“Norbit” is called “Norbit” presumably because “Yet Another Movie In Which Eddie Murphy Plays Multiple Characters and Wears a Fat Suit and Wastes His Talent, Just Months After Showing Us ...

Are Seventh Son and Jupiter Ascending Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne’s very own Norbit? As Eddie Murphy taught us, one bad movie can ruin an actor’s shot at Oscar. Senior Editor ...

The year was 2007 and Eddie Murphy, while on an awards season high from his performance in Dreamgirls, released a movie called Norbit to the masses. On paper, it had all the signature ingredients ...

Eddie Murphy plays three roles in his latest Nutty Professor clone, titled Norbit. And Eddie Griffin still steals his movie from him. Murphy, Oscar-nomination aside, has spent much of the past ...

Though Norbit earned $95 million in theaters — some folks can't get enough of fat gags and flatulence jokes — its artistic shortcomings surely swayed Oscar voters. They couldn't reward Murphy ...

Physical transformation or not, “Norbit” is unlikely to send Eddie Murphy back to the Kodak Theatre in a year’s time. But why grouse when the movie qualifies him for even greater honors?

Mild-mannered Norbit (Eddie Murphy) has always had it rough, since the day he was left abandoned at a combination Chinese restaurant and orphanage. Recently forced to marry the shrewish glutton ...

Eddie Murphy’s comedy “Norbit,” in which he plays three wildly different roles, opened as the top weekend movie with $33.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. / Source ...