WHAT IT'S ABOUT Eddie Murphy tells his story in "Being Eddie," a Netflix documentary that tries to offer some insight into the press-shy icon.

The Roosevelt-raised performer goes back to his beginnings , with the movie including a clip of an early stand-up performance at Hofstra University, and he brings us through each step of the familiar biography.

There's the breakout sensation on "Saturday Night Live" ; the early movie hits "48 Hrs.," "Trading Places" and "Beverly Hills Cop"; the stand-up specials "Delirious" and "Raw"; the drive to break free of the familiar by directing and starring in "Harlem Nights"; the rebranding with family movie hits like "Shrek" and "The Nutty Professor," and more, straight through to the present.

Director Angus Wall (a two-time Oscar winner for his w

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