The Nutty Professor (1996) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Grossly overweight yet good-hearted professor Sherman Klump takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim but obnoxious Buddy Love. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON TV Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence.

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Director: Brian Robbins Axel Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than that: the same men who shot his boss are running a counterfeit money ring out of a theme park in Los Angeles. Director: John Landis A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills. Director: Martin Brest Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogomil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it. Director: Tony Scott Jack Cates once again enlists the aid of ex-con Reggie Hammond--this time, to take down The Iceman, a ruthless drug lord operating in the San Francisco bay area. Director: Walter Hill The story of wrongfully convicted men (Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence) who discover the value of life after serving 65 years in prison. Director: Ted Demme In order to protect a beautiful woman and her son from a robber, a male FBI agent disguises himself as a large grandmother. Director: Raja Gosnell A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

Director: Walter Hill A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child who dark forces want to eliminate. Director: Michael Ritchie Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars. The ending is played out... See full summary » Director: Thomas Carter Edit Storyline Brilliant and obese scientist Sherman Klump invents a miraculous weight-loss solution. After a date with chemistry student Carla Purty goes badly, a depressed Klump tries the solution on himself. Though he instantly loses 250 pounds, the side effects include a second personality: an obnoxiously self-assertive braggart who calls himself Buddy Love. Buddy proves to be more popular than Sherman, but his arrogance and bad behavior quickly spiral out of control. Written by Jwelch5742 Inside Sherman Klump, a party animal is about to break out.

Genres: Rated PG-13 for crude humor and sexual references | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 28 June 1996 (USA) See more » Also Known As: El profesor chiflado See more » Filming Locations: $25,400,000 (USA) (28 June 1996) Gross: It took approximately 3 hours each day to apply Eddie Murphy's makeup. See more » Goofs Sherman never takes the aluminum wrap off the TV dinner before he turns on the microwave. See more » Quotes Professor Carla Purty : [about Reggie] I hate this guy. I hate this guy, he is so obnoxious. Buddy Love : [ignores her] Give the nigger a chance. During the credits, outtakes are shown. See more » Connections Written and Performed by James Brown Courtesy of Polydor Records (Sunderland, MA) – See all my reviews Yes, that's how I feel about it. And no one was more surprised than me. While I think Eddie Murphy is often hilarious, I don't care so much for his scatological humor. It make me think he wasn't toilet-trained properly.

We get a fair amount of fart jokes in this flick, but they work because they fit in the context of the scenes, and the characters' motivations. They make sense first, THEN are funny, rather than the other way around (or just being silly because no one could think of anything funny to write). But overriding the gas glee is a thoughtful story about a fat man dealing with his weight and trying to find romance. The special effects that gave Murphy his blubber are truly astounding. It never looks fake. And above all this is the incredible screen chemistry between Murphy's Professor Klump and Jada Pinkett Smith. Smith is always genuine in her interest in Sherman; and his bashfulness and sincerity are truly endearing. I found this movie to be a pleasant surprise. I think you might, too. 18 of 24 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Jerry Lewis Directing a Musical ‘Nutty Professor’ - The New York Times The New York Times Theater |Theater Novice at 86?

What a Nutty Idea Search Continue reading the main story Photo Left, Jerry Lewis in the 1963 film version of "The Nutty Professor"; right, Michael Andrew in the title role of the musical production opening on Tuesday in Nashville. Credit Left, Paramount Pictures; right, Josh Anderson for The New York Times NASHVILLE BEFORE anyone could put him on a pedestal, Jerry Lewis was already elevated in a tall director’s chair here in his dressing room suite underneath the Tennessee Performing Arts Center . Yet from this height, in a chair with his name embroidered in red stitching across the front, he insisted that he was not here to be idolized, not by his fans and certainly not by the company he is directing — yes, directing — in a coming stage-musical adaptation of “The Nutty Professor.” He was dressed in a black shirt monogrammed with his initials and black loafers bearing the masks of comedy and tragedy. But aside from these flashier affectations of showbiz, Mr. Lewis, 86, made little effort to disguise his fragility. He used a mobility scooter to navigate the labyrinthine arts center and wore a pair of earphones connected to a microphone to help him better hear an interviewer’s questions.

