Product Details

• Actors: Eddie Murphy, Janet Jackson, Larry Miller, John Ales, Richard Gant
• Directors: Peter Segal
• Writers: Barry W. Blaustein, Chris Weitz, David Sheffield, Jerry Lewis, Paul Weitz
• Producers: Arlene Kehela
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Special Edition, NTSC
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: December 5, 2000
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (91 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005067T
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #624,631 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Eddie Murphy's remake of The Nutty Professor used the good professor's alter ego, Buddy Love, in much the same way that Jerry Lewis did in his brilliant original: a representation of the id out of control that plays like an admission of the actor's off-screen sins. In the sequel, Murphy expands on his Klump family from the first film and makes them major characters. Consequently, his dark side has plenty more places to express itself, particularly through the oversexed grandmother, Sherman's aggressively impotent father, and his just plain surly uncle, as well as Buddy Love (all played by Murphy).

The movie opens with professor Sherman Klump barely holding onto his sanity as his internal Buddy Love makes him say inappropriate things. He decides to extract his mutant Buddy Love gene (a sort of genetic version of electroshock therapy), but afterward is unable to maintain his original personality and intelligence. Sherman is the most bland character of the bunch, and the audience gets stuck with his boring romance with fellow professor Janet Jackson, his struggle to be nice, and generic intrigue surrounding a Fountain of Youth formula he developed. When it's not trying too hard to be nice--heck, one character is anally raped by a giant hamster--the movie works. The moral of the story is that Sherman needs to reconnect with their inner Buddy Love. That goes for Murphy, too. --Andy Spletzer

From The New Yorker

It's hard to imagine a comedy any broader than "The Nutty Professor," but somehow Eddie Murphy manages to expand the waistline a few more inches with this crass and corpulent sequel. He plays six roles, including the affable Sherman Klump and various other members of the Klump clan. The only character to be demoted is Sherman's alter ego, Buddy Love, who was such a diabolical presence in the first movie. This time around, Murphy is no longer lampooning his own smooth reputation, but simply staging a one-man parade of appetite and effluence. Janet Jackson is the co-star, Peter Segal the director, and gene-splicing the topical plot hook, but none of them impinge on the unstoppable Murphy routine. For most moviegoers, all this will look like a giant backward step, but no doubt the joke is on us. -Anthony Lane
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nutty 2 better than the original? I think so!, October 11, 2000

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"bcdzoom" (Ohio, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nutty Professor II - The Klumps (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

Nutty Professor 2 was one of the funniest movies this summer. It was definitely better and had a better story than the other fat suiyt comedy this year, Big Mamma's House. This one is better because we get more of Eddie at what he does best and we get Janet Jackson, who lights up the screen with her presence. Granny Klump is the best. She makes you laugh every time you see her. Great movie! Funny movie! Excellent Characters! Get it now!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Klumps Uncensored/ Censored-There isn't mush difference, June 15, 2001

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aniesha sapp (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nutty Professor II - The Klumps (Uncensored Director's Cut) (DVD)

Nutty Professor II was a funny movie, I own the DVD. When I saw that they had an uncensored version I was excited to see what was considered too racey for to the version that was in the theaters. I was very disappointed. There aren't any extra scenes. Just a few more lines from about 3 of the characters, which does not make much of a difference in the movie. As far as the Extra Features...I was looking forward to seeing Janet Jackson's screen test. BIG disappointment. They just show the wardrobe test of Janet in Mama's hug wedding dress. I was expecting to see Janet basically auditioning, reading for the part of Denise Gaines. Dont get me wrong i Loved Nutty Professor II and I am I huge Janet Jackson fan, but I would suggest that you either get one version (Censored or Uncensored) or the other. There is no reason to have both. Also check the running time of both movie. the Uncensored version is only 2 minutes longer, so that should tell you how much of a difference there is in the two versions of Nutty II.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Movie. The Uncensored Version Is The Same Thing, August 10, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Nutty Professor II - The Klumps (Uncensored Director's Cut) (DVD)

WARNING! MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! READ WITH CAUTION! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!!!!!

O.K. I really like Nutty Proffesor 2 The Klumps. If you get past some of the sex jokes (some which aren't even funny) and the sick, perverted things (a hampster raping Dean Richmend) you'll find yourself laughing pretty darn hard. I'll admit it is pretty funny. Not really like Airplane! but good for a few laughs.

Since I'm sure you've seen other reviews that tell you the plot I'm not going to even bother. Instead, I'll tell you what I think of this Uncensored Director's Cut.

First off, I own the reqular version on VHS, and I was quite happy with it, but when I saw the Ucensored DVD, WOW!!! I got excited. Imagine what could have been considered to Rated-R-ish, and was cut out!!!! There might be some pretty funny stuff in there!!! I got the DVD, and unwrapped the plastic and put the disk in my DVD player. Oh, I was so prepared to get blown away, the same way I got blown away with the Extended Special Edition of Terminator 2 Judgement Day Ultimate Edition (by the way, the code for T2's Extended Special Edition is 82997), but sadly, I was not blown away by the Nutty Proffesor 2 The Klumps Uncensored Director's Cut. The back of the cover says things like "The Mariachi Senade Gets Wilder," "Denise Gets A Big Surprise", and "The Hot Tub Gets Steamier". Well, the Mariachi Senade scene only had one added line (that is unfunny). The "Denise Gets A Big Surprise" scene includes........... NOTHING (?) new. And the "Hot Tub Gets Steamier" scene simply has a new shot of Granny with a SLIGHTLEY more exagerated face. I think I once read somewhere that false advertisement is against the law. Well, this sure is false advertisement. Also, in some of the new lines, the picture gets all screwed up (?). But, I must also mention that there are One and a 1/2 added minutes of outtakes, that are quite funny, but were propably cut just to be put in this version. Another thing, look at the back of the cover on Terminator 2 Judgement Day. Sixteen minutes of added footage!!! Wow!!! Now look at this cover. Two minutes of new stuff. Uh, wow. And, consider this, those two added minutes are all outtakes!!!! WHAT A CHEAT!!!!!! But, then theres special features. There's a pointless, 1 and 1/2 minute long featurrete. A good commentary by the director, Peter Segal, and one with the director and producer, Brian Grazer. There are some screen tests and such. The best thing about this disk is the DVD-ROM features. You can listen to interviews with Sherman Klump and Granny Klump. Funny!!! You can even make your own poster!!!! Cool!!!! But, one thing, in the commentary with Peter Segel, he talks all about things that were cut out, like this, the dinner table scene in the movie (Censored Or Uncensored) is 5 minutes. The original way (and the way that they shot it) was 14 minutes. Wouldn't everyone like to see the real dinner-table sequence? I would. Well, it's just 5 minutes in this version. What a cheat.

So. basically, I'm saying, if you don't have the movie on DVD at all, get this one for the outtakes and DVD-ROM stuff, but, if you already have the other DVD, don't get this. Really, no difference.

Brett Michael Roberts