Holy Man: Critic Reviews

38%

MovieWeb: 0 reviews

12%

RottenTomatoes: 49 reviews

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Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

17

Full Review » 14 years ago
Janet Maslin New York Times (Top Critic)

40

The film never really explains where G came from or where he's going.
Full Review » 12 years ago
USA Today (Top Critic)

50

Full Review » 12 years ago
Gary Dauphin Village Voice (Top Critic)

Not even Eddie can save this ill-conceived mess of a movie.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

50

This screenplay was in no shape to be filmed; perhaps the filmmakers assumed that the mere presence of Eddie Murphy would repair its wrongs and give them a big opening weekend.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

It may not be earthshaking, but this calmly competent feel-good movie shows that a little sincerity can go a long way.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

25

Full Review » 12 years ago
Leonard Klady Variety (Top Critic)

The material lacks a biting edge.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

50

Full Review » 10 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

50

While Murphy probably has what it takes to make the comedian-to-serious actor transition, he needs to do what Martin, Williams, and Carrey did: hold out for a good script.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Richard Luck Film4

30

Leaves you wondering whether there really is a God.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Maitland McDonagh TV Guide's Movie Guide

50

Good intentions abound, but we all know where they lead.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Betty Jo Tucker ReelTalk Movie Reviews

A thought-provoking but uneven comedy.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Derek Adams Time Out

The kitsch on-air shopping sequences are often very funny.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Ron Wells Film Threat

20

What does Hollywood teach us here? Materialism BAD! Television BAD! Media BAD!
Full Review » 6 years ago
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews

The shallowness and lack of perspective of the story keeps everyone from delivering anything more than a mundane, mildly amusing comedy.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Eugene Novikov Film Blather

42

It's always watchable, sometimes enjoyable, never special.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Jim Shelby Palo Alto Weekly

50

[Murphy] is the only thing that isn't deadeningly predictable here, but it might still be worth the price of a ticket to see him continue to have such fun being a movie star.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Kevin Fiddler Henderson Home News (Henderson, NV)

40

Eddie Murphy's downhill decline
Full Review » 9 years ago
Shannon J. Harvey Sunday Times (Australia)

0

Full Review » 9 years ago
Rob Vaux Flipside Movie Emporium

20

Eddie Murphy still can't pick scripts worth a damn. It's not the worst movie he ever made, but that comes as small comfort when you're suffering through it.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Margaret A. McGurk Cincinnati Enquirer

38

Oh brother, what a preposterous package it uses to deliver its warm and fuzzy message about What Really Matters.
Full Review » 10 years ago
John Esther Pasadena Weekly

40

Full Review » 10 years ago
Lisa Osborne Boxoffice Magazine

60

A clever script and great comic timing from the entire cast take the infomercial parody to a whole new hilarious level.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Tom Meek Boston Phoenix

Holy Man saddles its star with a leaden, melodramatic script that never allows the high jinks to get rolling at Murphy's hyperkinetic pace.
Full Review » 10 years ago