Eddie Murphy,
Halle Berry,
Robin Givens,
David Alan Grier,
Grace Jones
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Eddie Murphy plays Marcus Graham, a hotshot ad exec who's also an insatiable womanizer. He is thus hardly prepared for his new boss, Jacqueline, played by Robin Givens. In terms of things romantic, Ja... read more
Directed by: Reginald Hudlin
Release Date: July 1, 1992
DVD Release Date: September 24, 2002
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December 30, 2007Eddie Murphy in a romantic comedy about a womaniser falling for his superior boss.
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January 26, 2011A good attempt at a comeback highlights this romantic comedy about a player who gets played but in my mind features one of Halle Berry's best roles. Murphy plays Marcus a corporate executive for a cosmetics company and falls for Robin Givens who uses him like he uses others. Davi... read more
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August 24, 2010The story of a womanizer Marcus (Eddie Murphy) who is a notorious player that dumps his victims after getting them in the sack. He finally meets his match when Jacqueline Broyer (Robin Givens) comes into his life. Meanwhile Angela (Halle Berry) is nuts about him, but he doesn't k... read more
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April 2, 2009LOVE this movie! Definitely a classic, and definitely one of Eddie Murphy's better movies. This film should make men appreciate that double standards almost always sway to their advantage.
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October 8, 2008One of Murphy's great movies. Hilarious, sentimental and awesome. A classy movie with a twist. :P
Critic Reviews
March 18, 2008
Lawrence Cohn, Variety
March 18, 2008
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
The general idea is to exploit a certain amount of role reversal, and Reginald Hudlin, who directed House Party, does a fairly good job of making this fun. Full Review
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times
There's something paradoxical about the ease he radiates in playing a man who is supposed to be a smashing success. As an underdog, Mr. Murphy worked much harder. Full Review
June 6, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
For all the sex talk in Boomerang, there's very little nudity. The only thing naked is Murphy's vanity.
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Boomerang is the funniest, most sophisticated movie of Eddie Murphy's career. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Whatever [Murphy] was thinking during the dark days of his career slump, it seems to have paid off handsomely. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Joe Brown, Washington Post
Murphy gives his most appealing performance to date, using his smug, self-satisfied, sly smile as a joke on his own well-known screen persona. Full Review
March 18, 2008
Lloyd Bradley, Empire Magazine
Then there's the input from Warrington and Reginald Hudlin, producer and director respectively, who succeed in creating a comedy which, unusually for a Murphy film, also exists around him. Full Review
March 18, 2008
TV Guide's Movie Guide
More interesting than entertaining and too long by far. Full Review
June 24, 2006
Stephen Garrett, Time Out
The film is far too slick to be ineffective, but its attempts to play with the sex-war theme are often unbelievably crass. Full Review
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