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Harlem Nights

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Harlem Nights (1989)

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Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 3  Rotten:11 Average Rating: 3.8/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Synopsis: Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor) became Quick's (Eddie Murphy) adopted father when an adolescent Quick saved his life. More than two decades later, in 1938, Ray runs the most popular club in Harlem, with Quick as his right hand man. Before long, Bugsy, a white mobster (Michael Lerner) comes knocking... Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor) became Quick's (Eddie Murphy) adopted father when an adolescent Quick saved his life. More than two decades later, in 1938, Ray runs the most popular club in Harlem, with Quick as his right hand man. Before long, Bugsy, a white mobster (Michael Lerner) comes knocking for a piece of the club's action in the form of weekly protection money, with a crooked cop (Danny Aiello) as the muscle and a dangerous woman (Jasmine Guy) as the bait. But by fixing a big boxing match, Ray and Quick just may be able to thwart Bugsy's plan and make off with a wad of his cash in the process. Murphy wrote and directed. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello, Michael Lerner

Director: Eddie Murphy
Screenwriter: Eddie Murphy

DVD Info

Release:

May 1, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital Stereo - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Selection

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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Time Out
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2/5

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09/11/05
Michael Dequina
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2/5

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08/16/05
Emanuel Levy
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3/5

Not as bad as you might think, but not all that good either.

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02/12/04
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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12/07/03
Ryan Cracknell
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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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2/5

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04/30/03
Matt Brunson
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1/5

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01/09/03
Michael Szymanski
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2/5

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10/21/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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37/100

Though it's not easy to watch, Harlem Nights is gorgeous to look at.

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07/30/02
Catherine Cantieri
Apollo Guide
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3/5

Ugly, pushy and over-the-top, but there's still a bunch of laughs to be found.

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
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0/5

There's maybe two funny moments in this shrill directorial bomb from Eddie Murphy.

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07/25/02
Chuck Rudolph
Matinee Magazine
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1.5/4

It's narcissistic, misogynistic and extremely mean-spirited.

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01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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Does it matter to Eddie Murphy whether Harlem Nights is good or bad? It doesn't look like it.

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01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Once there was Freddy. Once there was Chuckie and Jason and Howard the Duck. Now there is the scariest of them all. Now there is Harlem Nights.

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01/01/00
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
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2/4

An uninspired cross between Cotton Club and the characters of Damon Runyon, told in cliches so broad you keep waiting for it to poke fun at itself, but it never does.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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