He has not directed a feature film since the 1980s. He appeared on Broadway only once, in 1995 as the diabolical Applegate of “Damn Yankees,” and has never previously overseen a work of musical theater. But in a dry voice that resonates with every word of goofy gibberish and “Hey lady!” it has ever enunciated, Mr. Lewis made it known that certain universals applied from his decades of experience. “Everything I’ve ever done comes from here,” he said, pointing to his heart. “The times that it came from here,” he continued, pointing to his gut, “didn’t work.” Advertisement Continue reading the main story Asked if he relied on instinct to determine which part of his body is signaling him, Mr. Lewis replied: “Absolutely. And then there are times when that fools you.” The same personal compass that helped Mr. Lewis amass a film résumé that reads like a one-man monument to comedy — “Cinderfella,” “The Errand Boy,” “The Disorderly Orderly,” among so many — has led him to this improbable point. When the “Nutty Professor” musical begins performances at the arts center’s James K.

Polk Theater on Tuesday, it will have a score by Marvin Hamlisch, a book and lyrics by Rupert Holmes, and a mostly unknown cast, including Michael Andrew in the dual role of the nebbishy title character, Julius Kelp, and his superlatively smooth alter ego, Buddy Love . The musical, whose backers make no secret of their desire to bring it to Broadway, is also arriving without an established theatrical producer and with many unanswered questions. And though the endeavor may tax Mr. Lewis’s infirmities and could even tarnish his reputation, he is acutely aware of these perils and as eager as anyone to take them on. “I’ve got news for you,” he said, his voice growing firm and loud. “There’s something about the risk, the courage that it takes to face the risk. And I feel very good about it. I’m not going to get greatness unless I have to go at it with fear and uncertainty.” The day after this interview Mr. Lewis was in familiar form at a “Nutty Professor” news conference that he treated like a Friars Club roast. He zinged a hapless reporter who asked a question he deemed too long (a “commencement speech,” Mr.

Lewis called it), and joked about his own advanced age. “I haven’t heard anyone in almost five years,” he said. Photo Jerry Lewis is directing for the stage for the first time in Nashville. Credit Josh Anderson for The New York Times A reporter who tried to ask about Mr. Lewis’s status with the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Labor Day telethon — last year the association said Mr. Lewis would no longer be host, as he had been since 1966 — was halted before Mr. Lewis could respond. (Neither the association nor Mr. Lewis has fully explained what happened.) When asked why the musical was making its debut in Nashville, Mr. Lewis was darkly candid. “Nobody else would take us,” he said. After some laughter he added, “You want the truth or oratory?” Advertisement Continue reading the main story The truth is that the idea for this “Nutty Professor” musical did not begin with Mr. Lewis but with Mr. Andrew, a lifelong admirer and big-band singer who is in his 40s and who played characters similar to Julius Kelp and Buddy Love in his own act. Mr.

Andrew proposed the musical to Ned McLeod, a Florida entertainment lawyer and producer, some eight years ago, and the two men spent several months trying to win over Mr. Lewis’s manager before gaining an audience with Mr. Lewis in his memorabilia-filled Las Vegas office. As Mr. Andrew described the meeting: “I said, ‘Look, we’re really just looking for your blessing to do this.’ ” The response, Mr. Andrew said, was: “Blessing? I’m going to direct it, and you’re going to play those two characters.” The original 1963 “Nutty Professor,” a ring-a-ding-ding redo of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” in which a secret formula unleashes a love-struck scientist’s inner crooner , was directed by Mr. Lewis, who wrote its screenplay with Bill Richmond. Despite the blockbuster success of a 1996 remake (and its 2000 sequel) starring Eddie Murphy, Mr. Lewis said he was not interested in seeing a stage adaptation until he saw Mr. Andrew’s enthusiasm. “He turned me from ‘Don’t touch my baby’ to ‘Work nice with my baby,’ ” Mr. Lewis said.

