The Nutty Professor

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The Nutty Professor
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PG13,1hr 35min
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June 28, 1996
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Universal Pictures
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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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
Featured Cast
Buddy Love, Lance Perkins, Mama Klump, Papa Klump, Sherman Klump, Sherman Klump/Buddy Love/Lance Perkins/Papa Klump/
Carla Purty
Harlan Hartley
Dean Richmond
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