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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.
Nov 26, 1997 Wide
Jun 16, 1998
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.
Many kids will enjoy this silly movie.
The new version is a total dud.
Bring back Fred MacMurray ... a hyper, witless snooze.
Loud, keening awfulness.
One of Robin Williams's unspeaklably bad filler movies, and maybe one of his worst...and that's saying a lot.
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.
OK+
June 28, 2011Super Reviewer
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, 2010Super Reviewer
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