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Boomerang

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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... 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 of his oversized ego. But one day the tables are turned, and he falls for a high-powered female executive who treats him the same way he's been treating women for the last 15 years. Marcus realizes that it's not so fun to be on the other side of objectification and rejection, and he soon finds himself becoming a quivering bundle of insecurities. The question is whether he will learn enough from the experience to see that true love has been right under his nose all along. [More]

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens, Halle Berry, David Alan Grier

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens, Halle Berry, David Alan Grier, Martin Lawrence, Grace Jones, Geoffrey Holder, Eartha Kitt

Director: Reginald Hudlin

Director: Reginald Hudlin

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04/09/08
Cole Smithey
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Then 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.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
03/18/08
Lloyd Bradley
Lloyd Bradley
Empire Magazine

More interesting than entertaining and too long by far.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
03/18/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

In Boomerang Eddie Murphy straitjackets himself in an ill-fitting comedy vehicle that's desperately in need of a reality check.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/18/08
Lawrence Cohn
Lawrence Cohn
Variety
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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.

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03/18/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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The film is far too slick to be ineffective, but its attempts to play with the sex-war theme are often unbelievably crass.

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06/24/06
Stephen Garrett
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Time Out

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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

Silly. Simple. Eddie was better than this.

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10/04/05
Kevin A. Ranson
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07/04/05
Emanuel Levy
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Remember one thing...........coordinate!

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01/01/05
Michael A. Smith
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01/09/04
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Delivers laughs, and lots of them.

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01/01/04
Michael Dequina
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TheMovieReport.com

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11/19/03
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

It's not even funny. Nor does it contain half the wit or charm as the old Doris Day sex comedies it so resembles. In fact, it's downright mean-spirited toward women, as is Murphy's wont.

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11/09/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
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Austin Chronicle

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09/29/03
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07/29/03
Josh Gilchrist
Josh Gilchrist
Billings Outpost (Montana)

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.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/24/03
Channel 4 Film

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.

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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This movie has a charming Eddie Murphy, a slick and grown-up comedian. Most of his movies have no trace of this man.

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04/28/03
Scott Weinberg
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11/15/02
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