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Name: The Nutty Professor
Released: 1996-6-28
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle

The Nutty Professor

PG-13
1h 35m
1996

64%

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Eddie Murphy gives the "performances" of his career playing no less than seven roles in this uproarious Jekyll-and-Hyde comedy from Imagine Entertainment. Murphy stars as Dr. Sherman Klump, a kind, "calorically-challenged" genetics professor who longs to shed his 400-pound frame in order to win the heart of beautiful Jada Pinkett. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes "Buddy Love", a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped-down Don Juan. Can Sherman stop his buff alter ego before it's too late, or will Buddy have the last laugh? Boasting incredible special effects, a super soundtrack, and co-starring James Coburn, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle and John Ales, this hilarious hit is worth its weight in fun!

Director:

Tom Shadyac

Producer:

Brian Grazer, Russell Simmons, Jerry Lewis

Writer:

David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein, Tom Shadyac, Steve Oedekerk

Cast:

Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle, John Ales

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

64%

Critics Consensus: The Nutty Professor falls back on juvenile humor eagerly and often, but Eddie Murphy's consistently funny work in dual roles means more for audiences to love.

Reviews

Rob's Movie Vault

Rob Gonsalves

This cruder, more sexualized update of the Jerry Lewis classic is also more consistently funny and imaginative.

It spends too much time trying to find laughter and not enough time speaking out against fat shaming and our weight-obsessed culture.

There's bold work here from Murphy on grand scale of thespian commitment, yet the feature's sense of humor is more dreary than playful, killing the potential of the premise with a constant display of bad taste.

A dumb, offensive movie--a good one to skip.

June 22, 2017

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