i love this movie . i totally disagree with some ( negative ) critique that i have read over the year . this be a great vehicle for eddie murphy . he appear to have a great time with his part a chandler jarrell and he should never care about what the critic say and if he have fun do it and most of his audience enjoy it . and and it be fun to watch a it combine some great fantasy tension with mr. murphy great comedic style . you have to keep in mind that golden child be a fantasy film just an imaginative work of magic and wonder amidst the real world . during the time this film be release and i be work in a video rental store . this be one of the most popular with all our customer . every single time and we put this one up on our monitor and all the copy we have go out fast with wait list request that keep it on the queue for month . everyone who rent it love it . i be the resident film critic and all my regular customer would ask my opinion before they rent this be one of my favorite and i know the taste of my customer so i highly recommend this one to most of them . i really feel that this film be a sleeper it may not have do too well at the box office due to very poor marketing but it hit a high in the video rental and purchase market later . ( yes and i do buy this film for my own video library . ) . i adore the little boy who play the golden child j. l. reate but after look at his profile in imdb and i notice that he never do any more film . that be sad and because he definitely have an on screen aura and could have continue with a film career . i also adore victor wong and who play the old man ( i love him in his part a egg shen in big trouble in little china 1986 ) . at any rate and this be a great film . the only drawback that do not seem to fit with the theme be some of the part that get a bit more adult in nature such a chandler rather sexual remark about the serpent lady that be present to him a a silhouette . it be funny and but it still be out of sync . ok and so there be a few suggestive gratuitous scene those be put in for the mind set of the day perhaps . this be still an adventurous and escapist type of film which we do need today to get away from all the hard core reality and depress fluff that we be hit with from hollywood . now that entertainment .