Norbit (2007)

By the way, this review is really an 8/10, not a 10/10. However, I'm giving this movie a 10/10 because it I don't think it deserves a 4.0 rating. It's not the best movie in the world, nor the worst. I liked this movie because it's funny, Norbit (Eddie Murphy) was funny himself. He gets married to a rude, chubby lady named Rasputia, who has 3 older brothers. Before Norbit gets married to Rasputia or even married her in the first place, he becomes friend with a nicer girl named Kate. Throughout the movie, we see Rasputia cheat on and pick on Norbit. She cheats on Nor it by having s*x with her dancing instructor in her dance class. Rasputia sometimes yells at Norbit and sometimes hits him. Towards the end of the movie, we realize that Kate's fiancé only wants to marry her for her money and that Rasputia's brothers wanted the money also. Also, Norbit and Kate get married and Rasputia and her brothers run off to Mexico. The End! Sure, the characters sound like a**holes, but their still funny.8/10

It was so bad I punched someone who laughed then had to go to hospital to recover from the suicide attempt I made on myself that night norbit is an unfunny and offensive load of trash that is only liked by Liam ingles and maybe Eddie Murphy himself. This has to be the worse film of all time and was defiantly the start of the downfall of Eddie Murphys career but it's okay cause at least Liam likes it right

Tending to the books of a construction company for his monstrous, repulsive, ugly-mouthed, incredibly large wife, Rasputia's (Eddie Murphy) muscled, appallingly-bullying brothers (Terry Crews, Lester Speight, and Clifton Powell), Norbit (also Murphy) is stuck in a dead-end job and rotten marriage, the constant object of ridicule and mistreatment. Raised in an orphanage with childhood sweetheart, Kate (Thandie Newton, quite cute), who was fortunately adopted while he wasn't, Norbit falls head over heels for her on her return. Kate plans to marry a douche named Deion (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), a crook who marries women and divorces them for profit, in cahoots with Rasputia's Latimore brothers in the orchestration of gaining Mr. Wong's (also Murphy) orphanage so they can turn into a titty bar.I think Eddie Murphy is one of the finest comics of my generation but Norbit (2007), although a hit, is a major comic tragedy. Loaded in makeup as the horrible, gargantuan Rasputia, Murphy plays her as a fat caricature, and I often cringed at the sight of her. I didn't find her funny as much as tiresome. Then there's the henpecked, nerdy weakling Norbit, right out of Revenge of the Nerds (1984), who remains a victim all the way until the end when he is finally rescued by the locals when it appears Rasputia is about to hit him with a shovel (a spike into her butthole stops her in her tracks!) by Wong. His mistreatment is rather exhausting instead of humorous. Clearly wanting to go the Nutty Professor route for gags (echoes of Coming to America (1988) also come to the forefront), Rasputia isn't the same kind of hilarious character you see with the Klumps or the barbers. She's just a grossout. The constant belittling and dehumanization of Norbit doesn't produce laugh out loud belly giggles, but elicits pity. The desperate need for audience amusement is there, but this film is just a failure. Murphy deserves better than this misfire. Newton is a sweetheart, though, but her ignorance to how obviously corrupt Gooding is kind of paints her as naïve and easily duped…and that she signs papers given to her by Norbit without even reading them doesn't help her cause, either. Wong, a Chinese orphanage operator with racism to blacks and Jews (he admits this to Norbit in an oddball night scene that is more headscratching than funny) who actually wanted to run a laundry instead, never once made me even smile. I just found him lame. When Murphy's at his best, he can't be beat, but there's no mistaking he's made the occasional bomb or two (think Pluto Nash). He's human after all.

Have you ever made a really big mistake? Yes actually, watching this movie. When going into this movie I had it on good authority that this film was a hilarious and fun comedy. How wrong they were. This movie surprised me with how bad it was, not only was it unfunny; it was insulting to the viewer. I've seen many films, some good and some bad, but this one annoyed me the most with how bad it was. Maybe those below the age of ten will like it, maybe they won't; it's a lottery. However, the excessive swearing might put a few parents off letting their kids watch this disaster-piece. Bad flicks like The Room are bad movies, but can be somewhat enjoyable; but this is not enjoyable in the slightest. I fell asleep watching this until I was woken up by a friend. Do not watch this movie, even if your life depends on it!