Norbit (2007)

A mild-mannered guy, who is married to a monstrous woman, meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.

Director:

Brian Robbins

Writers:

Eddie Murphy (screenplay), Charlie Murphy (screenplay) (as Charles Murphy)

Stars:

Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Terry Crews

Bottom Rated Movies #93 | Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eddie Murphy	...	Norbit / Rasputia / Mr. Wong
Thandie Newton	...	Kate Thomas
Terry Crews	...	Big Jack Latimore
Clifton Powell	...	Earl Latimore
Lester Speight	...	Blue Latimore (as Lester 'Rasta' Speight)
Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Deion Hughes
Eddie Griffin	...	Pope Sweet Jesus
Katt Williams	...	Lord Have Mercy
Floyd Levine	...	Abe the Tailor
Anthony Russell	...	Giovanni
Pat Crawford Brown	...	Mrs. Henderson
Jeanette Miller	...	Mrs. Coleman
Michael Colyar	...	Morris the Barber
Marlon Wayans	...	Buster
Alexis Rhee	...	Mrs. Ling Ling Wong

Storyline

Norbit is a normal person, who after being adopted by Mr. Wong, ends up being married to the very large, Rasputia. Norbit's childhood love, Kate Thomas arrives back in town to buy the orphanage. Norbit sees this as his chance to get back together with Kate, until he discovers that she is in fact engaged to Deion Hughes. Norbit isn't going to lay this to rest, whilst he tries to survive life with Rasputia, and it looks like Deion also has something he would like to keep secret.

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Plot Keywords:

orphan | overweight | gospel music | obnoxiousness | woman played by man | 

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Taglines:

Nice Guy. Huge Problem.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, some nudity and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 February 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mad Fat Wife

Filming Locations:

Agoura, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$34,195,434, 11 February 2007, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$95,673,607

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$159,313,561

Company Credits

Production Co:

DreamWorks, Davis Entertainment, Tollin/Robbins Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

For security purposes, early prints were shipped under the title 'Jupiter', an apparent allusion to Eddie Murphy's film The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002).

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Goofs

When the twins beat up Norbit at the beginning, in the first shot one of them is seen punching Norbit, then shaking him, then punching him again.

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Quotes

[Blue watches a Buster Perkins "Power Tap" video while doing a power tap exercise]
Blue Latimore: Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap...
[Norbit smashes the window downstairs in the basement]
Blue Latimore: [shocked; run downstairs to see that Norbit escaped] Norbit! Norbit? Norbit? Oh, damn. He escaped. Norbit! NORBIT!
Blue Latimore: [as Norbit pedals off] You're ass is mine, Norbit!

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Connections

Spoofs Lassie (1954)

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Soundtracks

Standing in the Safety Zone
Written by Sally Jones
Performed by The Fairfield Four
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

Well *I* really like this movie anyway ... ;-)

I'm not sure how to put this... I've seen this movie maybe 4 or 5 times and it never gets old for me. Sure its certainly not politically correct but the timing and Eddie Murphy's numerous outstanding performances are just amazing. Probably some of his best performances ever.

I'll continue to watch this movie when I need something totally mindless to give me some quick laughs.

Marlon Wayans' tap dance instructor is also a hilarious performance and Thandie Newton is as hot as ever.

I'm not sure why there is a minimum length for comments of 10 lines on IMDb. Seems a bit pointless :-)