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The Nutty Professor

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PG13,1hr 35min

Genres:

Comedy,Romance

Released:

June 28, 1996

Director:

Tom Shadyac

Distributor:

Universal Pictures

Starring:

Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn ...more

Synopsis: Eddie Murphy gives one of Jerry Lewis' best-remembered vehicles a 1990s overhaul in this hit comedy. Sherman Klump (Murphy) is a college professor and respected biochemistry researcher who is kind, considerate, and a genuinely nice guy. Sherman is also appallingly overweight; coupled with the fact that he's painfully shy and a bit clumsy, his romantic prospects are rather bleak. When Sherman finds himself working with a pretty graduate student, Carla Purty (Jada Pinkett), he falls in love and is ... Full Synopsis

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	Robert Firsching, AMG Review Jerry Lewis was among the executive producers of this genuinely funny remake of his 1963 comedy. As grotesquely overweight Professor Sherman Klump, Eddie Murphy is at the top of his form, in a role which revived his career after an eight-year string of disappointments. Whether playing the pathetic Klump or his thin, nasty alter-ego Buddy Love, Murphy pulls off a tour-de-force in one of the highlights ... Full Review

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	Eddie Murphy Buddy Love, Lance Perkins, Mama Klump, Papa Klump, Sherman Klump, Sherman Klump/Buddy Love/Lance Perkins/Papa Klump/ Jada Pinkett Smith Carla Purty James Coburn Harlan Hartley Larry Miller Dean Richmond

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