Holy Man
The film follows Ricky Hayman who is a famous evangelist attempts to find the way to make television home shopping become a religious experience. He must go through fire and water to attain his goal.
8 April 1952, Huntington, West Virginia, USA
6 December 1938, Brussels, Belgium
23 July 1951, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
28 January 1926, Franklinton, North Carolina, USA
17 May 1927, USA
23 February 1965, Detroit, Michigan, USA
16 June 1956, Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA
6 October 1948, Trinidad, British West Indies [now Trinidad and Tobago]
25 August 1975, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
December 06, 2005
What does Hollywood teach us here? Materialism BAD! Television BAD! Media BAD!
April 09, 2005
The shallowness and lack of perspective of the story keeps everyone from delivering anything more than a mundane, mildly amusing comedy.
May 22, 2003
It's always watchable, sometimes enjoyable, never special.
July 21, 2009
Good intentions abound, but we all know where they lead.
January 01, 2000
About halfway through Holy Man the terrible reality sets in: Oh, no, they mean for us to take this seriously.
July 21, 2009
Leaves you wondering whether there really is a God.
January 01, 2000
The film never really explains where G came from or where he's going.
July 01, 2009
The material lacks a biting edge.
May 16, 2009
A thought-provoking but uneven comedy.
June 24, 2006
The kitsch on-air shopping sequences are often very funny.
January 01, 2000
While Murphy probably has what it takes to make the comedian-to-serious actor transition, he needs to do what Martin, Williams, and Carrey did: hold out for a good script.
July 21, 2009
It may not be earthshaking, but this calmly competent feel-good movie shows that a little sincerity can go a long way.
