Who Won the Movie?
Van Lathan selects Halle Berry; Wesley Morris and Bill Simmons select Eddie Murphy. Berry is credited with the film’s most durable breakout role, while Murphy is praised for an unusually mature, generous and vulnerable comic performance.
In the discussion (6)
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- Van Lathan answers Halle Berry. — Van Lathan
- Van argues Berry is the movie’s hidden star and that its love story gave her the stickiest role she had played. — Van Lathan
- Wesley Morris chooses Eddie Murphy because making the film broadened his interest in Black family and cultural life on screen. — Wesley Morris
- Wesley praises Murphy’s tenderness, vulnerability and control of Marcus as a character distinct from himself. — Wesley Morris
- Bill also chooses Murphy and calls it his best adult performance. — Bill Simmons
- Bill says Murphy uses all the pieces and makes the most people better in the movie. — Bill Simmons