This is known as the only movie Eddie Murphy ever directed. It's no mystery on why he never directed a movie ever again!
I am not even sure what this movie is supposed to be about! The movie follows 2 people who run a gambling business, but the movie hardly follows the story-line!
The movie in all honesty seems to just be an excuse to curse constantly, there's around 130 F words alone, and other curse words to fill in those blanks, and they serve no purpose.
I don't care if a movie has profanity, but I do care if it uses it constantly with no purpose. I make exceptions like with The Departed, but some movies like this use it to no advantage whatsoever.(Another example is The Wolf of Wall Street for it being pointless.)
Even Roger Ebert in his 2/4 star review made note of this, writing: "Murphy and Pryor are famous for their liberal use of four and 12-letter words in their comedy monologues, but did Harlem dandies in the 1930s speak like stand-up comedians in the 1980s? I don't think so. " I don't think so, either.
There are a handful of scenes I enjoyed, like Eddie Murphy's fight with Della Reese for instance, but I would rather look them up on You Tube then see the whole movie again!
Overall, there is no reason to see this movie. Coming To America or The Nutty Professor would be better comedies Murphy did. I wouldn't even tell someone on a mission to see every Eddie Murphy movie ever made to see Harlem Nights!
This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen, and I don't say that much! Nearly any other Eddie Murphy movie is more worthy of seeing.
I am not even sure what this movie is supposed to be about! The movie follows 2 people who run a gambling business, but the movie hardly follows the story-line!
The movie in all honesty seems to just be an excuse to curse constantly, there's around 130 F words alone, and other curse words to fill in those blanks, and they serve no purpose.
I don't care if a movie has profanity, but I do care if it uses it constantly with no purpose. I make exceptions like with The Departed, but some movies like this use it to no advantage whatsoever.(Another example is The Wolf of Wall Street for it being pointless.)
Even Roger Ebert in his 2/4 star review made note of this, writing: "Murphy and Pryor are famous for their liberal use of four and 12-letter words in their comedy monologues, but did Harlem dandies in the 1930s speak like stand-up comedians in the 1980s? I don't think so. " I don't think so, either.
There are a handful of scenes I enjoyed, like Eddie Murphy's fight with Della Reese for instance, but I would rather look them up on You Tube then see the whole movie again!
Overall, there is no reason to see this movie. Coming To America or The Nutty Professor would be better comedies Murphy did. I wouldn't even tell someone on a mission to see every Eddie Murphy movie ever made to see Harlem Nights!
This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen, and I don't say that much! Nearly any other Eddie Murphy movie is more worthy of seeing.