Top billed cast

1. 

   Eddie Murphy

   Norbit / Rasputia / Mr. Wong

2. 

   Thandiwe Newton

   Kate Thomas

3. 

   Terry Crews

   Big Jack Latimore

4. 

   Clifton Powell

   Earl Latimore

5. 

   Lester Speight

   Blue Latimore

6. 

   Cuba Gooding Jr.

   Deion Hughes

7. 

   Eddie Griffin

   Pope Sweet Jesus

8. 

   Katt Williams

   Lord Have Mercy

9. 

   Floyd Levine

   Abe the Tailor

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-01-06

Eddie Murphy does just about everything here, except make me laugh, in this unsophisticated romp that makes the "Carry On" films look like Ingmar Bergman. To be fair he's adaptable - thanks almost entirely to the skills of the Oscar nominated make-up team (33 folks get credited!) - as he plays the eponymous geek, his own larger-than-life wife "Rasputia" and his adopted Chinese dad "Wong" who runs the orphanage into which he was unceremoniously dumped as a baby. When fellow orphan "Kate" (Thandiwe Newton) returns to their hometown, he is desperate to rekindle their childhood friendship but he's...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$10,000,000.00

Revenue
$159,814,490.00

Keywords

• orphanage
• overweight woman