Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Jon Cryer

Eddie Murphy stars as an over-the-top television evangelist who finds a way to turn television home shopping into a religious experience, and takes America by storm.

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32% liked it

36,555 ratings

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13% liked it

48 critics

PG, 114 min.

Directed by: Stephen Herek

Release Date: October 9, 1998

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DVD Release Date: May 18, 1999

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Flixster Reviews (606)


  • March 8, 2008
    This was so bad, I fell asleep watching this in the middle of the day!
  • August 12, 2007
    Funny funny funny Eddie gives us that guru stuff!
  • July 14, 2007
    Reasonable well-meaning but preachy comedy, that seemed more than a little hypocritical to me. Nice to see Murphy doing something different to his usual mugging and foul-mouthed schtick.
  • January 23, 2007
    decent flick
  • August 27, 2006
    Funny, thought-provoking, and quite intriguing. Eddie Murphy at his best!
  • October 19, 2009
    Plot 3
    Production 3
    Entertainment 4
    Characters 4
    Originality 5
  • October 5, 2009
    A little predictable, to be fair. I don't like seeing Jeff Goldblum being an ass, too.
  • September 24, 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
  • September 23, 2009
    again silly.. but entertaining
  • July 3, 2009
    G G G G... G G G G...
    G = good. I don't like Eddie Murphy, but his acting skills are fascinating.

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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

January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

About halfway through Holy Man the terrible reality sets in: Oh, no, they mean for us to take this seriously. full review

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