Eddie Murphy wanted to tell Rudy Ray Moore's story in 'Dolemite Is My Name,' knowing many would wonder if it was true. Amazingly, much of it is.

In Dolemite Is My Name, Eddie Murphy delivers one of the best performances of his career, but what's truly surprising is the true story of Rudy Ray Moore that the film is based on.

Eddie Murphy is back in a big way in the Netflix biopic 'Dolemite Is My Name,' and the 1970s blaxploitation hero is the comedian's greatest-hits role. Watch Party Newsletter Best TV shows of 2025 ...

The 1975 movie “Dolemite,” an actual movie starring the real Rudy Ray Moore, has all of this and more. It’s also bad — so-bad-it’s-kind-of-enjoyable-bad, but still, it’s bad.

“Dolemite Is My Name” chronicles the making of the film with some of the purest comedy the screen has seen in years. It’s a film-within-a-film that stands apart from contemporary comedies ...

“Dolemite Is My Name” tells the story of a black man trying to make and market a film in a world full of shut doors, so it’s about a struggle that’s on some level heroic.

Overtly vulgar and salacious, “Dolemite Is My Name” is an unabashed celebration of the spirit and life of 1970s blaxploitation-era film icon Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy).

And if “Dolemite Is My Name” seems content to stay on the surface of things and just give people a good time, perhaps that’s a testament to how seamlessly it weaves in a greater resonance.

“Dolemite Is My Name” kicks off the Eddie Murphy renaissance that’s been a very long time coming. And this comic biopic is a blast from start to finish. As ’70s cult comedian Rudy Ray ...

In “Dolemite Is My Name,” Eddie Murphy takes a good idea and runs with it, soars with it, and turns it into a great, if wildly erratic, twofer tribute—to a singular legend of black ...