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The Nutty Professor (1963)

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Release Date: Jun 4, 1963 Wide

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Professor Julius F. Kelp (Jerry Lewis) is an addle-brained, absent-minded chemistry instructor always incurring the wrath of the university administration by continually blowing up the classroom laboratory. The shy guy has his eyes on the student body of Stella (Stella Stevens). When a football-playing bully humiliates him, Kelp tries to concoct a chemical to help him gain physical strength and stature. The potion turns him into the handsome, hard-edged nightclub singer named Buddy Love. The

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Classics, Comedy

Jerry Lewis, Bill Richmond

Oct 17, 2000

Paramount Home Video

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All Critics (26) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (3) | DVD (9)

Jerry Lewis' Jekyll-Hyde spoof is dated but great.

March 20, 2009 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

a quite funny romp

March 8, 2008

Certainly Jerry Lewis at his best.

January 2, 2005

It's a brilliant job of direction, but the film couldn't have worked without Lewis' performance in both roles.

October 19, 2004 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid
Combustible Celluloid

Contains some of Lewis's most outré directorial flourishes.

October 14, 2004 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine

The entire Jerry Lewis collection gives a chance to witness his varied range, which, by now, many movie-goers have forgotten or are unware of.

October 10, 2004 Full Review
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

Silly, manic, juvenile, square, unfunny in an offensive way and serving as an egomaniacal testament to Mr. Lewis.

April 3, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comments (3)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Much better than the remake; Jerry Lewis' best movie.

January 31, 2004
Atlantic City Weekly

Audience Reviews for The Nutty Professor

Pretty good movie, and this is coming from somewhere who isn't a Jerry Lewis fan...not by a long shot.
May 23, 2007
webalina

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Jerry Lewis' best film. That's like having a heirarchy of manure.
March 18, 2007
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    1. Prof. Julius Ferris Kelp: Hey lady! Hello lady type person type thing!
    – Submitted by Jesse K (8 months ago)

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July 16, 2012:
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Foreign Titles

  • Der verrückte Professor (DE)
  • The Nutty Professor (1963) (UK)
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