Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack’s life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. With every word Jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree are toast. Words have never failed Jack McCall, but now he’s got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he’s a goner.
Acting
Eddie Murphy's physical comedy remains undimmed by terrible material.
Production
The fake Bodhi tree deserves its own Razzie nomination.
Director
Brian Robbins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was meant to be Eddie Murphy's 2012 Oscar bait comeback after Dreamgirls. It filmed in 2008 and sat on a shelf for four years. That shelf had the right idea.
The film unintentionally captures late-2000s New Age commodification perfectly—Dr. Sinja's 'Sinja-ism' feels ripped from an era when The Secret was bestseller gospel.
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