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Norbit
2007
· Movie
· 102 min
F
MEANRANK
45/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #5619
- IMDb #5774
- Google retired #1789
- Rotten Tomatoes #4702
- Metacritic #4984
- Letterboxd #5274
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #5456
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3792
- Metacritic Critics #4866
- Metacritic Audience #4816
- Criticker #4268
- Douban #2565
- Kinopoisk #5181
- AlloCiné #5438
- Trakt #4970
Every rating
9–86
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 9, highest is Google on 86. Critics average 18, everyone else 50.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A meek and kind-hearted man has been dominated his entire life by his cruel and monstrously large wife, who runs the orphanage where they grew up. His life is thrown into chaos when his childhood sweetheart returns to town and rekindles their romance, forcing him to find the courage to stand up for himself.
Details
- Director
- Brian Robbins
- Writers
- Charlie Murphy, David Ronn, Eddie Murphy, Jay Scherick
- Released
- 8 February 2007
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $10.0M
- Box office
- $159.8M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 16 →7 wins from 16 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2007 | Best Makeup | Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Awards (2009) 2009 | Worst Actor of the Decade | Eddie Murphy (also for The Adventures of Pluto Nash, I Spy, Imagine That, Meet Dave, and Showtime ) | Winner |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2007 | Hall of Shame | Winner | |
| BET Awards 2007 | Best Actor | Eddie Murphy (also for Dreamgirls ) | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Awards (2007) 2007 | Worst Actor | Eddie Murphy (as Norbit) | Winner |
| Golden Raspberry Awards (2007) 2007 | Worst Supporting Actor | Eddie Murphy (as Mr. Wong) | Winner |
| Golden Raspberry Awards (2007) 2007 | Worst Screenplay | Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Charlie Murphy and Eddie Murphy | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Awards (2007) 2007 | Worst Screen Couple | Eddie Murphy (and either Eddie Murphy or Eddie Murphy) | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Makeup | Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji | Nominee |
Golden Raspberry Awards (2007)
8 nominations, 3 won
| Worst Actor | Eddie Murphy (as Norbit) | Winner |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Eddie Murphy (as Mr. Wong) | Winner |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Eddie Murphy (as Rasputia) | Winner |
| Worst Actor | Cuba Gooding Jr. (also for Daddy Day Camp ) | Nominee |
| Worst Director | Brian Robbins | Nominee |
| Worst Picture | John Davis, Mike Tollin and Eddie Murphy | Nominee |
| Worst Screen Couple | Eddie Murphy (and either Eddie Murphy or Eddie Murphy) | Nominee |
| Worst Screenplay | Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Charlie Murphy and Eddie Murphy | Nominee |
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Hall of Shame | Eddie Murphy (as Rasputia) | Winner |
| Most Offensive Male Character | Eddie Murphy (as Rasputia) | Winner |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hall of Shame | Winner |
Golden Raspberry Awards (2009)
1 nomination, 1 won
| Worst Actor of the Decade | Eddie Murphy (also for The Adventures of Pluto Nash, I Spy, Imagine That, Meet Dave, and Showtime ) | Winner |
BET Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Eddie Murphy (also for Dreamgirls ) | Nominee |
Golden Schmoes Awards
1 nomination
| Worst Movie of the Year | Nominee |
Kids' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Favorite Male Movie Star | Eddie Murphy | Nominee |