It took further months for Mr. McLeod, now the musical’s executive producer, to secure the involvement of Mr. Hamlisch, the much-decorated composer of “A Chorus Line” and “The Way We Were.” Mr. Hamlisch, who affectionately remembered being allowed to stay up past midnight when Mr. Lewis hosted the Academy Awards in the 1950s, was nonetheless honest about the status of the project. Advertisement Continue reading the main story “I said: ‘You’re giving me the script of the movie. This is not going to go anywhere,’ ” Mr. Hamlisch recalled. “We’ve got to start from scratch here. Not saying that you take everything out, but you’ve got to know what you need.” Photo Mr. Lewis directing Mr. Andrew and Marissa McGowan onstage in Nashvlle. Credit Josh Anderson for The New York Times Mr. Holmes, a Tony Award winner for the book and score of “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” said he was recruited for the “gentle humor” and period details he brought to “Curtains,” the John Kander-Fred Ebb musical for which he wrote a new book and additional lyrics. While Mr.

Hamlisch and Mr. Holmes largely collaborated at a distance (“Viva la fax machine,” Mr. Hamlisch said), they have created musical numbers and story beats to reinforce the 1960s setting of the “The Nutty Professor” while, they hope, giving it more heft. Kelp has a comic run-on song called “A Definite Maybe,” in which he bittersweetly contemplates the features he’d change about himself — which are essentially all of them: Maybe warmth in my voice Just a decibel less treble and more bass As if I had a choice Maybe slightly different features on my face. Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up Privacy Policy Stella, the love interest played in the musical by Marissa McGowan, now has a budding independent spirit; she sings the ballad “While I Still Have the Time” and is the center of a number in which the college cheerleaders and marching band try without success to persuade her to conform. Mr. Lewis is hardly a silent partner in all this.

He has had various health problems over the years, including Type 1 diabetes, and last month he was hospitalized in New York with low blood sugar. But at a “Nutty Professor” rehearsal opened to the news media he frequently rose from his seat, hunched over and without any mechanical or physical aid, to give notes to his cast. After watching Mr. Andrew sing a love song to Ms. McGowan, Mr. Lewis halted the number. “Let me show you what you did wrong,” he said, only half-joking. Mr. Lewis then acted out for Mr. Andrew how he wanted him to place Ms. McGowan on a rolling stool and move her to the front of the stage. “Let her know you’re going to do something,” he said. “Get her into it.” Advertisement “Something like that?” Mr. Andrew asked, starting to demonstrate. “No,” Mr. Lewis said bluntly. “Don’t do that,” a chastened Mr. Andrew replied. Earlier, in his dressing room, Mr. Lewis said it was his mission to make up for any previous directors he has worked with who rode roughshod over their performers. Without naming names he said: “I’ve watched it. I’ve seen it.

I think to myself, if it gets dark early, I’ll sneak behind his car and drive with him somewhere and choke him to death.” Photo From left, Marvin Hamlisch, Mr. Lewis and Rupert Holmes. Mr. Hamlisch wrote the new musical’s score; Mr. Holmes, its book and lyrics. Credit Josh Anderson for The New York Times Whatever anxiety Mr. Lewis may feel about the show and his duties — and he acknowledged he feels plenty — he said it was important to project confidence and keep up the morale of his young cast. “I say to myself, ‘You’re just as scared as all the rest of them,’ ” he said. “ ‘You’re just as uncertain as these kids. And you have to use that uncertainty to get through to them.’ ” Another concern for “The Nutty Professor” might be its lack of a producer with a proven Broadway track record. Mr. McLeod — who would not specify a budget for the musical — said he had held discussions with New York producers about presenting the show on more prominent stages. “To the person,” he said, “they would say: ‘You’re doing O.K.

