Holy Man

Name: Holy Man
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: October 9, 1998
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 42
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum

1998

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Touchstone Home Video | Release Date: October 9, 1998 | PG

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum

Summary: Eddie Murphy stars as G, an outrageous, self-styled inspirational guru with a knack for showing up where he isn't exactly wanted. (Buena Vista Entertainment)

Director: Stephen Herek

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 114 min

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Lisa Alspector

Goldblum and Murphy outdo each other in their odd roles, each minimizing his tendency toward shtick and giving a convincing dramatic performance. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

A pleasant piece of commercial filmmaking, but as a satirical comedy, it's devoid of laughs and insight. Read full review

Rita Kempley

Tom Schulman's script is on the sloppy side and offers few surprises; still, it's not entirely bereft of laughs. Read full review

Rick Groen

Holy Man sure isn't raucous; instead, in the main, it's just quietly unamusing. Read full review

Empire Catherine Scroop

By turns wry and sarcastic, the film does a good job ridiculing the home shopping phenomenon in general and the audience that supports it, but lets itself down with occasional lapses into lame slapstick, dubious plot twists and the kind of soap opera-isms it elsewhere decries. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

What a waste of a great comedian. What demented casting. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

All the advance signs looked discouraging, but I still kept thinking: How bad could a comedy starring Eddie Murphy and Jeff Goldblum really be? Well, let's put it this way … you won't ever hear me asking that particular question again. Read full review

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mcdudette

Nov 16, 2010

This is not a very good movie. I saw it in the theaters when it originally came out in 1998. I made a mistake and picked this movie over Antz because I thought a comedy with Eddie Murphy had to offer a few laughs. The movie also seemed to have potential. It is a comedy about a soullessThis is not a very good movie. I saw it in the theaters when it originally came out in 1998. I made a mistake and picked this movie over Antz because I thought a comedy with Eddie Murphy had to offer a few laughs. The movie also seemed to have potential. It is a comedy about a soulless home shopping network executive who hires a guru to help boost his image and sales. In reality, it is a boring movie filled with Jeff Goldblum monologues. Seriously, a lot of the movie is filled with close ups of him reading his script in a monotone voice. This movie is a prime exhibit of how horrible of an actor Jeff Goldblum is. He was unconvincing. He also had no chemistry with his love interest. The only reason this movie rates a 2 instead of a 0 or a 1 is Eddie Murphy. Some of the scenes with Eddie Murphy were funny. The problem was he was not the prime focus of the movie. The movie centered on Jeff Goldblum who simply is not a good actor. The movie might have been a little better with a different actor, but it still wouldnâ… Expand

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