cv678_14887.txt

who_WP
knew_VBD
that_DT
in_IN
16_CD
years_NNS
eddie_NP
murphy_NP
,_,
who_WP
made_VBD
such_DT
a_DT
brash_NN
,_,
raucous_JJ
big-screen_IN
splash_NN
in_IN
_48_hrs_???
._.
__???
,_,
would_MD
become_VB
._.
._.
._.
cuddly_JJ
._.
the_DT
disconcerting_JJ
trend_NN
begun_VBN
in_IN
this_DT
summer_NN
's_POS
cutesy_NN
,_,
largely_RB
laugh-free_NN
_doctor_dolittle__???
continues_VBZ
with_IN
this_DT
earnest-to-a-fault_NN
dramedy_NN
._.
although_CS
he_PP
is_BEZ
top-billed_VBN
,_,
here_RB
murphy_NP
is_BEZ
merely_RB
support_NN
for_IN
jeff_NP
goldblum_NN
,_,
who_WP
plays_VBZ
ricky_NP
hayman_NN
,_,
the_DT
programming_NN
director_NN
at_IN
a_DT
home_NN
shopping_NN
network_NN
._.
sales_NN
are_BER
way_NN
down_IN
,_,
and_CC
ricky_NP
's_POS
job_NN
hangs_VBZ
by_IN
a_DT
thread_NN
until_CS
he_PP
meets_VBZ
g_NN
(_(
murphy_NP
)_)
,_,
a_DT
mysterious_JJ
spiritual_JJ
guru_NN
whom_WP
a_NN
desperate_JJ
ricky_NP
puts_VBZ
on_IN
the_DT
air_NN
._.
while_CS
sales_NN
skyrocket_NN
and_CC
g_NN
becomes_VBZ
an_DT
overnight_JJ
sensation_NN
,_,
the_DT
reinvigorated_VBN
ricky_NP
's_POS
greed_NN
grows_VBZ
,_,
endangering_VBG
his_PP$
budding_JJ
romance_NN
with_IN
a_DT
goodhearted_VBN
media_NN
research_NN
consultant_NN
(_(
kelly_NP
preston_NP
)_)
._.
writer_NN
tom_NP
schulman_NN
has_HVZ
some_DT
promising_JJ
ideas_NNS
,_,
satirizing_VBG
home_NN
shopping_NN
and_CC
infomercials_NNS
and_CC
the_DT
nature_NN
of_IN
instant_NN
celebrity_NN
._.
but_CC
these_DT
ideas_NNS
would_MD
have_HV
more_DT
bite_NN
if_CS
stephen_NP
herek_NP
had_HVD
invested_VBN
any_DT
energy_NN
into_IN
the_DT
direction_NN
of_IN
the_DT
film_NN
._.
the_DT
sluggishly_RB
paced_VBD
_holy_man__???
is_BEZ
not_XNOT
only_RB
slow_JJ
and_CC
overlong_JJ
(_(
113_CD
minutes_NNS
)_)
,_,
but_CC
an_DT
unfunny_NN
bore_NN
,_,
and_CC
murphy_NP
can_MD
do_DO
little_DT
to_IN
juice_NN
up_RP
the_DT
proceedings_NNS
;_;
cleansed_VBN
of_IN
both_PDT
the_DT
attitude_NN
_and__???
comic_NN
sensibility_NN
that_CS
made_VBN
him_PP
a_DT
star_NN
(_(
g_NN
is_BEZ
,_,
for_IN
the_DT
most_DT
part_NN
,_,
a_DT
straight_JJ
man_NN
)_)
,_,
he_PP
is_BEZ
a_DT
curiously_RB
lifeless_JJ
presence_NN
._.
goldblum_NN
is_BEZ
actually_RB
quite_RB
good_JJ
,_,
but_CC
it_PP
's_BEZ
hard_JJ
for_IN
the_DT
audience_NN
to_IN
sustain_VB
much_RB
interest_NN
in_IN
his_PP$
character_NN
and_CC
spiritual_JJ
journey_NN
when_CS
the_DT
director_NN
doesn't_DOZ
seem_VB
to_TO
be_BE
much_DT
interested_JJ
,_,
either_RB
._.