September 23, 2009
This film has its funny moments but overall it?s forgettable.
Charles S. Dutton, Eddie Murphy, Grant Shaud
"Mr. Murphy Goes to Washington." As a sly con man from Florida, Thomas Jefferson Johnson (a name he enjoys reciting), Murphy seems just about perfectly cast. And the notion that a crook would be drawn...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 16, 1999
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April 7, 2009Not bad. A lot funnier than I was expecting. It reminds you just how funny Eddie Murphy can be and how far he's fallen.
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October 22, 2008I saw this when I was in the 8th grade and didn't understand what was going on. At the time I thought it was my not-matured brain. But looking back, it's probably the movie.
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April 9, 2008This began a horrible run of movies for Murphy. The movies just became too self-indulgent after this.
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February 23, 2008I don't think this is eddies best but its entertaining for the most part. I wish there would have been more jokes and the last freeze frame before the credits role is just ugly. the music during the movie is cheesy even for its time but its worth seeing once.
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