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The Nutty Professor

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The Nutty Professor (1996)

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Reviews Counted: 44 Fresh: 28  Rotten:16 Average Rating: 5.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Synopsis:
Sweet-natured, university scientist Sherman Klump is understandably insecure about his immense weight, particularly after meeting pretty grad student Carla Purty. He is conducting experiments in the hopes of inventing a formula that will instantly make one thin. After a disastrous... [More]
Sweet-natured, university scientist Sherman Klump is understandably insecure about his immense weight, particularly after meeting pretty grad student Carla Purty. He is conducting experiments in the hopes of inventing a formula that will instantly make one thin. After a disastrous date with Carla (in which a vitriolic stand-up comic makes Sherman his target), the desperate researcher swallows the formula before it's been perfected. The solution not only makes Sherman thin, it transforms him into a smug, obnoxious cad named Buddy Love. Buddy also begins dating Carla (and gets sweet revenge on that comic), but drinks more and more of the solution in an effort to erase Sherman Klump forever. However, the formula has a major side effect: Buddy continually transforms back into the corpulent Sherman, without warning -- and at the most inopportune times... [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, James Coburn, Dave Chappelle, John Ales

Director: Tom Shadyac
Composer: David Newman

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 24, 2007

[DVD Details]

HD DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85
  • HD-15/DVD-9 Double Sided

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround - English, French
  • Subtitles - English (SDH), French - Optional

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the beginning of the end for Eddie Murphy

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Murphy finally revives his considerable comedic gifts for this crowd-pleaser.

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The comic maelstrom known as Eddie Murphy is finally back.

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Funny, vulgar Eddie Murphy--his best to date.

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