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Flubber

- Catch it if you can!

Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.

Release Date : 1997-11-26

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Walt Disney PicturesGreat Oaks Entertainment

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : The Absent Minded Professor

Cast

Character Name : Professor Philip Brainard

Original Name : Robin Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds

Original Name : Marcia Gay Harden

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wilson Croft

Original Name : Christopher McDonald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chester Hoenicker

Original Name : Raymond J. Barry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Smith

Original Name : Clancy Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Secretary at Ford Motor Company

Original Name : Nancy Olson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wesson

Original Name : Ted Levine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bennett Hoenicker

Original Name : Wil Wheaton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Martha George

Original Name : Edie McClurg

Gender : Female

Character Name : Weebo (voice)

Original Name : Jodi Benson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sylvia

Original Name : Leslie Stefanson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Father

Original Name : Malcolm Brownson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Window Boy

Original Name : Benjamin Brock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minister

Original Name : Dakin Matthews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teenage Boy

Original Name : Zack Zeigler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coach Willy Barker

Original Name : Sam Lloyd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flubber (voice)

Original Name : Scott Martin Gershin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Weebette (voice)

Original Name : Julie Morrison

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rutland Coach

Original Name : Bob Sarlatte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dale Jepner

Original Name : Scott Michael Campbell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Referee

Original Name : Bob Greene

Gender : Male

Character Name : Medfield Basketball Player

Original Name : Tom Barlow

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-01-02

It's kind of fitting as I decided to decline Disney's kind invitation to pay 33% more for my Disney+ that this is the last of their films that I watched. It sums up the mediocrity of this once innovative source of vibrant and creative animation - and presents us with a derivative version of a film that Jerry Lewis might have made in the 1960s if he'd owned "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" - and no, "Flubber" isn't even a dolphin! It all relies on the rather annoying performance of Robin Williams in the role of the madcap scientist "Prof. Brainard" who is determined to save his college from closure by coming up with a miracle invention. His woes don't just stop there, though. His fiancée "Sara" (Marcia Gay Harden) might just be seeing another man! Anyway, what he does manage to create is the eponymous, extremely independently elastic, green gunge that can be everything from load bearing to ultra-stretchy. Needless to say, this attracts the attention of rivals and so he must now focus on a two pronged offensive to protect his sludge and keep his gal. There's only so much the talented Williams can do here before the whole thing just sinks into it's own green goo. The script is borderline puerile and even a flying car can't really rescue this from a rather disappointing predictability. At least it's short and sweet, but really hasn't an original bone in it's flexi-body!