The Nutty Professor (1996)

All Critics (54) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (35) | Rotten (19) | DVD (14)

[Murphy] is able to invest his Professor Klump with an endearing dignity, give his lounge lizard alter ego, Buddy Love, an alligator's bite and then go on from there to play Klump's grandma. Also his mother, father and brother.

June 6, 2009 Full Review

Richard Schickel

TIME Magazine

Top Critic

Murphy's most assured work in some time.

March 26, 2009 Full Review

Variety Staff

Variety

Top Critic

This is good, seamless comedy.

August 20, 2002

Kevin McManus

Washington Post

Top Critic

This is a chance to see Murphy doing what he does best, and for that alone it's worth seeing.

June 18, 2002 Full Review

Edward Guthmann

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

The flick is sketch comedy spun out to feature length.

April 12, 2002 Full Review

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

Eddie Murphy is funny again. Sadly, he lacks the guts to follow through on the cathartic self-satire that gives the film its distinction.

May 12, 2001

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Top Critic

There's bold work here from Murphy on grand scale of thespian commitment, yet the feature's sense of humor is more dreary than playful, killing the potential of the premise with a constant display of bad taste.

August 19, 2012 Full Review

Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

A dumb, offensive movie--a good one to skip.

January 2, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Michael Scheinfeld

Common Sense Media

Murphy turns the dual roles of a meek academician and his smarmy alter ego, Buddy Love, into an excoriating exercise in self-disclosure.

June 6, 2009 Full Review

TV Guide's Movie Guide

All in all, a pretty thin comedy.

June 6, 2009 Full Review | Comment (1)

Film4

the beginning of the end for Eddie Murphy

December 2, 2005 Full Review | Comment (1)

Chris Cabin

Filmcritic.com

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

June 9, 2005

Rob Thomas

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Welcome back (I hope), Eddie Murphy.

April 9, 2005 Full Review

Robin Clifford

Reeling Reviews

The comic maelstrom known as Eddie Murphy is finally back.

January 8, 2005 Full Review

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

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

October 25, 2004

Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan

• 1. Papa Klump: Oprah and Luther need to keep their asses one way, because I'm confused.
  – Submitted by Jed G (2 months ago)
• 1. Buddy Love: I heard of dreadlocks, but ****locks?
  – Submitted by Alex K (7 months ago)
• 1. Mama Klump: Don't nobody wanna hear your flatuance, Cletus Klump!
  2. Papa Klump: [farts]
  – Submitted by Jed G (12 months ago)
• 1. Buddy Love: It's showtime, everybody!
  – Submitted by Jed G (12 months ago)
• 1. Carla Purty: Some 'Buddy' is right.
  – Submitted by Jed G (12 months ago)
• 1. Mama Klump: Have you noticed that Sherman's been actin' kind of strange lately?
  2. Carla Purty: Sherman has definitely been acting strange lately.
  3. Mama Klump: I knew it! See, Cletus? I told you!
  4. Papa Klump: You really think I been l been listenin' to you? I ain't listenin' to you!
  – Submitted by Jed G (12 months ago)

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