The Nutty Professor (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 95 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Tom Shadyac
Stars: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith and James Coburn
IMDb score:
5,7 (131.169)
Releasedate: 26 June 1996
The Nutty Professor plot
"Inside Sherman Klump, a party animal is about to break out."
dr. Sherman Klump is a kind, brilliant genetics professor who is quite overweight. When the beautiful Carla Purty (Jada Pinkett) arrives to teach college, Sherman immediately falls madly in love and desperately searches for ways to bring his 200-pound body back to generally accepted standards and win her heart. He takes a sip of his experimental fat-reducing serum and transforms into Buddy Love, a smooth toned Don Juan. Unfortunately, both the serum and Buddy Love turn out to be uncontrollable and Sherman is shocked to find that he has created a monster. Can Sherman stop his hideous alter ego before it's too late, or will Buddy win the battle?
Actors and actresses
Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Papa / Mama / Grandma / Ernie
Carla Purty
Harlan Hartley
Dean Richmond
Reggie Warrington
Jason
Sexy Girl
Sexy Girl
Dean's Secretary
Ernie Klump Jr.
Reviews & comments
Onderhond
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- 87679 messages
- 13026 votes
jeez.
I've seen the original with Lewis, but this film doesn't really have much to do with that. This is mainly a full-blooded Murphy comedy where he can take on multiple roles/types. I think that's why the film has some fame.
At least it won't be for the funny humor. Completely corny, predictable and easy humor. The film is mostly loud and busy, but not funny for a moment. Not even a small smile or some timid chuckle on my part. It's been a really long time since I've seen something so painful.
Murphy is also not good enough to carry an entire movie himself, the actors around him are also hanging on and the comedy writers were on strike I think. The film is only 90 minutes long, but every minute of it is one too long. This was really sad.
0.5*
Translated from Dutch · View original
mjk87 (moderator films)
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- 14760 messages
- 4630 votes
Truly a Murphy vehicle. As a fat professor I still like him, but when he is more himself, the film becomes especially annoying. Also as and with his family, those are the lesser pieces. The girl is nice, the effect isn't too bad and the film isn't boring either. The pace is even remarkably good, because at one point the film was already finished. But then again, without Murphy's antics, there would have been something more in this. Although that part with the comedian was funny. 2.5*.
Translated from Dutch · View originalPre- and sequels
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2000
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