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Boomerang (1992) Rank 5 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Boomerang (1992) a score of 2.7267 out of 4
based on (18) reviews
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Boomerang (1992) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
In May of 1991, at the Cannes Film Festival, Eddie Murphy joined the audience that saw John Singleton's "Boyz N the Hood," and afterwards he led the cheering. I wondered exactly what he ...read the complete Boomerang movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Boomerang (1992) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Apollo Guide (Scott Weinberg)Apollo Guide (Scott Weinberg)
Attempting to answer critics who labelled him as misogynistic, Eddie Murphy signed on for the romantic comedy Boomerang in 1992. Surely nobody could call Eddie a woman-hater after starring in a comedy in which a swingin’ playboy gets all sorts of ...read the complete Boomerang movie review at Apollo Guide (Scott Weinberg)
Boomerang (1992) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Boomerang (1992) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
The period of Eddie Murphy's career between Coming to America in 1987 and The Nutty Professor in 1996 has always been considered a darker period, with Murphy struggling to retain his superstar status only to find commercial failure. While audiences genera ...read the complete Boomerang movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Boomerang (1992) scores a combined 2.78 out of 4 stars for Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
The period of Eddie Murphy's career between Coming to America in 1987 and The Nutty Professor in 1996 has always been considered a darker period, with Murphy struggling to retain his superstar status only to find commercial failure. While audiences genera ...read the complete Boomerang movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Boomerang (1992) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide ()TV Guide's Movie Guide ()
More interesting than entertaining and too long by far. ...read the complete Boomerang movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide ()
Boomerang (1992) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine (Lloyd Bradley)Empire Magazine (Lloyd Bradley)
Then there's the input from Warrington and Reginald Hudlin, producer and director respectively, who succeed in creating a comedy which, unusually for a Murphy film, also exists around him. ...read the complete Boomerang movie review at Empire Magazine (Lloyd Bradley)

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2.5594
Boomerang (1992) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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2.7267
Boomerang (1992) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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