Eddie Murphy is back, and both his old gifts and some new ones are on engaging display in the rowdy, raunchy, inescapably funny “Dolemite Is My Name,' writes KennethTuran.
I know, Murphy didn’t actually go anywhere, but given the two decades since he’s made one of the trademark R-rated comedies that are his strength, it seems like he did.
Now, thankfully, Murphy is back, and both his old gifts and some new ones are on engaging display in the rowdy, raunchy, inescapably funny “Dolemite Is My Name,” a gleefully profane biopic and a passion project the star has been nurturing for years.
Just like his fellow bargain-basement movie-business striver Ed Wood , Moore believed himself destined for greatness, trusting that his tireless zeal would overcome whatever he lacked in ability and talent. “Dolemite” is also a rare opportunity for Murphy to combine his dazzling comic delivery of wave after wave of hard-core cursing with the desire he’s demonstrated — most effectively in his Oscar-nominated role in “Dreamgirls” — to do roles that include dramatic elements.
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