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• Actors: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle
• Directors: Tom Shadyac
• Writers: Tom Shadyac, Barry W. Blaustein, Bill Richmond, David Sheffield, Jerry Lewis
• Producers: Brian Grazer
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (DTS 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Universal Studios
• DVD Release Date: March 16, 1999
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (63 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0783230737
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,619 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Lucky for Eddie Murphy he got ahold of the rights to this 1963 Jerry Lewis classic before Jim Carrey did. Murphy had a comeback of sorts with his Jeckyll-and-Hyde-derived fable of awkward chemistry professor Sherman Klump (Murphy), who discovers a potion that transforms him into the suave, cocky lady-killer Buddy Love (also Murphy). The big difference between the two versions is that Murphy's Sherman is not only a nerdy intellectual but is also grossly obese, which provides the opportunity for some hilarious digital transformation effects, as well as some gentle satire of our culture's attitudes toward fat people. As he did in the hit Coming to America, Murphy plays multiple roles, and the scenes at the Klump family dinner table, in which he plays everybody, are brilliantly funny. (Murphy won the National Society of Film Critics' award for best actor of 1996 for these performances.) Lewis based his Buddy Love on the 1960s ideal of cool exemplified by Sinatra and the Rat Pack; Murphy stumbles a bit by playing up the oily phoniness of his latter-day Love a little too soon, but for the most part The Nutty Professor represents a welcome return to form for Eddie Murphy. --Jim Emerson

Product Description
Four hundred-pound chemistry professor murphy is transformed into a slim ladies man. Incredible special effects and a super soundtrack. Include filmographies bios and notes. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 03/28/2006 Starring: Eddie Murphy Jada Pinkett Run time: 95 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Tom Shadyac

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical, July 8, 2006

By	G. J Wiener (Westchester, NY USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Nutty Professor (1996) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Totally awesome movie with jokes and sight gags galore. Eddie Murphy is one talented man playing all those roles of the Cletus family plus Buddy Love. A little crude yet but alot of laughing......gas!

Definitely pick this one up and pass on the sequel as that one overdoses on the fart jokes. This one uses a multi-joke formula all the way to success.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE NUTTY PROFESSOR: EDDIE RULES, June 2, 2006

By	MARTY E. MCINTOSH (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Nutty Professor (DVD)

THE NUTTY PROFESSOR STARRING LEGENDARY STAND-UP COMEDIAN/ACTOR EDDIE MURPHY. HE SHOCKED YOU IN HIS 1982 STAND-UP LIVE CONCERT DELERIOUS. HE SURPRISED YOU IN HIS 1982 MOVIE 48 HOURS WITH NICK NOLTE. THEN HE TOOK IT TO THE SPEED LIMIT WITH EVERYBODIES FAVORTIE COMEDY COP AXL FOLEY BEVERLY HILLS COP. AND FINALY, HE BLEW UP TO 400 BOUND OF LOVE PLAYS SHERMAN KLUMP BUDDY LOVE AND HIS FAMILY IN... THE NUTTY PROFESSOR. A GREAT COMEDY GEM THIS ONE. GO BUY THIS DVD. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE FAMILY GETTIN TOGETHER HAVING A GOOD MEAL.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, May 15, 2000

By	retrowens (Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Nutty Professor (1996) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I haven't seen an Eddie Murphy movie yet that wasn't hilarious and The Nutty Professor is one of the best he's ever made. He plays the role of an overweight and intelligent professor that likes a gorgeous new teacher, but he doesn't have the courage to ask her out because of his size. He develops a formula that turns him into a skinnier, arrogant man that seems to have a better chance with the teacher that Mr. Klump (the overweight professor)likes. She turns out to like the skinnier, more arrogant version of Eddie Murphy but thinks he's too out of control. Later on, Eddie Murphy gets stuck in the new body and wants to go back to being Mr. Klump, but the new arrogant version tried to keep him from becoming Mr. Klump again.

The professor creates a formula that can drastically make anyone lose weight within seconds and can't wait to prove it to everyone. However, even this is a challenge when the new, skinnier Eddie Murphy tries to take over and do away with Mr. Klump.

The Nutty Professor is one of the funniest movies ever made in my opinion. Some of the sequences might not be as good as the others, but I don't know anybody in my family or any of my friends that didn't like the movie. It's one of Eddie Murphy's best and if you feel like laughing, you need to get this movie.