Harlem Nights (1989)

Films and the critics who hate them (732 movies items)

"Does it matter to Eddie Murphy whether Harlem Nights is good or bad? It doesn't look like it. - Desson Thomson, Washington Post Once there was Freddy. Once there was Chuckie and Jason and Howard the Duck. Now there is the scariest of them all. Now there is Harlem Nights. - Hal Hinson, Washington Post An uninspired cross between Cotton Club and the characters of Damon Runyon, told in cliches so broad you keep waiting for it to poke fun at itself, but it never does. - Roger Ebert, Chicago Su"

Films Nominated/Won an Oscar and Razzie (62 movies items)

"Oscar Nominations Best Costume Design Razzie Wins Worst Screenplay Razzie Nominations Worst Director for Eddie Murphy"

The evolution of Eddie Murphy (33 movies items)

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Most Successful Movies of... Eddie Murphy (33 movies items)

"Total Gross: 60,864,870 $"

"ANOTHER CLUNKER OF A LEMON STAR VEHICLE"

“by Dane Youssef

"When an actor asks you to read his script, your heart sinks. The number of scripts I've been given by actors that are so unbelievably terrible! It's well known that actors are lousy writers." --Richard E. Grant.

Words to live by. Especially in Hollywood.

I was kind of looking forward to this one. I enjoy Eddie Murphy and I love it when a star hand-makes a vehicle for themselves or when someone who writes decides to mark their own directorial debut. But when the star's head gets too big for the rest of his body, there's always a danger of a big-budgeted Hollywood vanity production.

Will the filmmaker keep it real… or will he just waste amounts of money (the studio's and ours) and time (the studio's, our and his own) patting himself” read more