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The Golden Child

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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
"It is funnier, more assured and more tailored to Murphy than 'Beverly Hills Cop' and it shows a side of his comic persona that I don't think has been much appreciated (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"  POS
United StatesUnited States Miami Herald "It's not awful; it isn't dull. But The Golden Child is a kids' film, and there are times when Murphy himself seems uncomfortable, as if he knows he's making a movie he wouldn't pay to see." NEU
United StatesUnited States
Variety
Variety
"A strange hybrid of Far Eastern mysticism, treacly sentimentality, diluted reworkings of Eddie Murphy’s patented confrontation scenes across racial and cultural boundaries, and dragged-in ILM special effects monsters" NEG
United StatesUnited States
The Washington Post
The Washington Post
"Ritchie has taken Dennis Feldman's script and turned what might have been a lovely fantasy into a half-baked comedy without a heart."  NEG
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Empire
Empire
"Toying with themes too serious for it and stars too big for it, this fantasy is incalculably less than the sum of it's parts (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"  NEG
United StatesUnited States
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
"A flabby disappointment. The jokes die, the action curdles. Much of it falls as flat as smashed tinsel" NEG
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