An average movie

By now, I have seen almost all the movies starring Eddie Murphy (they all show up sooner on later on the diverse Dutch channels I have) and his career can be split basically in 3 parts. First, you had the 80's during which his movies were some massive box-office success, often critically heralded, making Murphy a superstar in the process. Then, you had the 90's during which Eddie Murphy was still pretty successful, even though the movies were not really that good. Finally, you have the part which started at the beginning of the 00's and which is still ongoing nowadays, a period during which Murphy has been making one terrible movie after the other, movies which always flop at the box-office. This flick was definitely a typical effort from the 90's. Indeed, it was pretty popular and generated a sequel. Personally, I don't think it was really good though. I mean, once again Murphy wears a fat suit (one of his trademarks) and it could have been interesting if he would have remained like this during the whole thing but, of course, Eddie Murphy had to show up as Buddy Love, one of the most annoying characters ever created. The way Murphy played the whole family Krump was also pretty neat but it was not enough to make this flick really entertaining to me. To conclude, even though he has done way worse later on in his career, it still remain a rather weak effort for Eddie Murphy and I don't think it is really worth a look.

5/10