Dolemite Is My Name

Rating: 6/10

Entertaining but hollow biopic about the early days of Rudy Ray More as played by Eddie Murphy. It’s hard to see Eddie as anyone but Eddie Murphy. Also suffers from the usual Hollywood over-simplification of creative endeavors where the artist gets an idea and minutes later they are performing the final product that we are all familiar with (remember that scene in The Doors where the keyboardist comes up with  the main riff “Light My Fire” after noodling for two seconds).

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