The Nutty Professor (1996)
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Reviews Counted:49
Fresh:32
Rotten:17
Average Rating:5.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Comedies
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... [More]
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, James Coburn, Dave Chappelle
Director: Tom Shadyac
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Reviews for The Nutty Professor
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[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. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Murphy turns the dual roles of a meek academician and his smarmy alter ego, Buddy Love, into an excoriating exercise in self-disclosure. Full Review |
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All in all, a pretty thin comedy. Full Review |
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Murphy's most assured work in some time. Full Review |
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3/5 |
the beginning of the end for Eddie Murphy Full Review |
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3/5 |
Murphy finally revives his considerable comedic gifts for this crowd-pleaser.
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3/5 |
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Welcome back (I hope), Eddie Murphy. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
The comic maelstrom known as Eddie Murphy is finally back. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Funny, vulgar Eddie Murphy--his best to date.
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3/5 |
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6/10 |
Click to read the article Full Review |
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