Contin you know my plan to watch every Eddie Murphy movie in order, I come to Nutty Professor (1996)Plot In A Paragraph: In a depressed state, kind but overweight professor Sherman Klump (Murphy) takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim but obnoxious Buddy Love.I remember Reading about this being made and thinking there was no way this remake with Murphy could be a hit, certainly not one with him wearing a fat suit. I promptly dismissed it, as what would be another Murphy flop. After years in a career slump, I was not alone. Murphy said "I had a bunch of movies that didn't work. People were saying, "Eddie's no good," so I was like, "Not good? Let me show you what I can f***ing do. It seems every five or six years, you have to do something to remind them that they like you."Murphy, is energised for the first time in years. Using this passion, he is seriously back on track with a lot of energy, missing in so much of his work the last couple of years. The movie is a remake of the Jerry Lewis movie, but I'd say it's more inspired by, than an actual remake of the 1963 classic. This version follows the broad outlines of the Lewis film, with one inspired addition, it makes him fat!! Opening the door for a lot more physical comedy.This is Murphy's best performance and movie since Beverly Hills Cop. Every adult member of the Klump family is played by Murphy. He has always been good at this type of thing, and here it really works (even if fart humour is not your thing) Sherman is one of his most likable characters, good-hearted, sympathetic and funny. When Sherman turns into Buddy Love, the character resembles Murphy's own on stage act. There is a lot of Buddy Love in the Eddie Murphy screen persona. Maybe too much. And not enough Sherman Klump. The Nutty Professor shows him back on track.Murphy was nominated a Golden Globe for the fourth time. His first since Beverly Hills Cop (14 years earlier) More importantly, it was a hit at the box office. The Nutty Professor grossed $128 Million at the domestic box office to end 1996 as the 8th highest grossing movie of the year. The first time Murphy had a $100 million grosser and a movie in the top 10 highest grossers of the year in 8 years. The comeback was on.

The Nutty Professor is along with Bowfinger, one of Eddie Murphy's last funny comedies. The idea is good, and I enjoyed the comedic elements of the film. Of all the films that Eddie Murphy has starred in, The Nutty Professor is one of his funniest. Sure the film isn't perfect, but there are plenty of good laughs here to entertain the audience. I'm not the biggest Eddie Murphy fan, but I enjoyed this film, and I thought it had some great moments where the film was very well done. The Nutty Professor is a good comedy, and somewhat underrated. However, if you enjoy Eddie Murphy, give this one a shot, The Nutty Professor is one of his last funny roles, and he really does bring on good laughs with his antics in this film. The Nutty Professor has a good cast starring opposite Murphy, and the film boasts another comedic talent, Dave Chappelle. And the acting of Jada Pinkett Smith as Carla was great! The film works well enough to be an entertaining hour and a half and despite the fact that it's not a comedic masterpiece, the film still has plenty of laughs going for it, and is much better than the second. This is one of Eddie Murphy's last good film roles along with Bowfinger afterwards he really started to make unfunny films that just insulted the intelligence and were a waste of time. Luckily looking back at this film, you realize that Eddie Murphy was once very funny and capable at delivering something unique on-screen. Now, he's totally irrelevant and unfunny. The Nutty Professor may not be the best comedy, but it definitely is worth watching and is pretty funny for what it is.

The Nutty Professor (1996)*** 1/2 (out of 4) Hilarious remake of the Jerry Lewis film about the overweight Sherman Klump (Eddie Murphy) who comes up with a chemical that will turn anyone skinny overnight. Klump rushes the experiment on himself after an embarrassing night out and becomes the skinny but annoying Buddy Love (Murphy). At first Buddy thinks this is what he wants but the side effects quickly follow. I don't care what anyone says but Eddie Murphy should have won the Oscar for this film and yes I've seen all the nominations from that year. It's rather amazing to see what Murphy was able to do here, playing at least seven characters and making of them one of the most memorable you're ever going to see. I don't care who you are but when you see Sherman Klump you can't help but fall in love with the character and the way Murphy plays him is just something amazing to watch. Even the Buddy Love character is quite memorable and this doesn't even cover the Klump family that Murphy perfectly handles. Rick Baker also deserves a lot of credit for the special effects and these here have to be considered some of the greatest of his career. The film really does walk the line between hilarious comedy and some rather sad and dramatic moments. There's no question that the film really packs a punch no matter what it's trying to do. The story itself certainly comes with a message that's not preachy and I think Murphy really delivers it in a touching way. The one flaw with the film is that it breaks out of a realistic nature at times and especially with way too many fart jokes. Still, there's no question that this here is Murphy at his greatest and the Sherman character is just so great that you can't help but be won over by the film.

You know many films that come out today don't have a good moral to the story. Many of today's films lack a good message and are more about style then substance. You know those films with nothing but sex and violence; nothing good but the special effects that are really not so special anymore. This film however was made soon before the film industry went on it's downward spiral.Poor Sherman Klump. He works as a professor at a local college and he is looking for a way to lose weight. He comes up with a solution. A liquid that will progressively bring his weight down slowly. One day he meets a woman named Carla and he falls hard for her. He decides to take her out for a date. They end up at a Comedy Club called The Scream. While there they enjoy an evening of music. At some point however a heckler named Reggie who takes people from the audience and makes fun of their looks. Unfortunately Sherman knows whats going on and decides to get up and leave however the spotlight finds his butt and Reggie goes all out with his fat jokes. Sherman is saddened and goes home upset. He has a dream where he becomes really fat. Sherman wakes up frightened and decides that he is going to become thin once and for all. He goes to his lab and takes some of the solution. He ends up passing out and in the morning he wakes up super thin. This is where his life will take a serious turn for the worse. He decides that he is going to take the solution to take out Carla and try to impress her as an alias under Buddy Love. Carla likes him at first but one problem Sherman has is that the solution wears off after awhile and he has to take more to stay in his thin Buddy form. Another drawback of the solution is that his testosterone levels go through the roof when he takes it.Sherman is being overcome by his new counterpart Buddy and Buddy wants to take all the credit for the professors solution. Professor Klump is able to beat Buddy and admits to everyone that he was so obsessed with losing weight and fitting in that he lost track of what he really wanted to do which was to help people. Carla had no problem with Sherman even while he was fat and she really liked him for who he was.The Nutty Professor has some potty humor in it but it still has a great message. Be happy with who you are. Don't let the jerks get you down. I have to agree that fat people are one of the most made fun of today along with people gays. When will people start to become more caring about people's real beauty and stop worrying about self image? We need more movies like this today. Our society is becoming more concerned with looks more and more everyday. Even young girls are being targeted. This is a movie that shows where the real beauty is; inside and not out.