Plot Summary: Being an abandoned orphan, Norbit (Eddie Murphy) has always felt an overwhelming shortage of love. He never got it from Mr. Wong (Eddie Murphy), the Chinese restaurant owner that raised him and simultaneously found time to torture him as he grew up. As a kid, Norbit finally got the attention he so desperately desired from an overweight girl that, in what seemed like a genuinely kind act at the time, adopted him as her boyfriend. Twenty years later, he is still the same meek, repressed guy and she (Eddie Murphy) is a monstrous bully of a woman. The two are now married, but Norbit is nothing more than a punching bag in the relationship. Secretly, he has fallen in love with a dream girl (Thandie Newton) that is not only beautiful, but also represents an escape from his nightmare. As he schemes to find a way to be with her, he realizes that his wife is not the type of woman that will let him get away that easily.
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RELEASE DATE
February 9th, 2007 (wide)
June 5th, 2007 (DVD)
STUDIO
DreamWorks
DIRECTOR
Brian Robbins
STARRING
Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Eddie Griffin, Terry Crews, Clifton Powell, Cuba Gooding Jr., Marlon Wayans, Katt Williams
USER RATING
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Total: 85 vote(s).
GENRE
Comedy, Romance
OFFICIAL SITE
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MPAA RATING
Rated PG-13 for crude & sexual humor, some nudity, and language.
RUNTIME
102 min
LANGUAGE
English
BUDGET
$60,000,000
OPENING WEEKEND
$33,740,000
TOTAL GROSS
Unknown
EXTERNAL
Norbit at AskMen.com
Norbit at RottenTomatoes.com
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