
Brilliant and obese scientist Sherman Klump invents a miraculous weight-loss solution. After a date with chemistry student Carla Purty goes badly, a depressed Klump tries the solution on himself. Though he instantly loses 250 pounds, the side effects include a second personality: an obnoxiously self-assertive braggart who calls himself Buddy Love. Buddy proves to be more popular than Sherman, but his arrogance and bad behavior quickly spiral out of control.... (Full plot summary below)
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Brilliant and obese scientist Sherman Klump invents a miraculous weight-loss solution. After a date with chemistry student Carla Purty goes badly, a depressed Klump tries the solution on himself. Though he instantly loses 250 pounds, the side effects include a second personality: an obnoxiously self-assertive braggart who calls himself Buddy Love. Buddy proves to be more popular than Sherman, but his arrogance and bad behavior quickly spiral out of control.
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| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfThere's bold work here from Murphy on grand scale of thespian commitment, yet the feature's sense of humor is more dreary than playful, killing the potential of the premise with a constant display of bad taste. |
| Capital Times (Madison, WI)Rob ThomasMurphy finally revives his considerable comedic gifts for this crowd-pleaser. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanMore than just a walking fat joke, Sherman Klump is Eddie Murphy's winking rebuke of his own arrogance. |
| NewsweekAllison SamuelsDirected by Tom Shadyac ("Ace Ventura"), it's nearly sociopathic in its quest for laughs, and busts a very big gut. |
| TimeRichard SchickelMurphy, abetted by director Tom Shadyac and a whole raft of writers, cannot entirely escape the curious blend of aspiration and sloppiness that marked the earlier film. |
| USA TodayMike ClarkThis is good, seamless comedy, even if it's not terribly sophisticated. |
| CinematterMadeleine WilliamsAlthough the film covers some familiar territory, Murphy adds the essential humor to make it worthwhile. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAnd the movie succeeds in two different ways: It's sweet and good-hearted, and then again it's raucous slapstick and bathroom humor. I liked both parts. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversEddie Murphy is funny again. Sadly, he lacks the guts to follow through on the cathartic self-satire that gives the film its distinction. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranTasteful, subtle and sophisticated are a few of the words that aren't going to be applied to Eddie Murphy's version of The Nutty Professor. But funny, funny is something else again. |