The read
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Metacritic54/100
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
386 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert TownsendDirector
- Eddie MurphyWriter
Cast
- Eddie MurphySelf
- Tatyana AliSinging Child
- Billie AllenEddie's Aunt
- Samuel L. JacksonEddie's Uncle
- Deon RichmondLittle Eddie
- Barbara HarrisThanksgiving Guest
- J. D. HallThanksgiving Guest
- James Brown IIIThanksgiving Guest
- Tiger HaynesCard Player #3
- Eyde ByrdeMrs. Butts
- Birdie M. HaleAunt Rose
- Clebert FordUncle Lester
Stills
Themes
stand-up comedy