Reception
Holy Man was a major box office failure, as it grossed $12,069,719 in North America, compared to its budget of over $60 million.
The film received mostly negative reviews, with critics complaining about the script and the acting. Based on 48 reviews collected by the film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 12% of critics gave Holy Man a positive review (6 "Fresh"; 42 "Rotten"), with an average rating of 3.7/10.
In 2009, Eddie Murphy referred to Holy Man as a "horrendous movie". Although he did not identify the film by name, he mentioned it on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien as a reference to the film he starred in featuring a cameo with singer James Brown. In November 2011, on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Murphy called Holy Man a horrendous movie.
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