Review of Holy Man (1998) by Zach M — 23 May 2008

Want to waste 114 minutes of your life? HERE IS YOUR MOVIE!

This review of Holy Man (1998) was written by Zach M on 23 May 2008.

Holy Man has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 03 Jul 2010

There just aren't many laughs in this slack dramedy, and what yuks there are are fairly low-wattage…

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By Steve H (1,232) on 01 Aug 2009

Pretty funny feel good film, would like to see jeff goldblum in more comedies think he had a flair for it, I film I would only watch if there…

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By Ms Amanda J (191) on 09 Jan 2011

By the late 90s, Eddie Murphy's talents were starting to wear out on screen…

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By Black F (32) on 02 Feb 2012

With Eddie and Jeff, you'd think this was on the right track. Unfortunately, the restrictive rating hurts Eddie more than any other actor out there…

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By Francisco R (420) on 16 Nov 2011

One of Eddie Murphy's better ones. (I know that is not saying a whole lot). It's not overly funny, but it does have quite a nice message to it. Sweet…

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By Yuri B (269) on 30 Mar 2014

It's sad how cynical some of the reviewers how critiqued this film…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 11 Aug 2014

What a waste of a great comedian. What demented casting…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 12 Sep 2011

The result is a poorly-focused motion picture characterized by limp satire and capped off by a final fifteen minutes that could send half of…

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By Arianeta L (188) on 23 Sep 2009

Realy I like a lot Eddie Murphy as a comedy actror but in this film I think he was very bad in his performance…

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By Justin C (995) on 07 Apr 2010

Stephen Herek directed this comedy-drama in which soul-less exec Ricky Hayman (Jeff Goldblum), programmer for the failing Good Buy Shopping…

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