In the new Netflix documentary Being Eddie, released on November 12, 2025, Eddie Murphy reflects on his early rise on Saturday Night Live, the long-running tension that kept him away from the program ...

The film captures his electrifying early years in vivid detail, though like Murphy himself it grows less satisfying as he loses his edge. In “Being Eddie,” the engaging if also relentlessly upbeat and ...

Some fans already think it's worth watching for the cast alone ...

Eddie Murphy, as he has always been the first to acknowledge, is the rare comedian who set out to model himself on rock ‘n’ roll superstardom. He wanted to be Richard Pryor, but he also wanted to be ...