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The Absent-Minded Professor

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The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)

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Reviews Counted:20

Fresh:16

Rotten:4

Average Rating:7.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A distracted professor invents an anti-gravity goo called Flubber that makes anything it's applied to lighter-than-air, including the family flivver and the balls at the school's basketball game.... A distracted professor invents an anti-gravity goo called Flubber that makes anything it's applied to lighter-than-air, including the family flivver and the balls at the school's basketball game. MacMurray couldn't be better in patented Disney fare. Sequel is Son of Flubber. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best (Black-and-White) Cinematography (though the film later was colorized). [More]

Starring: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk

Starring: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Leon Ames, Ed Wynn, Edward Andrews, David Lewis

Director: Robert Stevenson

Director: Robert Stevenson
Producer: Walt Disney
Screenwriter: Bill Walsh
Composer: George Bruns

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Jan 14, 2003

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Flubber provides fuel for a very funny piece of hyperbolic humor in the grand American tradition of Paul Bunyan, and Director Robert Stevenson and Scriptwriter Bill Walsh get plenty of bounce out of every ounce.

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This is a zanily inventive piece of work, with delightful special effects, which set the style for a long series of live-action Disney films.

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MacMurray is ideally cast as the car-hopping prof, and plays the role with warmth and gusto.

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06/04/07
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Disney produces a goofy lightweight Mack Sennett-like family comedy fantasy film that's joyfully directed by Robert Stevenson.

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02/11/07
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
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07/22/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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One of Disney's milestone live-action films.

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03/26/05
James Plath
James Plath
Reel.com

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10/21/04
Mark R. Leeper
Mark R. Leeper
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Tepid live action Disney.

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06/26/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

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06/23/04
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Goofy comedy classic.

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06/05/04
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Classic Disney, classic MacMurry.

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09/22/03
Kevin A. Ranson
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

Fun!

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08/01/03
Moira Sullivan
Moira Sullivan
FilmFestivals.com

Enjoyable Disney effects comedy with good cast.

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02/02/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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11/26/02
Josh Gilchrist
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Billings Outpost (Montana)

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10/17/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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08/29/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Disney life-action for the simple-minded.

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08/12/02
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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07/26/02
David Poland
David Poland
Hot Button

Dated and silly, but still good family fun.

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

The original's simple humor looks remarkably tired compared with the story's energetic and much more inventive remake.

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08/01/01
Steve Rhodes
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