Just keep doing it.’ ” He added: “I never intended to be at the point of the spear this long. We’re not pursuing my dream. We’re pursuing Michael’s dream and Jerry’s dream, and I want it to succeed.” Several theatrical producers familiar with the “Nutty Professor” musical declined to speak for attribution, should they later find themselves working with the show or its team members. But some expressed concern that it might be a vanity project, in which the involvement of Mr. Lewis — as both a creator of the original property and a first-time director of a musical — presented a potential stumbling block if he lacked the distance or experience to make the tough decisions. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Still, the show’s so-far unconventional route does not preclude it from eventually arriving at its desired destination. “Broadway veterans are often too quick to dismiss people outside the industry who think they can produce better and more effectively,” said Jed Bernstein, a producer of Broadway shows like “Driving Miss Daisy” and the recent “Hair” revival. “The ideal is to find a balance, by recognizing things are done the way they are for a reason while being open to new ideas.” Mr.

Lewis, for his part, has experienced early trepidations with projects that went on to huge success. He said he’d worried about playing Buddy Love, “a combination of all the ugly things I’ve seen people do to one another,” and filmed scenes that featured the gentle Julius Kelp first. “Finally,” Mr. Lewis said, “my production manager came to me one day and said: ‘You’ve run out of what to shoot. You have to shoot Buddy Love tomorrow.’ I said, ‘At least I got the balance of the day to throw up.’ ” As much as Mr. Lewis’s collaborators may wish to protect him from critical scrutiny, they recognize that this is a risk anyone faces when creating new work. “The way to defend him,” Mr. Holmes said, “would be to never pursue anything again. The way to defend him is to say, ‘I’m quitting while I’m ahead.’ ” His latest directorial assignment “is a very, very, very tough job,” Mr. Lewis said. “And I love every toughness of it because if I don’t respect the toughness, I start missing the beauty.” And if it weren’t already clear, he has no plans to pack it in any time soon. “Why?” Mr.

Lewis asked. “I prayed for this.” A version of this article appears in print on July 22, 2012, on Page AR1 of the New York edition with the headline: Theater Novice at 86? What a Nutty Idea. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe Super Reviewer ½ At the time of release, I found this movie to be very funny because it created the modern day genre of one actor playing multiple roles. Eddie Murphy killed as every role and set the stage for other films like it such as the Tyler Perry films, etc. Eric Alvarez Super Reviewer The Nutty Professor is along with Bowfinger, one of Eddie Murphy's last funny comedies. The idea is good, and I enjoyed the comedic elements of the film. Of all the films that Eddie Murphy has starred in, The Nutty Professor is one of his funniest. Sure the film isn't perfect, but there are plenty of good laughs here to entertain the audience. I'm not the biggest Eddie Murphy fan, but I enjoyed this film, and I thought it had some great moments where the film was very well done. The Nutty Professor is a good comedy, and somewhat underrated.

However, if you enjoy Eddie Murphy, give this one a shot, The Nutty Professor is one of his last funny roles, and he really does bring on good laughs with his antics in this film. The Nutty Professor has a good cast starring opposite Murphy, and the film boasts another comedic talent, Dave Chappelle. The film works well enough to be an entertaining hour and a half and despite the fact that it's not a comedic masterpiece, the film still has plenty of laughs going for it, and is much better than the second. This is one of Eddie Murphy's last good film roles along with Bowfinger afterwards he really started to make unfunny films that just insulted the intelligence and were a waste of time. Luckily looking back at this film, you realize that Eddie Murphy was once very funny and capable at delivering something unique on-screen. Now, he's totally irrelevant and unfunny. The Nutty Professor may not be the best comedy, but it definitely is worth watching and is pretty funny for what it is.

