Storyline
Eddie Murphy stars as shy Dr. Sherman Klump, a kind, brilliant, 'calorifically challenged' genetic professor. When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, Sherman grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes 'Buddy Love', a fast-talking, pumped-up , plumped down Don Juan.
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Cast
Eddie Murphy, Larry Miller, Chao Li Chi, Jada Pinkett Smith, Quinn Duffy, Dave Chappelle, Lisa Boyle, David Ramsey, Jamal Mixon, James Coburn, Arthur Tovey, John Ales, Chaz Lamar Shepherd, Patricia Wilson, Nichole McAuley, Hamilton von Watts, Tony Carlin, Montell Jordan, Doug Williams, Lisa Halpern, Athena Massey
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Reviews
75
And the movie succeeds in two different ways: It's sweet and good-hearted, and then again it's raucous slapstick and bathroom humor. I liked both parts.
75
Rolling Stone
Eddie Murphy is funny again. Sadly, he lacks the guts to follow through on the cathartic self-satire that gives the film its distinction.
70
Without ever posing a serious challenge to the original, the new Nutty Professor is much more respectful of its source and funnier than I'd anticipated.
70
This is good, seamless comedy, even if it's not terribly sophisticated.
63
ReelViews
The Nutty Professor aims for guffaws at the lowest level -- anyone with a double-digit IQ will get every joke. Whether you laugh at them or not is often more of a matter of taste than a question of having a sense of humor.
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