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As the movie opens, Murphy is Professor Sherman Klump, brilliant chemist and geneticist, and fat slob. He falls instantly in love with a new graduate student named Carla Purty ( Jada Pinkett) and bashfully bumbles his way into asking her out on a date.
Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: B+ Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Richard Schickel TIME Magazine [Murphy] is able to invest his Professor Klump with an endearing dignity, give his lounge...
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- Tom Shadyac
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- Eddie Murphy
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault. This cruder, more sexualized update of the Jerry Lewis classic is also more consistently funny and imaginative....
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Oct 12, 2015 · Eddie Murphy plays Sherman Klump, a mild-mannered scientist and college professor who’s been experimenting with a type of drug that could intercept the genes that cause people to gain excessive weight and thereby revolutionize the industry of weight loss.
I try not to take IMDb ratings to heart, but the Nutty Professor is actually a good film that manages to be funny and touching. Tom Shadyac directs snappily and there is a very nicely written script, not something that is absolutely exceptional but impressive in what it sets out to do.
Mar 2, 2018 · 1996. 1h 35m. PG-13. Comedy/Romance/Sci-fi. Where to Watch. Buy. $14.99. $11.99. Rent. $3.79. $3.99. Stream. Cast.
Jun 28, 1996 · Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA. • 2 Wins & 3 Nominations. Eddie Murphy stars as Dr. Sherman Klump, a kind, 'calorically challenged' genetics professor who longs to shed his 400-pound frame in order to win the heart of beautiful Jada Pinkett.