Fat people, apparently, are hilarious. So when lonely nerd Norbit (Eddie Murphy) is bullied into marrying the giant Rasputia (Murphy again), hilarity should surely ensue. Instead, chuckle-free stereotypes of the obese, the black and the Chinese (Murphy yet again) are rolled out as Norbit tries to re-connect with long-lost love Kate (Thandie Newton) and stop her from marrying deceitful Deion (Oscar-winner Cuba Gooding Jr. tarnishing his statuette yet more).
Why it takes such elaborate prosthetics to render such slight characters is as big a mystery as why a post-Dreamgirls Eddie Murphy should choose now to jeopardise his own Oscar chances
