What is Norbit?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox film | name = Norbit | image = | alt = | caption = | director = [[Brian Robbins]] | screenplay = {{Plain list | * [[Eddie Murphy]] * [[Charlie Murphy]] * Jay Scherick * David Ronn }} | story = {{Plain list| * Eddie Murphy * Charles Murphy }} | producer = {{Plain list | * [[John Davis (producer)|John Davis]] * Eddie Murphy }} | starring = {{Plain list | * Eddie Murphy * [[Thandie Newton]] * [[Eddie Griffin]] * [[Terry Crews]] * [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]] }} | cinematography = [[Clark Mathis]] | editing = Ned Bastille | music = [[David Newman (composer)|David Newman]] | studio = {{Plain list | * [[DreamWorks Pictures]] * [[Davis Entertainment]] * [[Tollin/Robbins Productions]] * Murphy Films }} | distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]] | released = {{film date|2007|2|9}} | runtime = 102 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $60 million | gross = $159.3 million }} '''''Norbit''''' is a 2007 [[movie]] [[director (film)|directed]] by [[Brian Robbins]], and starring [[Eddie Murphy]]. It was released on February 9, 2007 and was a box-office success and was acclaimed from audience, although it received poor reviews from film critics. == Plot == Norbit Albert Rice ([[Eddie Murphy]]) and Kate Thomas ([[Thandie Newton]]) are best friends at the Golden Wonton Orphanage and Chinese [[restaurant]] run by Mr. Wong (Murphy), until Kate is adopted and they are separated. While being [[Bullying|bullied]] by [[twins]] at a [[playground]] one day, Norbit is saved by Rasputia Latimore (Murphy), an overweight tough girl who, in return for scaring him to be her boyfriend, protects him from other bullies and frightens the other children into playing with him. When they reach adulthood, Rasputia becomes an overbearing, moody, vindictive woman. Eventually, the two marry due to pressure from Rasputia and her three coarse, thuggish older brothers and