Irish, Murphy doing absolutely crap isn't anything new. In fact, his downward spiral began with THE GOLDEN CHILD, a turkey of a flop. I dare you to watch that turd sometime.
I did and I own it on DVD. It's better than any comedy he did in the 1990s save for BOOMERANG and BEVERLY HILLS COP III
Umm, what about THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN? Not really a special comedy, but it did have a cool political plot(scheming jerk who happened to have the same last name as his Congressman, runs for that House seat, and WINS based on name recognition) that actually came true years later(Then again, director Jonathan Lynn was the brains behind YES MINISTER, that great British TV series about politics).
THE GOLDEN CHILD for Eddie Murphy is for that career like LAST ACTION HERO was for Arnold Schwarzenegger: Super big-budget lame dud that wrecked their careers.
I never saw THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN, but surprise surprise, I did enjoy LAST ACTION HERO. Sure it's lame, but at least it's better than JUNIOR, KINDERGARDEN COP, etc.
