Will “Jupiter” Be Redmayne’s “Norbit”?
With Andy and Lana Wachowski‘s problematic “Jupiter Ascending” (Warner Bros., 2.6) opening right smack in the middle of Oscar voting, there’s a joke going around about this being Eddie Redmayne‘s “Norbit” — the turkey reminding voters of the actor’s true inclinations. I object to this because I regard certain segments of “Norbit”, the ones involving the fat Rasputia, to be among the funniest bits in the history of 21-century cinema. I’d like to see Redmayne do the kind of broad comedy Eddie Murphy does in “Norbit” and then contend seriously for an Oscar!
