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Norbit (Eddie Murphy) is a shy fellow, raised by Mr. Wong (Eddie Murphy again) in a combination orphanage/Chinese restaurant in Boiling Springs, Tennessee. As a child, Norbit comes to love Kate, a fellow orphan, but the soulmates are separated when Kate is adopted. Enter Rasputia, an aggressive, plus-sized 10-year-old who protects him from bullies and demands his romantic loyalty, much like her thuggish older brothers demand 'protection' money from all the merchants in Boiling Springs. Rasputia and Norbit eventually marry--and the peevish adult Rasputia is played to great comic effect by Eddie Murphy in a fat suit. Although Rasputia is controlling, unfaithful, hideous-looking, and always madder than a hornet, she and Norbit make a life together, albeit one based on inertia, fear, and complacency. The bubble bursts when the now-grown Kate (Thandie Newton) returns to Boiling Springs to buy Mr. Wong's orphanage. Norbit's love is rekindled, and he must find a way to end his loveless marriage, save Kate from marrying a crooked philanderer (Cuba Gooding, Jr., in a rare villainous turn), and prevent Rasputia's brothers from carrying through with a big con job that would destroy the orphanage and Kate's life. Eddie Murphy, not surprisingly, carries the show, with broad, juvenile humour, fat jokes, and pratfalls, and while he never aims very high, he manages to inject some poignancy into Norbit's and Wong's characters, even as he plays Rasputia strictly for laughs. It's not Shakespeare--it's not even BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE--but the laughs are as big as Rasputia's muumuu.

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ProducerMichael Tollin, John Davis

EAN5051368202013

eBay Product ID (ePID)60645865

Product Key Features

ActorClifton Powell, Thandie Newton, Eddie Murphy, Cuba Gooding Jr., Charles Q. Murphy, Terry Crews, Eddie Griffin

Film/TV TitleNorbit

DirectorBrian Robbins

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageCastilian Spanish\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\German\Norwegian\Swedish

Run Time102 Mins

Release Year2009

FormatBlu-ray

FeaturesThe Making of Norbit\Man of a 1,000 Faces\Power Tap\The Stunts of Norbit\Deleted Scenes\Photo Gallery\Theatrical Trailer, Closed Caption, With Subtitles

GenreGeneral, Comedy

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate12A/12

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

ComposerDavid Newman

ReviewsVariety - Where Murphy goes to town is with Rasputia, and even the act of wearing what looks like seven layers of flesh makeup doesn't stop him from delivering some of his patented drop-dead expressions, San Francisco Chronicle - Hysterically funny

ScreenwriterJay Scherick, David Ronn

Format DescriptionBD50

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1 Surround

EditorNed Bastille

Movie/TV TitleNorbit

Director of PhotographyJ. Clark Mathis

Consumer AdviceContains frequent moderate sex references and language