The Adventures of Pluto Nash

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The Adventures of Pluto Nash

PG-13

2002

1h 35m

Comedy

Sci-Fi

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"Pluto Nash" is an action comedy set on the moon in the year 2087, starring Eddie Murphy as the title character, an audacious nightclub owner who finds himself in hot water when he refuses to sell his club to the local mob. The lunar gangsters are helping the mysterious Rex Crater mastermind a plan to take over the moon.

Critics Consensus

The Adventures of Pluto Nash is neither adventurous nor funny, and Eddie Murphy is on autopilot in this notorious box office bomb.

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Stephen Hunter

Washington Post

07/26/2014

The result is something quite rare in professional show business: 1 1/2 hours of pure blankness. It's there but it's not there. It is but it isn't. It has nothing to offer. It's not forgettable, really, because there's nothing to forget.

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Jonathan Curiel

San Francisco Chronicle

05/23/2013

1/4

Formulaic films are released every week, but it's rare that one has a $100 million budget, big stars whose roles are embarrassing to watch and unusual special effects that only serve to mask a predictable plot and cliche-ridden scenes.

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David Hiltbrand

Philadelphia Inquirer

05/23/2013

1/4

A paralyzingly dopey mess, Pluto sat on the shelf for more than a year while Warner Bros. tried to inject some life into it. You might as well try to revive a stuffed moose.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

08/18/2022

1/5

As for Eddie Murphy – he just looks bored. He's done action and comedy successfully before, but it looks like he got amnesia when he stepped onto this set.

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Cory Woodroof

615 Film

07/17/2022

One of the worst movies of all time? No way. A middling-yet-relatively-enjoyable sci-fi romp? Why not.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

11/06/2019

As Murphy himself decries in the first few moments of the film, "Horrible, horrible, horrible, that was terrible."

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Lunar A.

@DoritosBag420 Feb 6

One time, I gave Buzz Lightyear, Mario, Luigi, Finn, and Steve tickets to see this movie. Then I shot Buzz and saw my babies in the snack section. After that, I started the movie and Eddie Murphy shot them all with an RPG. It was amazing I will say.

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R.I.S T

@R.I.S Jan 4

Possibly one of THE films of all time My favourite part was when Eddie Murphy showed up from the screen and shot me with an RPG

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Lay L

@Unicorn1650 Dec 28

I thought it was a cute fifth element type of movie everyone tries to say it’s a bad movie but I think it’s futuristic especially the body change scene cus that’s all that’s happening in 2025 lol I will say the end is a little confusing tho

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Spy C

@RT39724904 Sep 13

I watched this movie with Fin from Adventure Time, Mario from the hit Nintendo series of the same name, Minecraft Steve, Buzz Lightyear, & Luigi from Mario. The staff member that happened to vend my ticket was a rather large (human sized) anthropomorphic bag of cheese Doritos. It was quite the experience & I cannot recommend it enough to anyone with a working frontal lobe.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone May 28

Filme ruim, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom.

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Dylan Y

@RT32340148 04/22/2025

amazing movie. went to go see it and was greeted by a doritos bag and gave me a whole pizza when i asked for a ticket.

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Synopsis

"Pluto Nash" is an action comedy set on the moon in the year 2087, starring Eddie Murphy as the title character, an audacious nightclub owner who finds himself in hot water when he refuses to sell his club to the local mob. The lunar gangsters are helping the mysterious Rex Crater mastermind a plan to take over the moon.

Director: Ron Underwood
Producer: Martin Bregman, Michael Scott Bregman, Louis A. Stroller, Shakir Aibanii
Screenwriter: Neil Cuthbert
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: NPV Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Humor|Language|Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 16, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.4M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, SDDS, DTS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)