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Flubber (1997)

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Movie Info

Although "flub" is defined as "to make a mess of," the word "flubber" is a contraction from "flying rubber." In this remake of the 1961 comedy-fantasy The Absent Minded Professor, Robin Williams takes on the role created by Fred MacMurray and later executed by Harry Anderson on television, while the 1961 film's Flubber with anti-gravity properties has now been digitally reincarnated as a translucent green, pulsating, bouncing blob that loves to dance the mambo. Absent-minded college professor

PG, 1 hr. 33 min.

Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Directed By: Les Mayfield

Written By: John Hughes, Bill Walsh

In Theaters: Nov 26, 1997 Wide

On DVD: Jun 16, 1998

Cast

Robin Williams
Professor Philip Braina...
Marcia Gay Harden
Sara Jean Reynolds
Christopher McDonald
Wilson Croft
Raymond J. Barry
Chester Hoenicker
Clancy Brown
Smith
Ted Levine
Wesson
Wil Wheaton
Bennett Hoenicker
Edie McClurg
Martha George
Jodi Benson
Weebo
Scott Martin Gershin
Flubber
Julie Morrison
Webbette
Leslie Stefanson
Sylvia
Adryenn Ashley
Marcia Gay Holden

Critic Reviews for Flubber

All Critics (49) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (24) | DVD (3)

Manage[s] to squeeze the very bounce out of what should have been a can't-miss update.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Susan Wloszczyna

USA Today

Top Critic

Many kids will enjoy this silly movie.

January 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Ellen Twadell

Common Sense Media

The new version is a total dud.

April 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Houston Community Newspapers

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Gary Brown

Houston Community Newspapers

Bring back Fred MacMurray ... a hyper, witless snooze.

September 30, 2005 Comment

Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Loud, keening awfulness.

April 3, 2005 Comment

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

One of Robin Williams's unspeaklably bad filler movies, and maybe one of his worst...and that's saying a lot.

April 28, 2003 Comment

Blake Davis

KFOR Channel 4 News

Almost everyone in the cast seems to realize they're here purely to kill time between special-effects sequences and the tiresome slapsticky antics served up by screenwriter John Hughes.

June 23, 2002 Full Review Source: James Sanford on Film

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James Sanford

James Sanford on Film

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June 28, 2011

Alexander Diminiano

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An idiotic remake of a fun kids movie from the 60s. Sure Williams tries to make this movie fun too, but overall it's too stupid and ridiculous even for kids.

September 6, 2010