Alex roy Film History Milestones - 1996 Event and Significance 1996 Planet Hollywood, a restaurant chain (noted for its collection of movie & TV memorabilia) with backing and celebrity investments by movie stars (including Sly Stallone, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore and Arnold Schwarzenegger), went public. Its stock skyrocketed initially, but in just two years, it lost its appeal and many of the restaurants would be closed by the turn of the century. 1996 Kenneth Branagh's excellent, opulent Hamlet (1996), set in 19th century England, was the first unabridged, 'full-length' cinematic version in film history of William Shakespeare's penultimate work. It was also the first British film to be shot in 70-mm. in over 25 years (and the first 70-mm. film since director Ron Howard's Far and Away (1992). Also as of the winter of 2005 it was the last film to have been shot entirely with 70-mm.

film), and one of the few films in history to exceed a four hour running time (with an intermission at the 2:40 mark.) 1996 After Disney's spectacular success with animated features The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), and The Lion King (1994), the studio was disappointed with the results of the much darker and adult-oriented The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), inspired by Victor Hugo's classic novel. It grossed (domestically) just over $100.1 million - one of the lower totals of modern Disney animated features during its "Disney Renaissance" (a ten year period from 1989-1999). 1996 The Coen Brothers' Fargo (1996) , an off-beat, absurdist morality tale from the creative and original producing/writing/directing collaborative team of Joel and Ethan Coen, was very unlike many of their previous films, with a straight-forward, realistic narrative devoid of their typically quirky and bizarre sequences.

From its seven Academy Awards nominations (including Best Picture), it won for Best Original Screenplay (Joel and Ethan Coen), and Best Actress (Frances McDormand, Joel Coen's real-life wife). Frances McDormand became the first actress to win the Best Actress Oscar in a film directed by her nominated husband. 1996 The infamous and satirical black comedy, The Cable Guy (1996), which starred comic Jim Carrey as the malevolent and pathological cable installer (an atypical character for him), was directed by comic Ben Stiller. The film was universally criticized, under-appreciated by audiences, and did poor box-office at the time of its release, but it was significant because it was the first film to break the $20 million salary barrier for an actor.

1996 Director Cameron Crowe's most quotable script was for Jerry Maguire (1996), a romantic comedy and sports-related film known for its catchphrases: "Show me the money!" "You complete me" and "You had me at hello!" The film was a breakout film for Renee Zellweger, won Best Supporting Actor honors for Cuba Gooding, Jr., and received nominations for Best Actor (Tom Cruise), Best Screenplay, and Best Picture. With a domestic gross revenue of almost $154 million (and $273.5 million worldwide), it was the 4th ranking hit of the year, surpassed by Cruise's own Mission: Impossible (1996) , Twister (1996), and the # 1 hit of the year Independence Day (1996) at $306 million (domestic). 1996 Dancer, film actor, singer, director and choreographer Gene Kelly died at the age of 83. He was noted for his energetic and athletic dancing style, in contrast to Fred Astaire.

Kelly was best known as the dancing star of Singin' in the Rain (1952), but he had been in numerous other musicals in the 40s and 50s, including For Me and My Gal (1942) opposite Judy Garland, Anchors Aweigh (1945), Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), On the Town (1949), and An American in Paris (1951) . In 1952 (at the ceremony honoring 1951's films), Kelly received an Honorary Academy Award "in appreciation of his versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film." 1996 Irish crime reporter Veronica Guerin was shot and killed in her car on June 26, 1996 in Dublin, Ireland by drug dealers she had reported on. Her life story was portrayed in director Joel Schumacher's crime biopic Veronica Guerin (2003), with Cate Blanchett in the lead role.

1996 The genre of 'teen slasher' and horror films was revitalized by the tongue-in-cheek, self-reverential horror film Scream (1996) from famed horror director Wes Craven. The sleeper hit grossed $6 million in its opening weekend, and went on to make $103 million (domestic). The half-parody and half-tribute film (with nods to Hitchcock's films, Friday the 13th (1980) and Halloween (1978) , among others) gave rise to three sequels (1997, 2000, and 2011) and other copycat films (i.e., I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), Urban Legend (1998), and The Faculty (1999)), including the silly feature-length Scary Movie franchise (2000, 2001, 2003, and 2006). Scream 2 (1997) made $101 million (domestic), while Scream 3 (2000) made $89 million (domestic).

