Eddie Murphy has been trying to bring the life of Rudy Ray Moore to the screen for 15 years, and now he finally has done it. After seeing Murphy roar back to the kind of success that made him a mov…
Eddie Murphy has been trying to bring the life of Rudy Ray Moore to the screen for 15 years, and now hehas done it. After seeing Murphy roar back to the kind of success that made him a movie superstar, you easily can see why he wanted to do this story of a pioneering stand-up comic/rapper who finally foundYou might not know Rudy Ray Moore, but that will change after this loving, outrageously funny but thoroughly three-dimensional look at his life and times.
So this is his story, how he came to be a movie star and a movie-within-a -movie that hilariously details how Moore got it made using his own financing wizardry and really proving the only person doing the exploiting here was As he exploits this alter ego, we see how Moore employs a screenwriter who’s not used to doing this sort of writing to create the movie incarnation of Dolemite.
From the streets of L.A. to the famed Chitlin’ Circuit, Murphy embodies this role with all he’s got, the best film opportunity he has had since his Oscar-nominated turn in 2006’sMurphy gives the role and Moore himself — who was involved in the early days of developing this film before his death in 2008 — the respect he deserves.
The entire cast is excellent, but let me give a special shout-out to Da’Vine Joy Randolph, a scene stealer as a backup singer-turned-foil for Dolemite. Craig Robinson, Mike Epps, Chris Rock and many others turn up as well and give the film a rich flavor. Ultimately, though, it belongs to Eddie Murphy with another role of a lifetime.Producers are Murphy, John Fox and John Davis. Netflix opens the film in limited release this Friday before it starts streaming later this month.
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