For Professor Sherman Klump, being the big man on campus wasn't all it's cracked up to be. His body was disproportionate. His family was dysfunctional. And his love life was disastrous.
But now, thanks to the miracle of modern science, his world is about to change as pounds--and inhibitions--melt away.
A contemporary twist on the Jekyll-and-Hyde tale, The Nutty Professor stars Eddie Murphy in an Imagine Entertainment production for Universal Pictures inspired by the 1963 Jerry Lewis comedy. Tom Shadyac, whose first feature film as a director was Jim Carrey's breakout hit Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, brings his deft comic touch to the story of a brilliant, calorically challenged chemistry professor who almost discovers the perfect diet solution.
Having tried everything--diets, exercise and weight loss experts--in an unsuccessful attempt to shed some of his 400 pounds, Sherman Klump invents a revolutionary fat gene formula. Testing it on himself, he discovers he's no longer the man he used to be; in fact, he's only half the man he used to be.
With one swig, the gentle, painfully shy academician is transformed into the swaggering Casanova, Buddy Love--an irresistible ladies' man who can talk his way out of any predicament.
As Buddy Love, Sherman Klump for the very first time experiences life that he could once only envy. No longer the butt of every butt joke--and every other kind of joke imaginable--Buddy Love can dish out what kind-hearted Sherman has always had to take.
Most remarkable of all, this new personality gives Sherman the confidence to pursue the chemistry department's beautiful new professor, Carla Purty (Jada Pinkett). Indeed everything, to Sherman's utter amazement, is beyond his most perfect dreams--until one fateful day when he discovers that his long-lasting creation is actually an unstable substance that can wear off at anytime.
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