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The Nutty Professor
- Review Date: June 24, 2003
- PG-13
- Genre: Comedy
- 2002
Common Sense Media says
A dumb, offensive movie--a good one to skip.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this film has many sexual references, a torrent of profanity, nasty insults (including fat jokes and racial epithets), and a misguided obsession with flatulence. The anally-fixated script, which is packed with smutty double entendres and jokes about "colon cleansing," may delight twelve-year-old boys, but parents may well be horrified that this is what now passes for family entertainment in Hollywood.
What's the story?
Eddie Murphy plays seven roles in this remake of Jerry Lewis' 1963 comedy. Portly professor Sherman Klump (Murphy) falls for grad student Carla (Jada Pinkett), but he's too shy and self-conscious about his weight to make a move. When Klump invents a weight-loss potion and tests it on himself, he's transformed from a sweet, overweight guy into attractive, incredibly arrogant womanizer Buddy Love. Buddy tries to seduce Carla, and the inner Sherman eventually tries to conquer his horrible alter ego and return to his normal, goodnatured self.
Is it any good?
THE NUTTY PROFESSOR is a relentlessly tasteless star vehicle for Eddie Murphy, designed to let him show off his comic virtuosity. While his performances (and the Oscar-winning make-up effects) are technically impressive, the numerous scenes showing him portraying every member of his family at the dinner table are protracted and bring the plot to a dead stop.
The movie's major problem, however, is its torrent of profanity, nasty insults (including fat jokes and racial epithets), and its misguided obsession with flatulence. The anally-fixated script may delight twelve-year-old boys, but parents may well be horrified that this is what now passes for family entertainment in Hollywood. The sappy ending when Sherman says, "Life is not about how much you weigh, but being happy with yourself" is nothing more than a phony attempt at pathos to make up for the previous ninety minutes of raunchiness.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the appeal of gross-out humor. They could also discuss the line between silly and offensive.
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Kid, 12 years old
July 24, 2010
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very funny
funny movie with some language and sexual refrences. when he turns into buddy love he says "i can see my d**k i can see my d**k" a few s-words. theres an of screen sex scene the room is later seen with things laying around then klump pulls a womans underwere off a door. some other sexual refrences. 11+
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i saw it on tv, so not a lot of profanity or sex.
this movie has a great message at the end, but between that, its making fun of fat people and blacks. but i still enjoyed it.
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FUNNY. yeah sex and language but that what makes a comedy GREAT. Eddie is awesome. WATCH THIS MOVIE!
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Oh my...well, I watched this with my Grandparents (LOL) and can truly say I was embarrased the whole time. Sure, there were a few funny jokes but mostly it was just racist jokes, fat jokes, sex references, etc. I remember the word "t*tty" and that of the like comes up quite a few times. Not a great movie.
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AGE 10
WOAH. I mean, i totally (no offense) disagree with the review. i watched it with my seven year old sister. it wasn't that bad. the level for sex is way too high. sure it's bad but not that bad i would give it 3 instead of 5. however, there are really really good role models such as carla, even though buddy is not.
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Good for older kids, iffy and off for anyone under thirteen.
The clown who rated it one star and didn't give much of why the movie was bad needs to seriously reconsider.
The movie is bad with its language but it does have a positive message of being yourself. It's very funny, but does have it's racial language and sexual talk.
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A good movie about self-acceptance, LOTS of nasty stuff.
Good movie, but LOTS of inappropriate content. I know a LOT of bad words, so when my sister and I were watching it with our parents, we tried not to laugh over the obscene language.
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Confusing!
Its a little confusing how Eddie Murphy changes into the guy and Buddy Love! but its still good!
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Not That Bad
Yes, this movie was kinda iffy but not for people 17 and older.I think it should be for kids 12 and older. There is some sexual content and language but i think most kids can handle it.
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| Studio: | Universal Pictures |
| Director: | Tom Shadyac |
| Cast: | Dave Chappelle, Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 95 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | January 2, 2002 |
| DVD release date: | January 2, 2002 |
| MPAA rating: | PG-13 |
| MPAA explanation: | crude humor and sexual references |
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