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The Nutty Professor

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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... 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... [More]

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

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

Director: Tom Shadyac

Director: Tom Shadyac
Composer: David Newman

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Although the film covers some familiar territory, Murphy adds the essential humor to make it worthwhile.

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Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

Arguably better than the last five Eddie Murphy films taken together, The Nutty Professor still seems to be playing down to its audience much of the time.

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Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

It took four writers -- including Shadyac -- to adapt Lewis and Richmond's original Nutty Professor script, and they managed to remove what little dramatic impetus once existed.

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01/01/00
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
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At long last again, an Eddie Murphy movie has its plug in the socket.

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Mike Clark
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An uneven but hilarious remake.

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Rita Kempley
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The movie succeeds in two different ways: It's sweet and good-hearted, and then again it's raucous slapstick and bathroom humor.

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Roger Ebert
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I never thought I would see the day when Eddie Murphy would play a character who inspired sympathy, but watching Klump disintegrate before a barrage of the comedian's barbs is genuinely poignant.

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Scott Renshaw
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I do not recommend this lame picture to any age group.

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Steve Rhodes
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The Nutty Professor isn't much of a movie, but it's certainly a prime showcase for Eddie Murphy's enormous talent.

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