FantasyComedyRomanceScience Fiction

The Nutty Professor

- Inside Sherman Klump, a party animal is about to break out.

When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump 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.

Release Date : 1996-06-28

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal PicturesImagine EntertainmentEddie Murphy Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : The Nutty Professor 1

Cast

Character Name : Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Lance Perkins / Papa Klump / Mama Klump / Grandma Klump / Ernie Klump

Original Name : Eddie Murphy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carla Purty

Original Name : Jada Pinkett Smith

Gender : Female

Character Name : Harlan Hartley

Original Name : James Coburn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dean Richmond

Original Name : Larry Miller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reggie Warrington

Original Name : Dave Chappelle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jason

Original Name : John Ales

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dean's Secretary

Original Name : Patricia Wilson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ernie Klump, Jr.

Original Name : Jamal Mixon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fit Woman

Original Name : Nichole McAuley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Health Instructor

Original Name : Hamilton von Watts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Asian Man

Original Name : Chao-Li Chi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Host

Original Name : Tony Carlin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender

Original Name : Quinn Duffy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Montell Jordan

Original Name : Montell Jordan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Band Leader

Original Name : Doug Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Student

Original Name : David Ramsey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Student

Original Name : Chaz Lamar Shepherd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sad Fat Firl

Original Name : Lisa Halpern

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Mark McPherson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : John Prosky

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Michael Rothhaar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Sara Ballantine

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cop

Original Name : Greg Natale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guy in Crowd

Original Name : Roy Werner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman in Crowd

Original Name : Retha Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Student

Original Name : Steve Monroe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Security Guard

Original Name : Joe Greco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Nick Kokotakis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fireman

Original Name : Stanley D. Petter III

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bodybuilder

Original Name : Mohamed Mohsen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boxing Trainer

Original Name : Michael D. Starks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sporting Goods Clerk

Original Name : Julianne Christie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Woman Dignitary

Original Name : Christie Blanchard-Power

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sexy Girl

Original Name : Alexia Robinson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sexy Girl

Original Name : Lisa Boyle

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sexy Girl

Original Name : Athena Massey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wellman College Alumni

Original Name : Judith Woodbury

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elderly Man in Alumni Receiving Line (uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Tovey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Construction Worker (uncredited)

Original Name : Ned Luke

Gender : Male

Reviews

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2024-05-18

**A comedic film that was successful, and which is based on the talented efforts of Eddie Murphy.** This is one of the comedies that helped establish Eddie Murphy's name as a comic actor, and I wouldn't be exaggerating if I said that it was one of the most memorable comedies that came out in the 90s: almost everyone has seen this film, regardless of whether or not they liked him. The story is quite simple and follows the journey of a clumsy university chemistry professor who, suffering from morbid obesity, decides to invent a serum that allows him, instantly, to assume the physical elegance he always dreamed of having... but when he falls in love with a slender woman, decides to test it on himself and discovers a disturbing side effect: a split personality that threatens to banish the real one and take on a life of its own. I called him a double personality, but it would be more accurate to call him an “alter ego”, because Buddy Love – that's his name – is actually the reflection of all the repressed desires that Professor Sherman had and that he never fulfilled: a handsome, seductive, bold and flirtatious man, spontaneous and extroverted to the point of not having any kind of shame and having deeply unpleasant attitudes towards other people. Freudian? It's really something that only a psychoanalyst could understand, but which the film plays with in a deeply effective way. But not everything is good in this film. The dialogues are quite weak, and the jokes were made with such a low and dirty style of humor that a person like me can hardly laugh. There are several moments in which this is observed more clearly, but all the scenes where the Klump family appears deserve negative attention. It's a part of the film that I, honestly, would have cut and deleted, and that I would never let a son or daughter see before we had a serious conversation about it. Technically, the film is not a show in any way, except for all the makeup and costume work, developed around Eddie Murphy and the various characters he played in the film. It is a truly remarkable work, in which Murphy ages, rejuvenates, gains weight and loses weight as necessary, and always with a lot of verisimilitude and authenticity. And what about the work of the protagonist himself? I think it's enough to say that he deserves all the praise and accolades he received for the film. Despite the weaknesses and all the defects that I have pointed out, the commitment, dedication, professionalism and talent of an actor who, in a single film, plays eight or nine different characters is undeniable! If there's anything that makes this movie work, it's Eddie Murphy. Jada Pinkett Smith (still single at the time, as far as I know) did a decent job as a beauty who serves as Murphy's love interest, and does a reasonable job with her colleague, without being able to keep up with him for a single minute. James Coburn and Dave Chappelle make some positive notes, but that's all there is to it.