To be fair, it was a good movie. There was a solid plot, with few, if any, holes. The main actors are both well known. (Eddie Murphy as approximately eight different characters) and Janet Jackson as his girlfriend/fiance.

Overall:
My main point of conflict with this movie was that Eddie seemed to only do one type of voice for all of his characters, only altering the pitch here and there. At the main dinner scene with his family, his (unknown culture)accent was so thick, you could hardly understand what was being said, never mind differentiating who was the current speaker.

A bit too far...
The plot goes basically like this: Sherman is working on an anti-aging formula. "Buddy Love" is Eddie's alter-ego, (Eddie Murphy's real self) and keeps causing him to say horrible things to people. For example, he's walking by this old lady walking her dog. She says "Hello!" and Buddy Love replies with "Bite Me, you old hag!" She's shocked, and Sherman quickly recovers with "I said 'he likes me, look at his tail wag!'" Him and his girlfriend, played by Janet Jackson, get engaged, and he goes to meet her parents. He is overly crude. I think that the writer's went too far with some of the scenes, such as droning on about Janet Jackson's mom's breasts, and a very large hampster that flings it's poop at everyone, etc. There were a lot of scenes that I think were very way over-done, or too graphic. (As in Austin Powers 2, when Mike Myers had to create a bit more hype, and had his character actually drink what was supposed to be diahhrea.) Both were good movies, and didn't need to include seventh grade type jokes to keep you laughing.

Professor Dumb.
Near the end, Eddie turns basically into a lowest level intellect. (Buddy Love got out of the body and the split was draining his IQ.) and were were supposed to believe Janet Jackson would still spend her life taking care of him?All he could blubber out was "pretty lady." She fell in love with his intellect, even says so. Well, the low IQ doesn't last long, and after dunking him in a water fountain, he's fine.

Finally the movie ended...
The movie ends with them closing the multi-million dollar deal for the anti-aging formula.

Major Hole:
When a pesticide was mixed (quite generously) with the anti-aging formula (thanks to Buddy Love) why didn't the hampster die? I think it was very wrong of the producer, director, prop person (whomever would have chosen that bottle) to have chosen the mixed ingredient to be a pesticide off a garage shelf.

And so!
And so, if you're the kind of person who can't stand Eddie Murphy, or characters trying to be too many people in one movie, don't rent this. If he played half of the characters he did, this review might be drastically different. It was entertaining. But it was too confusing trying to hear who was talking. Granted, he looks different, but can't do voices very well.

Good luck in choosing or deciding against, this movie.



Recommended:
No

Viewing Format: DVD
Video Occasion: Better than Watching TV
Suitability For Children: Not suitable for Children of any age