Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger he finds that his new boss, the ravishing Jacqueline, is treating him in exactly the same way. Completely traumatised by this, his work goes badly downhill.
For all the sex talk in Boomerang, there's very little nudity. The only thing naked is Murphy's vanity.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
6 Jun 2001
rotten:
There's something paradoxical about the ease he radiates in playing a man who is supposed to be a smashing success. As an underdog, Mr. Murphy worked much harder.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
The film is far too slick to be ineffective, but its attempts to play with the sex-war theme are often unbelievably crass.
– Stephen Garrett,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
The general idea is to exploit a certain amount of role reversal, and Reginald Hudlin, who directed House Party, does a fairly good job of making this fun.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
18 Mar 2008
rotten:
In Boomerang Eddie Murphy straitjackets himself in an ill-fitting comedy vehicle that's desperately in need of a reality check.