YMMV / Holy Man

• Captain Obvious Aesop: Several critics complained that Murphy's supposedly enlightened guru character "G" is considered wise despite only dispensing the "wisdom" of banal platitudes that everyone already knows, such as (and we quote) "Be Careful What You Wish For—you may get it." In particular, Roger Ebert blasted the film for having "G" unironically tell the old parable of the starfish as something that happened to him:
  The movie has him tell the story to listeners whose mouths gape open in astonishment at his wisdom. A smart screenplay would have had someone interrupt him: "Yeah, yeah, I know—it makes a difference to THIS starfish! Everybody's heard that story." If "G" has a comeback, then he's a guru and not just another underwritten character.