Loved Eddie Murphy's "Holy Man" ... and Don't Care to See It Again

Uncle MythMan says

I only saw the last 45-or-so minutes of Holy Man, and (just in case my ratings of it are 'hidden') I both a) loved the movie and b) don't want to see it again (like I do The Devil's Advocate.)

Not because it's not a good movie! It's an excellent movie! It's just that the part I saw was so efficiently-written, I'm afraid the actual beginnings would be disappointing compared to the ones the writers hinted-at in the portion I saw (... [take a breath] ... sort of like the beginnings implied in popular fantasy versus the boring truth or the geeky cause-and-effect).

Directed by Stephen Herek.
Starring Jon Cryer, Jeff Goldblum, Robert Loggia, Eddie Murphy, Kelly Preston.

Stephen Herek directed this comedy-drama in which soul-less exec Ricky Hayman (Jeff Goldblum), programmer for the failing Good Buy Shopping Network, is dismayed by a request to increase sales in two weeks. Bald do-gooder guru G. (Eddie Murphy) assists when Ricky and marketing director Kate (Kelly Preston) get a freeway flat. When G. passes out, tests indicate a heart murmur and heat prostration, so the robed prophet becomes Ricky's house guest. At a party, G. uses hypnosis and psychology to rid guest Nino Cerruti (portraying himself) of his flying fears. Ricky witnesses this and gets the notion to put G. on the air. Unfortunately, G. ignores both cue cards and on-sale products, prompting station owner McBainbridge (Robert Loggia) to calculate Ricky's severance pay. He's back on the job when both sales and ratings soar. The situation eventually causes Ricky to reexamine how his own values became lost in the labyrinth of corporate consumerism. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide