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The film is a textbook example of a "critic-proof" movie, where professional reviews and public enjoyment diverged sharply. The Case Against (Critics) Norbit - Movies - Review - The New York Times

The protagonist, described as highly intelligent but timid, naive, and often treated as a "butt-monkey" by those around him [7, 16]. Norbit

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Norbit was released during the voting period. The narrative is undisputed: the visual of Eddie Murphy in a fat suit, playing the crass, vomit-inducing Rasputia, was so fresh in the minds of older, conservative Academy members that they could not take his serious performance seriously. Murphy lost the Oscar to Alan Arkin ( Little Miss Sunshine ). In Hollywood history, no single movie has ever torpedoed an actor’s Oscar chances quite like torpedoed Eddie Murphy’s. The film is a textbook example of a

(2007) remains one of the most talked-about projects in Eddie Murphy’s career. The Triple-Threat Performance At its core, Norbit was released during the voting period