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.... [More]
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk
Director: Robert Stevenson
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Reviews for The Absent-Minded Professor
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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. Full Review |
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3/4 |
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. Full Review |
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MacMurray is ideally cast as the car-hopping prof, and plays the role with warmth and gusto. Full Review |
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B |
Disney produces a goofy lightweight Mack Sennett-like family comedy fantasy film that's joyfully directed by Robert Stevenson. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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4/5 |
One of Disney's milestone live-action films.
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2/5 |
Tepid live action Disney.
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4/5 |
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4/5 |
Goofy comedy classic.
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4/5 |
Classic Disney, classic MacMurry.
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5/5 |
Fun!
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4/5 |
Enjoyable Disney effects comedy with good cast.
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3/5 |
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4/5 |
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3/5 |
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2/5 |
Disney life-action for the simple-minded.
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5/5 |
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4/5 |
Dated and silly, but still good family fun.
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2.5/4 |
The original's simple humor looks remarkably tired compared with the story's energetic and much more inventive remake. Full Review |
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