The Nutty Professor

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The Nutty Professor

PG-13

1996

1h 35m

Comedy

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Brilliant and obese scientist Sherman Klump (Eddie Murphy) invents a miraculous weight-loss solution. After a date with chemistry student Carla Purty (Jada Pinkett) goes badly, a depressed Klump tries the solution on himself. Though he instantly loses 250 pounds, the side effects include a second personality: an obnoxiously self-assertive braggart who calls himself Buddy Love. Buddy proves to be more popular than Sherman, but his arrogance and bad behavior quickly spiral out of control.

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Critics Consensus

The Nutty Professor falls back on juvenile humor eagerly and often, but Eddie Murphy's consistently funny work in dual roles means more for audiences to love.

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Richard Schickel

TIME Magazine

[Murphy] is able to invest his Professor Klump with an endearing dignity, give his lounge lizard alter ego, Buddy Love, an alligator's bite and then go on from there to play Klump's grandma. Also his mother, father and brother.

Jun 6, 2009

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Variety Staff

Variety

Murphy's most assured work in some time.

Mar 26, 2009

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Kevin McManus

Washington Post

This is good, seamless comedy.

Aug 20, 2002

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

This cruder, more sexualized update of the Jerry Lewis classic is also more consistently funny and imaginative.

Rated: B

Sep 1, 2022

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

It spends too much time trying to find laughter and not enough time speaking out against fat shaming and our weight-obsessed culture.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 1, 2016

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

There's bold work here from Murphy on grand scale of thespian commitment, yet the feature's sense of humor is more dreary than playful, killing the potential of the premise with a constant display of bad taste.

Rated: C

Aug 19, 2012

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tommy J

Pretty fun movie with some iconic scenes such as the farting at the dinner table.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/27/25

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Kevin C.

A classic worth watching over and over

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/05/25

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Logan G.

Nutty Professor is hilarious and Eddie Murphy gives great performances.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/24/25

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Ciaran S

The Nutty Professor is a solid good film with Eddie Murphy's decent performance yet, of i haven't forgotten the decent story and clever writing, great humor on top a decent all-star cast like Jada Pinkett-Smith, James Coburn, Larry Miller & surprisingly Dave Chappelle of all people, I'm also surprised to learn that this film actually won an Academy Award for "Best Makeup & Hairstyling" WOW. Even if this film is one of Eddie Murphy's timeless treasures there are still a few people like me who are unfamiliar with the original 1963 version.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/19/25

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Miguel R

In my opinion, one of the best movies where Eddie was the main character, and David Newman had his power up.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/09/25

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Stephen C

01 hour, 35 minutes, and 36 seconds is very funny!!!!! The worldwide gross is $273,961,019.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Filmed in color for June 28th, 1996, release date of this movie!!!!!!!!!!!! Celebrating 30th Anniversary in 2026!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Copyright 1996-2025 by NBC Universal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Starring Eddie Murphy in 7 roles, and Jada Pinkett Smith as Sherman Klump's mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/25/25

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Tom Shadyac

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Eddie Murphy

Professor Sherman Klump

Jada Pinkett Smith

Carla Purty

James Coburn

Harlan Hartley

Larry Miller

Dean Richmond

Dave Chappelle

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The Nutty Professor: Official Clip - Reggie Has Left the Building!

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The Nutty Professor: Official Clip - Family Farts

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The Nutty Professor: Official Clip - Buddy's Big Apology

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The Nutty Professor: Official Clip - I'm Thin!

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The Nutty Professor: Official Clip - Heavy Kissing

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The Nutty Professor: Official Clip - He's Gonna Blow!

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The Nutty Professor: Official Clip - Chemistry with Carla

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The Nutty Professor: Official Clip - Klump Family Dinner

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The Nutty Professor: Official Clip - Klump vs. Love

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The Nutty Professor: Official Clip - Hamster Havoc

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Synopsis

Brilliant and obese scientist Sherman Klump (Eddie Murphy) invents a miraculous weight-loss solution. After a date with chemistry student Carla Purty (Jada Pinkett) goes badly, a depressed Klump tries the solution on himself. Though he instantly loses 250 pounds, the side effects include a second personality: an obnoxiously self-assertive braggart who calls himself Buddy Love. Buddy proves to be more popular than Sherman, but his arrogance and bad behavior quickly spiral out of control.

Director: Tom Shadyac
Producer: Russell Simmons, Brian Grazer
Screenwriter: Jerry Lewis, Bill Richmond, David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein, Tom Shadyac, Steve Oedekerk
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 28, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 15, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $128.8M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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