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The Nutty Professor

  • Rated PG 13
  • 1hr 35m
  • 64

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Tom Shadyac

Producer:

Karen Kehela, Jerry Lewis, Mark Lipsky

Release Date:

Jun 28, 1996

Runtime:

1hr 35m

Synopsis

Grossly overweight yet good-hearted professor Sherman Klump takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim but obnoxious Buddy Love.

Cast

  • Eddie Murphy
  • Jada Pinkett
  • James Coburn
  • Larry Miller
  • Dave Chappelle
  • John Ales
  • Patricia Wilson
  • Jamal Mixon

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Metacritic

64
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Based on 20 Critics
6.9

USER SCORE (81)

Generally favorable reviews based on 81 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.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
75

Eddie Murphy is funny again. Sadly, he lacks the guts to follow through on the cathartic self-satire that gives the film its distinction.

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Metacritic review by Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
50

Murphy is wonderful -- I wouldn't begrudge him an Oscar nomination -- but The Nutty Professor is a mess.

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Metacritic review by Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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