Harlem Nights
1,727
Comedy. Drama
Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor) became Quick's (Eddie Murphy) adopted father when an adolescent Quick saved his life. 25 years later, in 1938, Ray runs the most popular club in Harlem, with Quick as his right hand man. Before long, Bugsy, a white mobster (Michael Lerner) comes knocking for a piece of the club's action in the form of weekly protection money, with a crooked cop (Danny Aiello) as the muscle and a dangerous woman (Jasmine Guy) as ... [+]
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"People may go to see Eddie Murphy once, twice, three or even six times in disposable movies like 'Harlem Nights', but if he wants to realize his potential he needs to work with a better writer and director than himself." | ||||
"The best thing about the film is the way it allows Richard Pryor to rise above the demeaning buffoon roles he's been playing for the last few years" | ||||
"Overdone, too rarely funny and, worst of all, boring." | ||||
"'Harlem Nights' isn't the embarrassing vanity production it might have been, there's still not a lot to be said for it." | ||||
"Eddie Murphy's directorial work is amateurish at best." |
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