Eddie Murphy stars as a grossly overweight chemistry professor in this update of the classic 1963 Jerry Lewis comedy. Eager to reinvent himself and ease his loneliness, the professor develops a potion that magically transforms him into a lean mean sex machine, capable of seducing any woman in sight...but he loses his niceness .. Read more
| Starring | Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, Dave Chappelle, James Coburn |
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| Director | Tom Shadyac |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Eddie Murphy stars as a grossly overweight chemistry professor in this update of the classic 1963 Jerry Lewis comedy. Eager to reinvent himself and ease his loneliness, the professor develops a potion that magically transforms him into a lean mean sex machine, capable of seducing any woman in sight...but he loses his niceness along the way.
| Starring | Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, Dave Chappelle, James Coburn, John Ales |
|---|---|
| Director | Tom Shadyac |
| Studio | 4 FRONT VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | Czech, French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 1996 To Rent: DVD: 23 Aug 2002 |
"...Apt and comic....Combining the riotously funny and the sweetly sentimental....Miller is at his obsequious best....[Pinkett] demonstrates that her range ranks her among the most versatile young performers in movies..."
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Dire!!!
Dreadful remake starring the congenitally unfunny Eddie Murphy, and not to be confused with the excellent 1963 original version starring Jerry Lewis. I would ... read more »
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Dire!!!
Dreadful remake starring the congenitally unfunny Eddie Murphy, and not to be confused with the excellent 1963 original version starring Jerry Lewis. I would ... read more »
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Murphy being typically crass
I did not watch all of this - I saw up to the scene where he is in the comedy club on a date and I could not believe how utterly crass and awful the whole thing... read more »
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excellent
No one could play as many roles as good as Eddie Murphy. this is a brilliant film.
Eddie Murphy is worried about bachelor life as he nears 50 - because the comedian fears he's becoming a "creepy" old man. The Nutty Professor star split from wife Nicole Mitchell in 2006 after 13 years of marriage and went on to romance former Spice Girl Melanie Brown. Murphy has since found himself single again and admits he still likes to spend his nights out on the club scene picking up women. But the actor, who turned 49 earlier this month (03Apr10), admits he gets self-conscious about... Read more
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