The Nutty Professor

1996

Directed by

Tom Shadyac

Starring

Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn

Runtime

1h 35m

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.