Although the film is a comedy, it can't overcome the fact that it is profoundly sad that people in this country are so spiritually starved they would seek fulfillment by watching a shopping channel.
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Holy Man (1998)
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Reviews Counted:48
Fresh:6
Rotten:42
Average Rating:3.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This satire features Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum and Kelly Preston, all trying to boost the ratings of a home shopping channel by presenting Murphy as a televangelist. To their dismay, the viewers... [More]
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston, Robert Loggia
Director: Stephen Herek
Reviews for Holy Man
Whatever your conclusion, Eddie Murphy does come off as the least slimed by the proceedings. Is it luck, smart self-marketing or divine intervention?
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This film is funny, but despite its subject matter, or perhaps because of it, this is a movie without a soul.
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Structurally unsound and way too long.
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Nothing in this film works except for an occasionally frantic funny line reading from Goldblum and maybe a couple of the products being sold.
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It's also troublesome that Murphy, a generally charismatic actor, is downright dull here. He and Goldblum are curiously flat in their line readings; they don't seem convinced by the story they're asked to act out, and with good reason.
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Not even Eddie can save this ill-conceived mess of a movie.
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The movie is dominated not by Eddie Murphy but by Jeff Goldblum, a versatile actor indeed, who can flesh out a comic performance as easily as he can horrify us in the role of a fly.
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While Murphy probably has what it takes to make the comedian-to-serious actor transition, he needs to do what Martin, Williams, and Carrey did: hold out for a good script.
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There's a terrific movie to be made about home-shopping and the folks addicted to it, but 'Holy Man' is not that film.
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The film never really explains where G came from or where he's going.
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Top CriticEven a 5-year-old could predict where this plot is going.
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There's precious little comedy here in this tired romantic comedy set amid a television-age satire.
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Except for a few funny interchanges in GBSN's production booth, Holy Man is a disaster.
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How bad could a comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Jeff Goldblum really be? Well, let's put it this way … you won't ever hear me asking that particular question again.
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Faux pas of the year.
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Who knew that in 16 years Eddie Murphy, who made such a brash, raucous big-screen splash in 48 Hrs., would become... cuddly.
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About halfway through Holy Man the terrible reality sets in: Oh, no, they mean for us to take this seriously.
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It's a PG rated mediocrity that, instead of aiming to be hilarious, aims to be "nice."
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