The first three Scream films amassed more than half a billion dollars (worldwide). 1996 In the US, Jan de Bont's disaster thriller about tornados, Twister (1996) was rated PG-13 for "intense depiction of very bad weather." It was the second-highest grossing film of 1996. Twister was also the first Hollywood feature film to be commercially released on DVD. Twister opened on May 10, 1996 and racked up $242 million (domestic) - setting a trend that eventually (by 2002) moved the opening of summer movie blockbusters back to the first weekend in May. 1996 Shinji Ra Munita (Jp.) was the first film to be commercially released on DVD-Video disc. 1996 Another technological advancement, still currently being developed and tweaked, was the introduction of HDTV - the first public HDTV broadcast in the United States occurred in 1996. HDTV resulted in higher resolution (an increase in the number of horizontal lines on a video screen), and improved the sharpness and detail of the image.

Now, feature films projected at home on HDTV screens, with theatre-quality audio as well, have come closer to the image and sound found in projected widescreen films in commercial theatres. 1996 CARIcature software was first used by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) for the state-of-the-art digital animation in the 10th century fantasy fable Dragonheart (1996). It was used to create the very complex CGI or digital film character of a talking dragon named Draco (with realistic facial animation and expressions, and voice provided by Sean Connery) - an 18 ft. tall, 43 foot long creature. The highly-realistic aliens in Tim Burton's science-fiction comedy Mars Attacks! (1996) were all-digital, CGI animated creations, rather than stop-motion puppets - also created with CARI software by ILM. 1996 About six weeks after celebrating his 100th birthday, comedian George Burns died. His long career had spanned vaudeville, radio, TV, and film.

He was best known for his frequent collaborations with wife Gracie Allen in their radio and TV shows, and over a dozen films with her (including the Big Broadcast films in the 1930s). Cigar-loving Burns won an Academy Award (his sole win) for his supporting role in The Sunshine Boys (1975), and was well-loved for his appearances in the hit film Oh, God! (1977) and its two sequels in 1980 and 1984. 1996 The sci-fi action disaster film Independence Day (1996) debuted in the summer on the weekend of its namesake July 4th, earning over $50 million on its opening weekend. It was the first feature-length movie to make $100 million in its first week (at $104.3 million), breaking the record set earlier by Jurassic Park (1993) .

It was the top earning domestic film of the year at $306 million, followed by Twister (1996) in second place with $241.7 million and the film adaptation Mission: Impossible (1996) from the popular TV show in third place with $181 million. It inaugurated Will Smith's streak of major July hits - Men in Black (1997), Bad Boys II (2003), I, Robot (2004), and Hancock (2008). 1996 Disney debuted 101 Dalmatians (1996), the second live-action remake of one of its earlier animated features, One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961). [The first was The Jungle Book (1994).] Some of the real dalmatian puppies were combined with computer-generated animation (from ILM) and animatronic dogs from Jim Henson's Creature Shop, but none of the animals talked in the live version as they did in the animated version.

1996 Eddie Murphy scored with a hefty box-office take of $128.8 million (domestic) for his fat-suit film The Nutty Professor (1996). Its sequel also did well, The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000) with $123.3 million (domestic). The Nutty Professor Reviews - Metacritic GenuineOpinion Mar 13, 2012 I disagree with TheNewSpielberg. I felt this movie was very hilarious, and well executed. Why does my review need to be at least 150 characters long? 1 of 1 users found this helpful10 9 SimpsonFans Jan 15, 2017 There are nonstop laughs and Eddie Murphy gives great performances for all of the 5 or 6 roles that he takes. The humor is simply spot-on in this comedy. 0 of 0 users found this helpful00 9 survivorfan989 May 16, 2013 This is easily one of Eddie's best works and one of the most memorable films he has done thanks to playing that hilarious Klump family (which prompted the sequel).

