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• Actors: John Ales, Earl Boen, Nikki Cox, Chris Elliott, Enya Flack
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, HiFi Sound, Special Edition, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: May 2, 2001
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (100 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005BCLH
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #78,925 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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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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36 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars NUTTY 2,NOT MADE TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, August 21, 2000

By A Customer

What movie were these people watching? They couldn't have been watching Nutty Professor 2.This was one of the funniest movies of the year.I laughed the entire time I was in the theatre. I thought this movie was hysterically funny. I laughed so hard that a few times I had to stop eating my popcorn for fear of choking! Murphys performance in the movie was amazing. The character that stood out the most was that of the grandmother, which Mr Murphy says he based on his own actual grandmom. What a HOOT she was. Sure it had some far fetched moments,like the hamster scene for instance. That could have been left on the cutting room floor, but other then that I thought the movie was a good time.I don't know why all of these so called critics have been giving this movie such a bad review. I thought Eddie Murphy did an excellent job playing all of these different characters. You actually thought they were all different actors. As for "JANET" Miss Jackson if you're nasty! I thought she gave great support. A lot of the so called critics have stated that they didn't know that Ms. Jackson could act. I guess they seem to have forgotten that she was an actress before she became a singer. Remember Good times? Back to Eddie Murphy. Again I felt that his performance was top notch and very, very funny. I highly reccomend this movie for his die hard fans. It reminds one of his Saturday night live days. Just go to see this movie with the thought that this is just a comedy and shouldn't be taken to seriously like so many critics do. They already have their little mind made up before they actually go see the film which is totally unfair to say the least. I bet you that if JIM CARREY had played this role, they would have ruled it as the second coming.... The movie was funny, Bottom line.. Go see it! Great job Mr. Murphy!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nutty 2 better than the original? I think so!, October 12, 2000

By	"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!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	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.