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Flubber

PG Released Nov 26, 1997 1h 33m Kids & Family Comedy List
24% Tomatometer 38 Reviews 33% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
Professor Philip Brainard (Robin Williams) is experimenting with new kinds of energy, and he thinks this project will save struggling Medfield College, where his girlfriend, Sara (Marcia Gay Harden), is president. But when he discovers a lively, rubber-like substance dubbed "flubber," he gets so excited, he absent-mindedly misses his own wedding. Sara dumps him, so he tries to use his discovery to win her back; unfortunately, the mischievous flubber seems to have a mind of its own.
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With its overactive focus on special effects and tiresome slapstick, Flubber squanders the immense talent of its cast and crew.

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Robert Philpot Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com Replaces the original's audience-pleasing sweetness with an audiences-are-suckers cynicism. Rated: 2/5 Aug 7, 2024 Full Review David Ansen Newsweek A cute, well-meaning, but ultimately disappointing movie. Williams, an enormously busy actor these days, seems tired here--and so does a lot of the slapstick. Mar 5, 2018 Full Review Mike Clark USA Today Robin Williams is given no room to stretch. He's stuck mooning over a romance that will bore youngsters. Rated: 1.5/4 Jan 9, 2018 Full Review Todd James Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) Kids should take to it like Jell-O pudding. Rated: 3/5 Aug 6, 2024 Full Review Christine Dolen Miami Herald How you could have a proven script, a star with the kinetic improvisational genius of Robin Williams and the best computer-generated effects money can buy and still have created a movie this dull is mind-boggling. Rated: 2/4 Aug 6, 2024 Full Review Dan DiNicola The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY) Kids may be amused, but there is nothing here for an adult. Just another example of how special effects have ruined Hollywood. Rated: D Jan 10, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Gabe L Best movie I’ve seen in my life. After this experience I was no longer a virgin. I became one with the flubberness of flubber. Words cannot describe the things that this Green blob made me feel. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/01/24 Full Review Faiz D A childhood favorite. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/29/24 Full Review kenzie T Absolutely love this! I watched it when I was little and I'm now watching it with my kids and they're truly as intrigued as I was when I was a kid. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/12/24 Full Review Nero Z One of my all time favourites of Robin Williams film's 👍🏻 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/07/24 Full Review Eye C I remembered it less childish, but now it was hard to finish it. Not even makes me laugh. Entirely for little children, and I’m not sure of it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/28/24 Full Review Chris B Well watching a Robin Williams film. Time to revisit and enjoy the master at work Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/18/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Professor Philip Brainard (Robin Williams) is experimenting with new kinds of energy, and he thinks this project will save struggling Medfield College, where his girlfriend, Sara (Marcia Gay Harden), is president. But when he discovers a lively, rubber-like substance dubbed "flubber," he gets so excited, he absent-mindedly misses his own wedding. Sara dumps him, so he tries to use his discovery to win her back; unfortunately, the mischievous flubber seems to have a mind of its own.
Director
Les Mayfield
Producer
Ricardo Mestres, John Hughes
Screenwriter
Samuel W. Taylor, John Hughes, Bill Walsh
Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co
Walt Disney Pictures, Great Oaks Entertainment
Rating
PG
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 26, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$93.0M
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
SDDS, DTS, Surround, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
35mm, Flat (1.85:1)
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