Norbit
Theatrical one-sheet poster for Norbit.
Directed by	Brian Robbins
Produced by	John Davis Michael Tollin Eddie Murphy
Written by	Eddie Murphy (also story) Charlie Murphy (also story) Jay Scherick David Ronn
Starring	Eddie Murphy Thandie Newton Terry Crews Clifton Powell Lester "Rasta" Speight Eddie Griffin Katt Williams Marlon Wayans Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Music by	David Newman
Cinematography	J. Clark Mathis
Editing by	Ned Bastille
Distributed by	DreamWorks through: Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	February 9, 2007  United States March 9, 2007  European Union
Running time	102 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	$65 million
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Norbit is a 2007 comedy film directed by Brian Robbins and starring its co-writer, Eddie Murphy, in three leading roles. Produced by Davis Entertainment and Tollin/Robbins Productions, the film also stars Thandie Newton, Terry Crews, Clifton Powell, Lester "Rasta" Speight, Eddie Griffin, Katt Williams, Marlon Wayans, and Cuba Gooding, Jr. It was released by Dreamworks Pictures through Paramount Pictures on February 9, 2007.

[edit] Plot

Norbit is a normal person, who after being adopted by Mr. Wong, ends up being married to the very large, Rasputia. Norbit's childhood love, Kate Thomas arrives back in town to buy the orphanage. Norbit sees this as his chance to get back together with Kate, until he discovers that she is in fact engaged to Deion Hughes. Norbit isn't going to lay this to rest, whilst he tries to survive life with Rasputia, and it looks like Deion also has something he would like to keep secret.

[edit] Cast

• Eddie Murphy - Norbit/Rasputia/Mr. Wong

• Thandie Newton - Kate Thomas
• Cuba Gooding, Jr. - Deion Hughes
• Terry Crews - Big Black Jack
• Clifton Powell - Earl
• Lester "Rasta" Speight - Blue
• Eddie Griffin - Pope Sweet Jesus
• Katt Williams - Lord Have Mercy
• Marlon Wayans - Buster
• Michael Colyar - Barber

[edit] Reception

While Eddie Murphy's performance received some acclaim from critics^{[citation needed]}, reviews for the movie were overwhelmingly negative (it scored a 9% rating on RottenTomatoes.com). The movie opened to $34.2 million in the United States and was Murphy's 14th #1 box office opener.^[1] Many industry insiders claimed Murphy did not receive the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Dreamgirls because of the extensive advertising for and release of Norbit. Murphy lost the award to Alan Arkin. Norbit has grossed $94 million, in comparison to its $65 million production cost.

[edit] Trivia

• Eddie Murphy is acting as three different characters in this comedy. This is the seventh film in which he has played multiple roles; the others are Coming to America, Vampire in Brooklyn, The Nutty Professor, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, The Adventures of Pluto Nash, and Bowfinger.
• Charlie Murphy has a voice-over cameo as a wise-cracking Pug in the film
• Was previously rated R for some sex-related humor but was edited to fit to a PG-13 rating. The film is now PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, some nudity and language[1]
• In the movie, there is a scene where the neighbor's dog Lloyd is seen conversing with Norbit, where Norbit claims,"You can talk!" This is an apparent reference to Dr. Dolittle, another movie in which Murphy starred.
• The song "Don't Cha" by The Pussycat Dolls is featured three times in this movie. First, when Rasputia is singing along while driving in the car with Norbit, second when Rasputia finds out that Norbit was out with Kate and is going to find him, she is singing it through tears, off key and off beat and, third, when she appears as a showgirl at the end.
• The name Rasputia is obviously a female version of the name Rasputin
• Throughout the duration of the movie, Rasputia exclaims the phrase "How you doin'?!" on multiple occasions.
• The outdoor set of the town in the movie is the same as that of the TV series Gilmore Girls.

[edit] References

1. ^ The Hollywood Reporter Nicole Sperling, Feb 12, 2007

[edit] External links

• Norbit - Official Movie Site
• Norbit at the Internet Movie Database
• Norbit at Box Office Mojo
• Norbit at Metacritic
• Norbit at Rotten Tomatoes