It's a hilarious comedy that works so well because of Eddie, but its also a great concept with a good meaning behind to it also. The classic 'dinner scene' is possibly one of my favourite scenes in a film, and it is just hilarious! Overall this is one of my personal favourite comedies,This is easily one of Eddie's best works and one of the most memorable films he has done thanks to playing that hilarious Klump family (which prompted the sequel). It's a hilarious comedy that works so well because of Eddie, but its also a great concept with a good meaning behind to it also. The classic 'dinner scene' is possibly one of my favourite scenes in a film, and it is just hilarious! Overall this is one of my personal favourite comedies, and I would highly recommend it!… Expand 0 of 0 users found this helpful00 9 ThisIsSparta666 Jan 15, 2017 There are nonstop laughs and Eddie Murphy gives great performances for all of the 5 or 6 roles that he takes. The humor is simply spot-on in this comedy.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00 8 Zilcell May 10, 2012 There are nonstop laughs and Eddie Murphy gives great performances for all of the 5 or 6 roles that he takes. The humor is simply spot-on in this comedy. 0 of 0 users found this helpful00 8 PAMA Jan 15, 2017 There are nonstop laughs and Eddie Murphy gives great performances for all of the 5 or 6 roles that he takes. The humor is simply spot-on in this comedy. 0 of 0 users found this helpful00 4 TheNewSpielberg Apr 3, 2011 A silly and over the top remake of the 1963 classic, Eddie Murphy stars as Sherman Klump, a man who is battling his own weight problems. He forms a cliche romantic relationship with a chemistry teacher named Carla Purty. One night, after having a horrific nightmare, he goes to the lab and creates a serum that enables him to become thin and muscular. However, his alter ego is both a blessing and a curse.

Overall, a bad script makes the story boring.A silly and over the top remake of the 1963 classic, Eddie Murphy stars as Sherman Klump, a man who is battling his own weight problems. He forms a cliche romantic relationship with a chemistry teacher named Carla Purty. One night, after having a horrific nightmare, he goes to the lab and creates a serum that enables him to become thin and muscular. However, his alter ego is both a blessing and a curse. Overall, a bad script makes the story boring. One of the only reasons to watch this mess is all the fantastic multi-roles played by Murphy, the highlight being Klump's mother, father, grandmother, nephew and brother. Another great gimmick are the mindblowing special effects by makeup supreme Rick Baker. Oh, and also a funny but mean theatrical outing as Buddy Love. The music is mostly 90s pop songs, but I like old music so what the hell.

In other words, funny for the most part but generally just another big budget remake that was s**t out by Hollywood.… Expand 2 of 4 users found this helpful22 The Nutty Professor review (1996) Eddie Murphy - Qwipster's Movie Reviews Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle, James Coburn Small role: Montell Jordan Screenplay: David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein, Tom Shadyac, Steve Oedenkirk Review published January 10, 1997 One time unflappable box-office draw Eddie Murphy ( Beverly Hills Cop III , The Distinguished Gentleman ) takes his first step to resurrecting his floundering film career with this tour de force in which he plays a 400-lb. chemistry professor named Sherman Klump, who meets a beautiful fellow faculty member played by Jada Pinkett ( Princess Mononoke ) and resolves to take a special formula which instantly makes him the thin and fearless man he has always desired to be.

Unfortunately the formula has its side effects, exemplified by the fact that the thinner Klump (dubbed Buddy Love) is out of control sexually and morally, added to the fact that he eventually seeks to put an end to the larger and sweeter Klump. Eddie Murphy is absolutely outstanding not only in the title role and as Buddy Love, but also in playing various roles as a Richard Simmons-like weight loss guru, his mother, uncle, father and grandmother. The combination of Murphy's talents and some pretty amazing special effects almost made me overlook how truly bad this film really is. Almost. Suspension of disbelief is crucial and I afforded it a tremendous amount of slack and was still scratching my head in bewilderment. For instance, Klump's transformation to be thin makes him muscular, with no loose skin. This is explained as "DNA restructuring" contained in the formula concocted by the professor. Um...ok. So how does that explain the difference in dialect of Buddy Love and Prof. Klump? I also wasn't aware that DNA also determined the earring which Buddy Love sports.

