Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Eddie Murphy is back as that fat scientist Prof. Sherman Klump who's trying to exorcise the remains of his alter-ego Buddy Love. And since he's a nutty professor he concocts a formula that kind of acts as a Buddy Love enema (eww), but somehow ends up bring Love to life as an entirely separate person. There's also a plot about Love's attempt to steal Klump's latest gene-bending formula but that's something of a minor issue with this film.
As the title states, this movie is about the Klump family and Murphy plays all of them with total commitment and hilarity ensues. Oh, it's not the smartest script in the world but I do have to admit it's got great characterization. I won't elaborate any further here, since there's about six different characters who are all integral to the story and everything. This movie's a pure summer comedy and that's certainly what we get.
If you've seen the commercials and previews that have been in very heavy rotation for months and months now you know this is really envelope-pushing comedy (at least of a PG-13 movie). Does it work? For the most part yes. There isn't a lot of really graphic, raunchy stuff to speak of, most of it is implied and/or exaggerated to the point of being cartoony and silly. It sometimes makes you wince but you're still laughing. And it's all brought together by a fairly good story not meant to be taken all that seriously. Believe me it could've have been much worse (i.e. the first movie).
GRADE: B
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