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Movie Info

Disney comedy about a professor who invents a revolutionary flying rubber, which he dubs "flubber". Not only does the professor's Model T Ford fly through the air with the greatest of ease, but his secret weapon helps the college basketball team to victory, thanks to flubber-enhanced boots, but while his long-suffering girlfriend tries to win the professor's heart, crooks are trying to steal his formula.

Rating:

G
Genre:

kids and family, comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Robert Stevenson
Producer:

Walt Disney
Writer:

Bill Walsh
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 10, 2016
Runtime:

1h 37m
Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions

Cast & Crew

Fred MacMurray
Prof. Ned Brainard

Nancy Olson
Betsy Carlisle

Keenan Wynn
Alonzo P. Hawk

Tommy Kirk
Biff Hawk

Ed Wynn
Fire Chief

Leon Ames
President Rufus Daggett

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Critic Reviews for The Absent Minded Professor

All Critics (23) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (19) | Rotten (4)

The combination of that schoolboy sense of fun, which is Disney's stock in trade, and a sharper sense of the ridiculous is happily demonstrated in The Absent-Minded Professor.

February 11, 2020 | Full Review…

Margaret Hinxman
Sight & Sound
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.

March 9, 2009 | Full Review…

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

June 4, 2007 | Full Review…

Variety Staff
Variety
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June 23, 2004 | Rating: 4/5

Nell Minow
Movie Mom
An amiable joke that I was sorry I hadn't brought a child to see.

January 29, 2019 | Full Review…

Isabel Quigly
The Spectator
Family entertainment at its best.

January 2, 2011 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…

Scott G. Mignola
Common Sense Media
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.

June 4, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

TV Guide
Disney produces a goofy lightweight Mack Sennett-like family comedy fantasy film that's joyfully directed by Robert Stevenson.

February 11, 2007 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
This Disney family film, inexplicably made in black-and-white, was nominated for three Oscars (cinematography, art direction, and visual effects), but won none, though it was popular at the box-office.

July 22, 2005 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
One of Disney's milestone live-action films.

March 26, 2005 | Rating: 4/5

James Plath
Reel.com
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October 21, 2004 | Rating: 2/5

Mark R. Leeper
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Tepid live action Disney.

June 26, 2004 | Rating: 2/5

Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

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Audience Reviews for The Absent Minded Professor

Nov 08, 2015

Full of charm and hard to dislike.

Marcus W Super Reviewer
Sep 05, 2010

I liked this movie a lot compared to the remake with Robin Williams. This movie is cool, funny, and exciting. I really liked it and I recommend it over the new one.

Aj V Super Reviewer
Mar 29, 2007

I haven't seen this since I was a kid but I remember liking it a lot.

Ida K Super Reviewer
Nov 11, 2006

This is a fun film for it's time. A live action Disney film about a professor who invents something called flubber. This invention gets him into a adventure. A fun film with some funny moments. I enjoyed it when I was a child. A good film for the kids or the family to watch.

Corey n Super Reviewer