
Having already missed his wedding to his beautiful sweetheart, Sara, twice, the happy, absent-minded professor, Dr Phillip Brainard, is struggling to come up with a brilliant invention to save Medfield College from closure. However, as good things come to those who wait, the eccentric inventor stumbles upon an innovative but highly unstable formula for "Flubber", a mysterious rubber-like hybrid elastomer that can lift objects, bouncing and stretching as if it had a mind of it... (Full plot summary below)
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Having already missed his wedding to his beautiful sweetheart, Sara, twice, the happy, absent-minded professor, Dr Phillip Brainard, is struggling to come up with a brilliant invention to save Medfield College from closure. However, as good things come to those who wait, the eccentric inventor stumbles upon an innovative but highly unstable formula for "Flubber", a mysterious rubber-like hybrid elastomer that can lift objects, bouncing and stretching as if it had a mind of its own. Of course, this unique but untamed creation catches the attention of a ruthless rival who is bent on getting his hands on the extraordinary substance. But first, he will have to catch it. Can Dr Brainard protect his invention?
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| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanAs computer-generated special effects have grown more advanced, they threaten to overwhelm such minor matters as story, character, and emotion. This, however, is not a problem in Flubber (Walt Disney), an agreeably unhinged slapstick jamboree. |
| Washington PostJohn F. KellyFlubber, the substance, has more personality than many Hollywood actors. And if Flubber, the movie, isn't quite a slam dunk, at least it's a relatively bouncy way to spend an hour and a half. |
| VarietyJoe LeydonDespite a couple of slow stretches along the way, director Mayfield does a generally fine job of integrating the eye-popping special effects with the simple but serviceable plot. The pace is just brisk enough to satisfy youngsters with short attention spans, and Williams is winning enough to keep audiences of all ages involved. |
| Las Vegas Review-JournalCarol ClingBring back Fred MacMurray ... a hyper, witless snooze. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliIn fact, there are times when this movie feels like the latest installment in the over-milked Home Alone saga. |
| The New York TimesElvis MitchellThough Mr. Williams sometimes seems on the verge of "Aladdin"-caliber improvisation with the ever-morphing green flubber, the film bogs him down with a fiancee (Marcia Gay Harden) hellbent on making him remember a wedding date, and with the full Hughes retinue of thugs and bullies. |
| New York Daily NewsJami BernardWith the exception of the handful of scenes in which the Flubber does its stuff, however, the youngsters will no doubt be bored by it all. |
| Los Angeles TimesJohn AndersonDirector Les Mayfield ("Miracle on 34th Street") has his moments, of course, but what ultimately was needed in the case of Flubber was a movie with more bounce and less talk. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittRobin Williams is no Fred MacMurray, but he plays the hero with his customary energy. |
| Total FilmYael ShuvDisney's remake of 1961's The Absent-Minded Professor is a graceless, lifeless, slapstick jamboree. |