We were too poor to have cable TV back when Eddie Murphy saved Saturday Night Live. I can only judge his career based on the mostly terrible and unfunny movies he's been in for decades.
Then along comes pirate TV and even the movies nobody saw in theatres eventually get aired at some point or another. One of those Murphy obscurities is The Distinguished Gentleman.
Murphy plays freshman congressman Barack Obama, errrrr, Tom Johnson as he shows up on D. C. and dives head first into the swamp. Lane Smith plays Mitch McConnell, errrrr, Dyck Dodge, Chairman of a big congressional committee where lobbyists line up to bribe, errrrr, influence the congresscritters.
I found it to be fairly sharply written, and acted mostly without artifice. I laughed out loud a few times. Of course it's an American movie so the lead character, no matter how shady in Act 1, needs to be redeemed at some point.
I was grateful Murphy didn't break out that stupid laugh of his. And I think I fell in love with Victorial Rowell.
All considered, time well spent.
Then along comes pirate TV and even the movies nobody saw in theatres eventually get aired at some point or another. One of those Murphy obscurities is The Distinguished Gentleman.
Murphy plays freshman congressman Barack Obama, errrrr, Tom Johnson as he shows up on D. C. and dives head first into the swamp. Lane Smith plays Mitch McConnell, errrrr, Dyck Dodge, Chairman of a big congressional committee where lobbyists line up to bribe, errrrr, influence the congresscritters.
I found it to be fairly sharply written, and acted mostly without artifice. I laughed out loud a few times. Of course it's an American movie so the lead character, no matter how shady in Act 1, needs to be redeemed at some point.
I was grateful Murphy didn't break out that stupid laugh of his. And I think I fell in love with Victorial Rowell.
All considered, time well spent.