Story Line
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.
“Inside Sherman Klump, a party animal is about to break out.”
Top Cast
Eddie Murphy
Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Lance Perkins / Papa Klump / Mama Klump / Grandma Klump / Ernie Klump
Jada Pinkett Smith
Carla Purty
James Coburn
Harlan Hartley
Larry Miller
Dean Richmond
Dave Chappelle
Reggie Warrington
John Ales
Jason
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Rating
5.6/ 10
Release Date
1996-06-28
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
ComedyScience FictionRomance
Part of the Series
The Nutty Professor Collection
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User Reviews (2)
Filipe Manuel Neto
5/10
•5/18/2024**A comedic film that was successful, and which is based on the talented efforts of Eddie Murphy.**
This is one of the comedies that helped establish Eddie Murphy's name as a comic actor, and I wouldn't be exaggerating if I said that it was one of...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•9/3/2026I reckon your enjoyment (or not) of this will depend on whether or not you like Eddie Murphy and his style of puerile comedy. As you might have guessed by now, I don't and so I found myself wondering why a now seventy-year-old Jerry Lewis - purveyor ...