Fresh
This film -- insignificant and lightweight and monumentally silly -- is entertaining from beginning to end.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Golden Child
Eddie Murphy is the chosen one.
1986 · 1h 34m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Directed by
Michael Ritchie
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The Golden Child
Overview
After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."
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A half-baked comedy without a heart.
Paul Attanasio, Washington Post
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