Norbit (2007)

The critic finds Norbit neither particularly good nor bad, noting it owns up to its crude, racist jokes without pretense, but ultimately calls it one-note and discouraging in its low standards and scattershot humor focused on physical mockery.

The critic admits laughing occasionally at the film. It is presented as a mild-mannered fellow's story involving a monstrous fiancée.

The critic views the film as a raucous but sloppy showcase for Eddie Murphy’s multiple roles and makeup effects that fails to cohere into a satisfying comedy. Direction is deemed merely adequate, with many gags feeling lumbering and graceless.

The critic calls the film a broad, nasty low-ball comedy that lacks structure and relies on crude physical gags and contemptuous stereotypes. Murphy’s Rasputia role stands out for its energetic hate-fueled caricature, but the overall effort falls far short of his better work.

The review dismisses the film as tired vaudeville-style caricature that exploits fat jokes and lazy stereotypes without insight or freshness. Murphy’s multi-role performance and the makeup effects are acknowledged as technically impressive but ultimately wasted on dated material.

The critic finds the film lacking in humor and reliant on offensive stereotypes involving obesity, race, and ethnicity. Eddie Murphy's multiple roles in prosthetics fail to elevate the weak comedy.

The critic calls the film an atrocious and offensive comedy centered on Eddie Murphy's multiple roles in fat-suit antics. The review highlights the distasteful jokes about obesity and sex that undermine any family-friendly pretensions.

The critic condemns the film's fatphobia and lack of any respect or affection shown toward its obese character, contrasting it unfavorably with other comedies. Thandie Newton's visible discomfort is noted as emblematic of the project's overall indignity.

The review condemns the film as a hateful comedy that turns back the clock on social progress with hideously offensive black stereotypes and other caricatures. It finds the grotesque characters unfunny and a step back for Murphy.

The critic calls the film a sensationally abysmal lowbrow comedy and a disappointment as Eddie Murphy's follow-up to Dreamgirls. It is described as racially insensitive, politically incorrect, and beyond crude, with little to recommend beyond a sizable audience for its style.

The film is a crass assault on good taste featuring multiple roles by Eddie Murphy in a fat suit, fart gags and insensitive jokes. It is called a big fat failure.

The critic finds the crude humor unpleasant for most viewers and notes the film's low production values and familiar story, though it has some well-paced subplots and confident delivery.