Movie Description Eddie Murphy stars as a grossly overweight chemistry professor in this update of the classic 1963 Jerry Lewis comedy. Eager to reinvent himself and to ease his loneliness, the professor develops a potion that magically transforms him into a lean, mean, sex machine, capable of seducing any woman in sight, but he loses his niceness along the way. Academy Award Nominations: Best Makeup.
| Credits | | Cast: | Dave Chappelle, Jada Pinkett Smith, John Ales |
Notes DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85 Single Side - Single Layer Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Surround - French Additional Release Material: Highlights Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer Text/Photo Galleries: Biographies - 1. Cast & Crew Production Notes, Released theatrically in the USA June 28, 1996.
Color by DeLuxe; in DTS sound.
Remake of the Jerry Lewis film "The Nutty Professor" (1963).
Additional cast: John Ales (Jason) and Jamal Mixon (Ernie Klump Jr.).
Additional credits: James F. Clayton Sr. and Yvonne Garnier-Hackl (set design); Kathryn Peters (set decorator).
Rated BBFC 12 by the British Board of Film Classification.
Copyright 1996 Universal City Studios, Inc.
Editorial Reviews "...Murphy's portrayal of Sherman Klump is surprisingly warm and touching..." Sight and Sound - p.49 - Philip Kemp (10/01/1996)
"...A remake that improves upon the original....[A] career-reviving smash [for Murphy]....A sweet spirit..." -- Rating: A- Entertainment Weekly - pp.77-9 - Bruce Fretts (11/08/1996)
"...A surprisingly funny comedy and respectable remake..." USA Today - p.1D - Mike Clark
"...Apt and comic....Combining the riotously funny and the sweetly sentimental....Miller is at his obsequious best....[Pinkett] demonstrates that her range ranks her among the most versatile young performers in movies..." Variety - Leonard Klady (06/24/1996)
"...[Murphy's] back with exuberance and energy....He's very good. And the movie succeeds in two different ways: It's sweet and good-hearted, and then again it's raucous slapstick and bathroom humor..." Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (06/28/1996)
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