Givens, Lawrence and Berry all put in enjoyable performances, and while Murphy can no longer match those memorable early roles, he's on good form here.
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05/24/03
Boomerang (1992)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:10
Rotten:16
Average Rating:4.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Marcus Graham (Eddie Murphy) is a successful young marketing executive who has never lacked for attention from women. The cocky ladies' man views each new conquest as another notch on the holster... [More]
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens, Halle Berry, David Alan Grier
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Reviews for Boomerang
Top CriticThen there's the input from Warrington and Reginald Hudlin, producer and director respectively, who succeed in creating a comedy which, unusually for a Murphy film, also exists around him.
03/18/08
Top CriticThe film is far too slick to be ineffective, but its attempts to play with the sex-war theme are often unbelievably crass.
06/24/06
Top CriticBoomerang is the funniest, most sophisticated movie of Eddie Murphy's career.
01/01/00
Murphy gives his most appealing performance to date, using his smug, self-satisfied, sly smile as a joke on his own well-known screen persona.
01/01/00
The general idea is to exploit a certain amount of role reversal, and Reginald Hudlin, who directed House Party, does a fairly good job of making this fun.
03/18/08
No review available.
07/29/03
Remember one thing...........coordinate!
01/01/05
Delivers laughs, and lots of them.
01/01/04
Whatever [Murphy] was thinking during the dark days of his career slump, it seems to have paid off handsomely.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis movie has a charming Eddie Murphy, a slick and grown-up comedian. Most of his movies have no trace of this man.
04/28/03
More interesting than entertaining and too long by far.
03/18/08
Top CriticNo review available.
11/19/03
A witless, sexist, offensive mishmash that is surprisingly inept, considering all the high-power talent involved.
01/01/00
No review available.
10/09/05
No review available.
04/09/08
No review available.
07/04/05
There's something paradoxical about the ease he radiates in playing a man who is supposed to be a smashing success. As an underdog, Mr. Murphy worked much harder.
05/20/03
Top CriticNo review available.
07/26/02
No review available.
11/15/02
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