2025's Being Eddie is like a vitalizing conch to pump Eddie Murphy up. I mean it's akin to all Ed's buds and cronies being life coaches to a dude that was once the box office, cream of the crop via the 1980s. In "Being", Murphy gives interviews from his lux mansion as he chills, spouting cuss words and projecting his always-in-character shtick. "I've done so many different types of things." Well Murph, add a 103-minute documentary to that almighty list.
So yeah, let's get back to this thing as a whole shall we. Being Eddie is similar to a tribute video except Eddie is actually there to happily defend himself as opposed to the latter (I'm talking to you Richard Linklater). A film career archive here, an account from Murphy's acting colleagues there, Ed doing ventriloquist stuff a la Richard Pryor and the "Cos" from his kick-arse abode. Yeah "Being" is laid-back as all get out, sort of related to a Jerry Maguire paean except we're praising SNL's favorite son and not good old "TC".
Now do I plan on recommending Being Eddie with its diverting way of showing us the walk of life of a screen legend that we already knew existed? I mean it's decent stuff but nah, not quite, nada. There's a hint of vanity going on here, a smidgen of intentional swagger (even though the Murph man was not a producer or any help behind the scenes). Um, I was a huge fan of Eddie Murphy back in the "Decade of Greed". I've seen Beverly Hills Cop and Beverly Hills Cop II so many times it would make your head spin. I don't really need something pasted together over a bromantic weekend with Ed's crew to tell me what I already could register. Mixed state of "being".
Written by Jesse Burleson
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