The Nutty Professor

About The Nutty Professor

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.

The Nutty Professor (1996) is a comedy romance film directed by Tom Shadyac. At 95 minutes long, it arrived in June 1996.

The film is filed under campus, family dinner, jekyll and hyde, and overweight man.

Eddie Murphy takes the lead as Sherman Klump, Jada Pinkett Smith as Carla Purty, James Coburn as Harlan Hartley, and Larry Miller as Dean Richmond. The screenplay is by Barry W. Blaustein and David Sheffield. Produced by Eddie Murphy Productions.

Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain Marvel, and Toy Story 2 make useful companions to The Nutty Professor, all filed under hilarious and 1990s. TMDB voters put it at 5.7 out of 10 across 3,234 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.