Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: December 4, 1992 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
12
Negative:
4
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Portland OregonianTed Mahar
Murphy shows an easy versatility, going for guffaws one minute and pulling off a grinner the next. [04 Dec 1992]
70
While the result is inevitably middle of the road, it still manages to be the funniest picture Murphy has made in quite some time. [04 Dec 1992]
70
With a refreshing absence of earnestness, the movie mainly spins out many variations on a theme: Easy Street begins and ends on Capitol Hill. [03 Dec 1992]
50
The film is content to remain at the level of the mildly entertaining, with no real surprises and not much sass. [04 Dec 1992]
50
It has a few good laughs in it thanks to Murphy, but mainly depends for its appeal on an uncomfortable manipulation of racial stereotypes. [04 Dec 1992]
50
The Distinguished Gentleman isn't - distinguished, that is - but it's a notable cut above Eddie Murphy's recent ventures. [04 Dec 1992]
50
Despite Murphy's campaigning, Gentleman deserves a veto. [04 Dec 1992]
25
Baltimore SunStephen Hunter
It's last in laughs, last in drama but first in Murphy ego, as he gives a performance that everybody has seen before, only louder. [04 Dec 1992]
25
The Distinguished Gentleman isn't much of a movie - it's a mess, in fact. [04 Dec 1992]