At 19, Eddie Murphy was hailed as a comic genius. At 23, he signed the biggest deal in motion picture history: five movies for $15 million. At 27, he was considered not only fat but washed up.
Eddie Murphy is back. On the heels (or in the droppings) of ”Harlem Nights,” his underwhelming directing debut, and ”Another 48 Hours,” a picture he admits to ”walking through,” comes Eddie`s latest effort,
”Boomerang.” He plays Marcus Gramm, a marketing executive with an L.A. cosmetics company. The film follows Marcus` exploits in the worlds of business and romance.
”Boomerang” is a welcome departure from the cheesy, sophomoric, sex-oriented antics of Murphy`s earlier films; instead, it turns to
sophisticated, grownup, sex-oriented antics. If I weren`t completely exhausted, I`m sure my analysis would be more probing and my review more witty; as it is, however, I`ll just give ”Boomerang” (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) and head off to bed.
