A mild-mannered guy (Murphy) who is engaged to a monstrous woman (Murphy) meets the woman of his dreams (Newton), and schemes to find a way to be with her. Read more
| Starring | Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Cuba Gooding Snr., Charles Q. Murphy |
|---|---|
| Director | Brian Robbins |
| Genres | Comedy |
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A mild-mannered guy (Murphy) who is engaged to a monstrous woman (Murphy) meets the woman of his dreams (Newton), and schemes to find a way to be with her.
| Starring | Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Cuba Gooding Snr., Charles Q. Murphy, Eddie Griffin, Terry Crews, Clifton Powell |
|---|---|
| Director | Brian Robbins |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 42 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 42 mins HD DVD: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English HD DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish Blu-ray: Dutch, Castilian Spanish, Norwegian, Finnish, English, Danish, German, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 09 Jul 2007 Blu-ray: 06 Apr 2009 HD DVD: 09 Jul 2007 Production year: 2007 |
| Format | DVD |
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Saw this after a particularly grim day at work and thought nothing would bring me round... this did !! Ok it is daft, it is slapstick and it is patently ridiculous in the extreme... but it is also funny, in fact very funny in parts.
There are a few verbal jokes that are very close to the edge for a 12A rated film, if your kids laugh, you know they know too much !!!
I can see that the voice and some of the slapstick might be groaners for some viewers of this, and is it worth a 4 star, well it perked me up, and I definately would rate it as one for the rental list - go on, you know you want to !
I think the above says it all !!
News that the BBFC is now classifying films with an eye for discrimination and prejudice, as well as the long-established parameters of sex and violence, is intriguing and welcome, on one level, perplexing and worrying on another. The new rules seem designed to look at a broader social picture, taking in the context and import behind cinematic representations, rather than just focusing on skin and blood. That seems sensible. But of course prejudice and discrimination is often in the eye of the Read more