The Nutty Professor
1996
**
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, James Coburn, Dave Chappelle
Eddie Murphy is oddly likeable as a shy, flabby professor who invents a formula that turns him into a slim ladies man. This alter ego, on the other hand, is obnoxious and highly irritating, and so loud that you miss half of the dialogue. This remake of Jerry Lewis' 1962 comedy was followed by Nutty Professor II: The Klumps.
