Word: erst
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Eddie Murphy is dead. Long live Eddie Murphy. In his latest movie, the erst-while superstar delivers a captivating, many-sided performance that ironically succeeds most when Murphy exaggerates and demonizes the very character that launched him to stardom--the brash, vulgar fast-talker able to one-up anyone. But returning constantly to the lower end of the roller coaster -- bathroom humor and insipid romance -- the movie acquires a wearying, frustrating rhythm of unbearable idiocy alternating with high-quality hilarity...