Norbit (2007)

Product Details: Norbit (2007)

Edition:

DVD Full Frame. See other editions

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

Release Date:

06/05/2007

UPC:

097361245942

Directed by:

Brian Robbins

Featuring:

Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Cuba Gooding Jr.. See all cast

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Synopsis: Norbit (2007)

Synopis: Norbit (Eddie Murphy, channeling Buckwheat and Woody Allen) is a shy, nebbishy fellow, raised by Mr. Wong (Eddie Murphy again) in a combination orphanage/Chinese restaurant in Boiling Springs, Tennessee. As a child, Norbit comes to love Kate, a fellow orphan, but the soulmates are separated when Kate is adopted. Enter Rasputia, an aggressive, plus-sized 10-year-old who protects him from bullies and demands his romantic loyalty, much like her thuggish older brothers demand "protection" money from all the merchants in Boiling Springs. Rasputia and Norbit eventually marry--and the peevish adult Rasputia is played to great comic effect by Eddie Murphy in a fat suit. Although Rasputia is controlling, unfaithful, hideous-looking, and always madder than a hornet, she and Norbit make a life together, albeit one based on inertia, fear, and complacency.The bubble bursts when the now-grown Kate (Thandie Newton) returns to Boiling Springs to buy Mr. Wong's orphanage. Norbit's love is rekindled, and he must find a way to end his loveless marriage, save Kate from marrying a crooked philanderer (Cuba Gooding, Jr., in a rare villainous turn), and prevent Rasputia's brothers from carrying through with a big con job that would destroy the orphanage and Kate's life. Eddie Murphy, not surprisingly, carries the show, with broad, juvenile humor, fat jokes, and pratfalls, and while he never aims very high, he manages to inject some poignancy into Norbit's and Wong's characters, even as he plays Rasputia strictly for laughs. It's not Shakespeare--it's not even BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE--but the laughs are as big as Rasputia's muumuu.

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Features: Norbit (2007)

Features: DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround - English, French
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French
Subtitles - English, Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Additional Footage - "Power Tap"
Alternate Scenes - Deleted Scenes (14)
Behind the Scenes - 1. "Man of a Thousand Faces"
3. Stunts of NORBIT

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User Reviews: Norbit

1. Not as bad as I thought it would be.

   , July 31, 2007
   Reviewer: ? - See all ?'s reviews

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   Pros: Influx of supplemental comedians

   Cons: Characters were too much like caricatures

   I dreaded seeing this movie, thinking it would be nothing more than a play on the fat black woman stereotype. I was horrified by the child version of Raspucia and wondered if the girl was real, and felt sorry for her if she is. The plot was predictable, and basically a series of jokes revolving around the fat black woman with an attitude and her skinny, spineless husband. I'm not sure why jiggling fat with sound effects is supposed to be so funny, but the movie relied on it. What actually made me like the movie was the presence of Cuba Gooding, Jr., Eddie Griffin, Katt Williams, and Michael Collier -- they made the movie bearable for me. I know it's just comedy, but it was comedically unoriginal although Eddie Murphy is admittedly very talented. ...

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