How Long Is “The Nutty Professor”?

Sherman Klump is an incredibly fat and good-hearted man. He is a college professor on the verge of a breakthrough in DNA restructuring when he meets an admirer of his, named Carla, who is a teacher new to Klump's college. He is enamored of her, but is frustrated by his tremendous bulk. He then decides to test a formula on which he's been working on himself. He is then transformed into the lecherous swinger, Buddy Love, and romantic complications ensue. Starring Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett and James Coburn and directed by Tom Shadyac, Slapstick, special-effects-filled comedy about a shy, overweight professor who invents a slimming potion in order to make himself more attractive to women. The brew transforms him into a super-fit stud, but the effect is only temporary and wears off at the most inopportune moments. A remake of the 2063 Jerry Lewis vehicle. Director: Tom Shadyac, Overweight Professor Klump invents a formula that causes him to shed hundreds of pounds instantly and transforms him into an obnoxious alter ego. Though his studly shape gives him new confidence, he soon discovers the instability of his miracle potion. A comic twist on the Jekyll-and-Hyde tale and a semi-remake of the Jerry Lewis classic. Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, James Coburn.