If only the makers of this film had taken a little more care in this film in the little details it would have gone a long way to making it a good film. But they would rather let Murphy carry the weight of a threadbare script, cookie cutter characters, and an overall pervasion of stupidity in every aspect of the plot. To Murphy's credit, he succeeds to a large degree. After all, the film is a comedy and Murphy is very funny in it. There are more than a few laughs to be had. How much you enjoy the film depends on how forgiving you are in overlooking the bad points, and there are many, and just enjoying Murphy unleashed. In fact, while I didn't think it was a good film, I wouldn't mind watching it again. AMC Total Ratings: 30 (avg 4.5) Excellent Review Many years after Eddie Murphy was a mainstay during what would end up to be the golden years of SNL (who could fathom the show’s devastating plummet?), he has become the king of schlock.

The worst it got was 2002’s Showtime , where he and fellow charlatan Robert De Niro hooked up to attempt to rip off Lethal Weapon‘s buddy-cop antics. Looking back at The Nutty Professor, we really should have seen the mustering of lazy, worthless filmmaking a long time ago. Murphy went through hours and hours of make-up and fat suits to get into the role of Sherman Klump, the naive, good-hearted science professor who weighs somewhere in the vicinity of 350 to 400 pounds. He’s content enough in this state, until he meets Carla Purty (Jada Pinkett Smith), a new science professor who is a long-time admirer of his work. Sherman’s family (entirely played by Murphy) tells him he should be happy with his weight, but when a crowd-insulting comic (overplayed by Dave Chapelle) rips him to shreds in front of Carla, Sherman’s on a mission.

After taking a potion, Buddy Love is created: a skinnier, Atkins-fueled narcissist (also played by Murphy) who can charm anyone, including Dean Richmond (ever-funny Larry Miller), his boss, and Harlan Hartley (James Coburn), a benefactor who could save Klump’s job and the college. Of course, it becomes a fight between Sherman (love) and Buddy (business) that brings the film to its inevitable conclusion. The film is comedy by the books. It’s a constant battle and study over the possibilities and fear of one’s own body and director Tom Shadyac goes silly as all hell with the CGI and visual effects when Sherman turns into Buddy and vice versa. Shadyac also rests a lot of the film’s humor (the plot has little new to add to Jerry Lewis’s original) on Murphy. Thankfully, this is Murphy unleashed, with seven characters to release his manic, motor-mouth brand of humor. One can’t help but go red with laughter when Papa Klump and Grandma Klump get into a fight, and Mama Klump is a fierce contender for his best performance on screen; a wild storm of both humor and heart that, at moments, actually grounds the film in some emotion.

The problem that comes up frequently is the lack of ingenuity and creativity in the film itself. Simply put, we know all these plot devices very well and, with the exception of Murphy, no one has the comic bravado to take it anywhere but to basic goofy playing. Murphy even falters by overdoing the megalomania of Buddy, playing it with full audacity and little restraint. There’s no surprise in what Sherman decides or who Purty wants to be with, and even more so, Pinkett-Smith is never given enough screen time to allow us to really understand the differences between her attraction to Buddy and her attraction to Sherman. However, it’d be a tad ridiculous to say the film doesn’t still make me laugh, mainly do to the comic wonder that is the Klump family (I’ll never get enough of the fart-fest that arises at dinner). Yet, there’s little doubt that this was the beginning of the end for Mr. Murphy, with the notable exceptions of Bowfinger and his feisty, fantastic vocal work as Donkey in the Shrek movies.

The transient charm of The Nutty Professor has given way to loads of simple, trite embarrassments, not least of which is its sequel Nutty Professor II: The Klumps . Just try to remember the Murphy of yesteryear, with Judge Reinhold and Arsenio Hall only too happy to cling to his coattails.

Question: Who had the title role in the 1996 film "The Nutty Professor"?
Answer: Eddie Murphy