Eddie Murphy Raw

Eddie Murphy Raw(1987)

"Shock has its value."

7.3/10
349 votes
90 minNovember 25, 1987

Overview

Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.

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