Charles Dance, Charles Levin, Charlotte Lew
Things started going downhill for Eddie Murphy around the time of this 1986 clunker, in which the comic actor plays a social worker predicted to be the savior of a kidnapped child, who has special pow...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 9, 1999
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September 24, 2009Childhood favourite. I always used to cry when the girl died! I had a crush on her.
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April 1, 2009early eddie was one of the best comedic actors in history. maybe a notch below some of his other eighties flicks, mostly because the film doesnt hold up as well, but this movie is still funny and a lot of fun to watch.
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July 13, 2008Chalk up the first stumbling block in Murphy's career to unreasonably high expectations. This isn't nearly as bad a movie as people make it out to be. It's just infuriating because it misses a bunch of great chances to be entertaining. It could be an adventure flick or an East-me...( read more)
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February 25, 2008Entertaining, thrilling, good humoured, very funny and very 86 effects. Cool actors !
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November 20, 2009A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child that dark forces want to eliminate.
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October 14, 2009The number one movie of 1986, in my eyes at least, The Golden Child. One of Eddie Murphy's best comedic roles before his downfall of Dr Dolittles and Pluto Nashs. Once he lost his signature laugh it was over. But I digress, The Golden Child was a classic 80's movie. With amazing ...( read more)
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September 16, 2009A classic supernatural movie from the 80's. About a child who has powers to save the earth from evil. Eddie Murphy's character is then thrown in to protect this child. A solid story with tons of action, fights and comedy. The F/X was okay but it could have been better in the end....( read more)
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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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February 20, 2008I quite enjoyed the movie it was about Eddie Murphy went to save the golden child froma cage because he got kidnapped and then Eddie Murphy lost is keys but The golden child rubbed is finger and the car movied this was a very special movie and a very good movie and I think its a movie that is worth watching.
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