Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.
Acting
Murphy's celebrity impressions are surgical precision.
Direction
Townsend captures live-wire intimacy of the Garden.
Writing
Every bit builds like a perfect storm of filth.
Director
Robert Townsend
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Murphy filmed this at 26, already a $20 million box office king returning to his stand-up roots.
The leather suit became iconic shorthand for '80s excess; Murphy later admitted it was ridiculously hot.
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