I watched a second Netflix documentary tonight, this one much more upbeat that the previous one. I saw the Netflix documentary on Eddie Murphy’s life and career called Being Eddie.

We follow through the career of Eddie Murphy, with his own words. There are plenty of moments of Eddie Murphy talking about the aspects of his life, from SNL to Beverly Hills Cop to his Oscar nomination back to SNL.

There are a bunch of other comedians who appear as talking heads on the doc to speak about Eddie’s success and his career. Others in the doc included Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle, Arsenio Hall, Chris Rock, Kevin Hart, Pete Davidson, Jamie Foxx, and Tracy Morgan. We meet Eddie’s older brother, Charlie Murphy, who resembled his brother considerably. The doc interviewed writer Barry Blaustein as well as film director John Landis.

The doc was filled with nostalgia over the early days of Eddie’s career. Flashes from SNL and his early movies were great. They spent time on the joke on SNL by David Spade that ticked Eddie off. They touched on the film Norbit, which is widely considered to have cost Eddie an Academy Award for Dream Girls.

They talked about his recording of “Party All the Time” and showed clips of Eddie on different talk shows.

The doc was very fun. It certainly was not deeply in-depth. It did not dive too much into the deep problems and when it brought up difficulties, they were just touched upon.

Still, it was a fun watch and a nice palate cleanser after the rougher “The Perfect Neighbor.”

3.5 stars