Boomerang was definitely a step in that direction.
#BOOMERANG EDDIE MURPHY MOVIE#
Even though his previous turn as Prince Akeem in Coming to America had romance in it, the movie didn’t offer Murphy a true romantic lead part. In his past movies, Murphy was more an over-the-top comedian versus the more grounded character in Boomerang. According to director Reginald Hudlin, the intent was to give audiences a different type of character for Eddie Murphy to play. Who gets whom?Įddie Murphy was coming off the success of Another 48 Hours when he took on the role of Marcus. Love in a romantic comedy can be quite confusing. After overhearing how Marcus talks about her to Jacqueline, Angela decides Marcus isn’t for her. Gerard is mad because he and Angela have instead become great friends and Gerard thinks Marcus is going to treat her how he treats all the other women in his life. They get closer, ending up in bed together. After almost ruining a big business deal, Jacqueline forces Marcus to take some paid time off instead of being fired.ĭuring his downtime, Marcus begins to hang out with Angela. Marcus is unable to handle the office gossip and his work suffers for it.
Marcus then finds out that Jacqueline has been bragging about the relationship. She keeps him in line with sex, she ignores his feelings, she is in complete control of their relationship. Marcus slowly begins to fall for Jacqueline, but he starts to realize she is treating him exactly how he treats other women. The big test for Marcus is the next morning when he sees her feet. But on a business trip to New Orleans, she unexpectedly invites him to her room, where the two have sex.
#BOOMERANG EDDIE MURPHY TV#
Despite using all his charms, Jacqueline ignores him, finding basketball on TV more interesting. But Marcus has no interest, so he sets up Gerard with her. During the party to celebrate the merger, Marcus is also introduced to Angela Lewis (Halle Berry). Marcus decides to spend the night with her, thinking he will be getting a promotion from it but is shocked when the following day he is introduced to his new boss, Jacqueline. She invites Marcus home with her and has bad intentions for the pair. The company Eddie Murphy’s Marcus works for has been bought by cosmetics mogul Lady Eloise (Eartha Kitt). His best pals Gerard (David Alan Grier) and Tyler (Martin Lawrence) let him know his standards are way too high, especially given the fact that Marcus mainly judges women by their feet. He will lie to any woman to get what he wants and doesn’t plan on settling down until he finds his perfect woman. He takes what he wants, when he wants, and doesn’t mind letting others know. Life seems to be going splendidly for Eddie Murphy’s Marcus, the cocky ad exec and notorious womanizer. She treats him exactly as how he treats the woman around him.
Things begin to go sideways for Marcus, who is always in control when he meets his new boss Jacqueline Broyer (played by Robin Givens), and quickly realizes that she is the female version of himself. Vastly underrated, Boomerang is a 1992 romantic comedy starring Eddie Murphy as Marcus Graham, a self-assured advertising executive who is a brazen womanizer and male chauvinist.
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