Metacritic Movie Ratings
Norbit Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 40

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  Not exactly uproarious. But Mr. Murphy, going back at least to his Gumby and Buckwheat days on "Saturday Night Live," has always had the ability to turn broad caricature into something stranger and more inventive.

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• 30

  out of 100

  VarietyRobert Koehler

  Murphy's story lacks even the basic form that held most of "The Nutty Professor" together.

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• 25

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Murphy speaks in a breathy lisp, as if his mouth had been partially buttoned shut, and he doesn't give himself the nerd's traditional redeeming feature of a geeky, slide-rule intellect. Norbit, all frozen gawk, is just a very dim bulb.

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• 20

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  Murphy and his brother Charlie, who collaborated on the screenplay, seem to have drawn the wrong lesson from the latter's stint on "Chappelle's Show." Where Dave Chappelle used stereotypes to confront prejudice, the Murphys (and their co-screenwriters Jay Scherick and David Ronn) merely squeeze a few grudging drops from caricatures that were wrung dry in the age of vaudeville.

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• 20

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterLuke Sader

  Racially insensitive, politically incorrect and beyond crude.

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