Holy Man
Touchstone Home Video | Release Date: October 9, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
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Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
9
Negative:
6
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25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
What a waste of a great comedian. What demented casting. Read full review
25
San Francisco ExaminerG. Allen Johnson
It's also troublesome that Murphy, a generally charismatic actor, is downright dull here. He and Goldblum are curiously flat in their line readings; they don't seem convinced by the story they're asked to act out, and with good reason. Read full review
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Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Director Stephen Herek (Mr. Holland's Opus) and screenwriter Tom Schulman (Dead Poets Society) offer no clues, no challenges, nothing to provoke the smallest bubble of curiosity in an audience that waits 40 minutes only to realize Oh, I get it, this isn't going to be Eddie Murphy Funny! Read full review
20
Film ThreatRon Wells
Holy Man is just a dumb romantic comedy passing itself off as something else. Read full review
20
Village VoiceGary Dauphin
Holy Man's traipse through the wilds of consumerism and higher purpose must have seemed like a chance for the proverbial stretch, but not even Eddie can save this ill-conceived mess of a movie. Read full review
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Austin ChronicleMarjorie 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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