Overview
- The one-off documentary, directed by Angus Wall, is now streaming and features new at-home access alongside interviews with Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Kevin Hart, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Bruckheimer and others.
- Murphy reflects on formative family trauma, including his parents’ divorce and his father’s killing, and credits his stepfather Vernon Lynch as a stabilizing influence.
- Archival footage of the late Charlie Murphy anchors a brief moment the star describes as a rare instance of being "totally vulnerable."
- The film revisits Murphy’s long rift with Saturday Night Live after a 1995 joke, his 2019 return to host, and his evolving relationship with fame and stand-up.
- Reviewers call the profile reverential and selective, noting omissions around past controversies and relationships while underscoring Murphy’s outsize cultural impact and avoidance of drugs and public funerals.