Film

The Nutty Professor 1996

Directed by Tom Shadyac

  • Comedy, Science Fiction, Romance
  • 95 min
  • PG-13

Inside Sherman Klump, a party animal is about to break out.

When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes 'Buddy Love', a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped down Don Juan.

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Character

Comic, effortless, unpretentious and classical in form.

  • gravecomic
  • effortlessdemanding
  • unpretentiousprestige
  • classical in formformally daring
  • sparerichly built

Who loves it, who doesn't

The Thrill ChaserThe Thrill Chaser: loved by 5The Thrill Chaser: disliked by 45 / 4The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: disliked by 90 / 9The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: loved by 3The Genre Devotee: disliked by 43 / 4The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 66The SincereThe Sincere: loved by 3The Sincere: disliked by 33 / 3The EmpathThe Empath: loved by 1The Empath: disliked by 51 / 5The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: disliked by 50 / 5The IronistThe Ironist: loved by 1The Ironist: disliked by 31 / 3loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

82 profiled raters. Loved most by The Comfort Seekers; disliked most by The Prestige Hunters.

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