, he had a couple of big hits like 'Nutty Professor' and 'Dr. Dolittle' in that era, but he had some pretty big flops in that era with 'Metro', 'Holy Man', and "Vampire In Brooklyn'. As I recall, 'Beverly Hills Cop 3' was also a critical and financial disaster. Basically, he's a talented guy who was a megastar in the 80's and has enjoyed a long respite since - kind of like post-50's Elvis, he never did (or likely will) reclaim his former glory. To echo others here, he's better off sticking with voiceovers, or doing what Robin Williams did this century and returning to stand-up.

MylesHeartVodak: Nobody remembers The Golden Child? C'mon, if one movie could break a career, that would have been the one.

"I, I, I, I, I, I, I want the knife".

The Envoy: MylesHeartVodak: Nobody remembers The Golden Child? C'mon, if one movie could break a career, that would have been the one.

"I, I, I, I, I, I, I want the knife".

My dear sweet brother loomsy

I miss the old Eddie Murphy. Trading Places is one of my all time favorite movies. I was interested in Tower Heist, but from the sounds of it, it wasn't that good.

/Coming to America was awesome too
// Listen, I know what I like, and I know you know what I like, because you were trained to know what I like, but I would like to know, what do you like?

MylesHeartVodak: Nobody remembers The Golden Child? C'mon, if one movie could break a career, that would have been the one.

damn boomerang was a lot earlier in his career than i thought

He needs a Tarantino makeover.

for an actor that was supposed to retire after meet dave he sure as hell wont quit acting.

Really? From the writer of Jack and Jill? Huh, you don't say.

From another reviewer: If you like Starbucks or Starbucks commercials, there is plenty of that in this film to make you happy. I'm estimating 10-15 minutes of the movie takes place either in a Starbucks coffee shop, or with the characters holding a Starbucks cup in their hands, at one point with an extended close-up of the green siren logo - making the audience want to scream.^

bionicjoe: The Adventures of Pluto Nash (a $100 million film that grossed an anemic $7 million)

How could he possibly get more work after a $93 million loss!!??


Answer:

He needs Tarentino to save him.

Murphy's career has been dying since he made his best film -- Coming to America. I agree with the person upthread who commented his best recent films have featured him literally being a jackass. As for his live action efforts, he forgot the whole part of a comedian should try to be funny.

The Envoy: MylesHeartVodak: Nobody remembers The Golden Child? C'mon, if one movie could break a career, that would have been the one.

"I, I, I, I, I, I, I want the knife".

You stole my line!

/not gonna fall for a banana in the tailpipe

Eddie Murphy hasn't made a funny movie in over 20 years. That's an entire generation. Eddie Murphy has not been funny for an entire generation.

BOO THIS MAN! BOOOOO!

I'm gonna say this, and I know that I'm going to take some flak for it, but you know what this is a preemptive "fark you" to the Naysayers.

I liked the Adventures of Pluto Nash. I don't think they had the right cast (Obviously they over payed, thinking they'd get a theater draw with A-list *cough* names) but that doesn't affect the story. It was banal pap in a sci-fi package, it may be the last 50s Sci-fi movie ever made. Think about it for a second. I know I will. I'm trying to remember that movie right now. Nope can't do it.

I'm cooling off on the whole Pluto Nash thing.

I'm over it now.

MylesHeartVodak: Nobody remembers The Golden Child? C'mon, if one movie could break a career, that would have been the one.



I liked The Golden Child. Just sayin'.

bionicjoe: The Adventures of Pluto Nash (a $100 million film that grossed an anemic $7 million)

How could he possibly get more work after a $93 million loss!!??
It seems impossible to me that a movie could make that little (aside from unmarketed indie films)

It was a science fiction comedy. That is a pretty narrow genre and the number of even remotely successful movies in it is very low. Ghostbusters 1&2 and Spaceballs are pretty much the only examples I can think of. The movie was goofy but enjoyable. But like pretty much every other sci-fi comedy it was difficult to market. Almost anything sci-fi other than straight up action adventure stuff flops hard. Thrillers, comedies, romances, dramas, all of it. It doesn't matter how enjoyable the movies are they can never seem to convince people to watch them if they don't have lots of ray guns and explosions. The exception to the rule being that animated stuff seems to do at least decently.

At least this "new" movie isn't just another copy of a basic plot that has been done hundreds of times before. Even if it is terrible you have to at least give him points for trying something different.

what the hell happened to Murphey?

What's worse than a non-academy award winner killing his career?





At least Eddie could be remembered for Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cop, 48 Hrs, and Coming to America.

Better than not being remembered for an over-praised piece of crap like Jerry Maguire.

name anyone from the early 80's who's as big as him?? I mean damn that was 30 years ago
Dave Chapelle couldn't even handle fame for 3 years before he cracked

nervoust: name anyone from the early 80's who's as big as him?? I mean damn that was 30 years ago
Dave Chapelle couldn't even handle fame for 3 years before he cracked

Tom Cruise? Risky Business was early '80s, and MI-4 did huge box office this past year. Or there was that Tom Hanks guy back then who was fairly successful, and hasn't been doing too poorly of late.

/Was going to say Harrison Ford, but he was '70s and hasn't been in a good movie since Air Force One

We need less Eddie Murphy and more Charlie Murphy.

F*ck your damn couch!

He basically needs Tarantino to cast him to rejuvenate his career at this point. He's as low, if not lower, than Travolta was when he did Pulp Fiction.

And Pluto Nash really wasn't that bad. Not worth $100m, but also didn't deserve what happened to it. Plus, Vampire in Brooklyn was amusing. Haters.

LucklessWonder: The Envoy: MylesHeartVodak: Nobody remembers The Golden Child? C'mon, if one movie could break a career, that would have been the one.

"I, I, I, I, I, I, I want the knife".

My dear sweet brother loomsy

I love that movie. I do. No sarcasm.
And Charlotte Lewis was quite delicious.