Genre: Comedies, Romance, Love Triangle, Theatrical Release, Love Triangles

 

Director: Brian Robbins

Cast/Crew: Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Cuba Gooding, Charlie Murphy, Eddie Griffin, Terry Crews, Clifton Powell

 

Description:

Norbit (Eddie Murphy, channeling Buckwheat and Woody Allen) is a shy, nebbishy fellow, raised by Mr. Wong (Eddie Murphy again) in a combination orphanage/Chinese restaurant in Boiling Springs, Tennessee. As a child, Norbit comes to love Kate, a fellow orphan, but the soulmates are separated when Kate is adopted. Enter Rasputia, an aggressive, plus-sized 10-year-old who protects him from bullies and demands his romantic loyalty, much like her thuggish older brothers demand "protection" money from all the merchants in Boiling Springs. Rasputia and Norbit eventually marry--and the peevish adult Rasputia is played to great comic effect by Eddie Murphy in a fat suit. Although Rasputia is controlling, unfaithful, hideous-looking, and always madder than a hornet, she and Norbit make a life together, albeit one based on inertia, fear, and complacency. The bubble bursts when the now-grown Kate (Thandie Newton) returns to Boiling Springs to buy Mr. Wong's orphanage. Norbit's love is rekindled, and he must find a way to end his loveless marriage, save Kate from marrying a crooked philanderer (Cuba Gooding Jr., in a rare villainous turn), and prevent Rasputia's brothers from carrying through with a big con job that would destroy the orphanage and Kate's life. Eddie Murphy, not surprisingly, carries the show, with broad, juvenile humor, fat jokes, and pratfalls, and while he never aims very high, he manages to inject some poignancy into Norbit's and Wong's characters, even as he plays Rasputia strictly for laughs. It's not Shakespeare--it's not even BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE--but the laughs are as big as Rasputia's muumuu.

 

Release Notes:

DVD Features: Region 1 Keep Case Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround - English, French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French Subtitles - English, Spanish Additional Release Material: Bonus Footage: "Power Tap" Alternate Scenes: Deleted Scenes (14) Behind the Scenes: 1. "Man of a Thousand Faces" 2. Stunts of NORBIT

 

ItemID: 1169132

 

UPC: 097361245942

ISBN: 1415732655

 

Catalog Number: PAR 124594

Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)

Rating Reason: crude and sexual humor, some nudity and language.

Release Company: Paramount Home Entertainment

Format: DVD

In Print Date: 6/5/2007

Original Release Year: 2007

Country of Origin: USA

Language: English (English Subtitled, French Dubbed, Spanish Subtitled)

Closed Caption: No

Extra Info: Full Frame

 

Runtime: 1Hr 42min