Look, Eddie Murphy's performance is a technical marvel—playing the entire Klump family with distinct voices and mannerisms won the makeup team an Oscar. But the movie itself? It's a mess of fart jokes and fat-shaming wrapped around a paper-thin 'be yourself' message that it constantly contradicts.

The infamous dinner table scenes are gross-out comedy dialed to 11, and while some teens find that hilarious, it's exhausting for everyone else. Buddy Love is intentionally obnoxious, but that doesn't make him fun to watch. The romance feels obligatory, and the sci-fi premise is just window dressing for Murphy's character showcase.

Nearly 30 years later, this plays as aggressively dated—the humor that felt edgy in 1996 now feels mean-spirited and lazy. The 44% Rotten Tomatoes audience score tells the real story: even people who wanted to like this walked away disappointed. Unless you're specifically nostalgic for 90s Eddie Murphy or studying prosthetic makeup, there are better ways to spend 95 minutes.