The Nutty Professor

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Summary: Leave Dean Martin out of it!
Review: I have seen this movie a number of times in my life,and i have never seen the connection between Buddy Love and Dean Martin!Professor Kelp is Jerry Lewis the actor and Buddy Love is Jerry Lewis the man.It's more like an autobiography than anything else.I don't think Jerry ever meant for it to be compared to his relationship with Dean.I think he meant for us to realize he's human like everybody else,he has many great qualities but he's not perfect.I love and admire him for both,faults and qualities.I also have to say that I do not regard this as his masterpiece.I love it,but it's not my favorite.

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Summary: Not funny at all.
Review: I only saw this movie because the Eddie Murphy one was so great, but I was disapointed. I don't hate it because it's so different from the Eddie Murphy version (unlike other people, I can deal with stuff like that), I hate it because it was the dumbest comedy I've seen since Big Daddy! And the ending was the stupidest part of the whole movie! This movie wasted 2 hours of my life, but I have to look on the bright side, at least it didn't waste 2 and a half hours of my life, like Armageddon!

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Summary: Lewis's best and with tons of footage
Review: I own this classic now. I watched the extra features on the DVD and all of the coverage on the other work of Jerry's . After about a half an hour, I realized there is also a movie on this disk. I could not believe how much material is on this ONE disk. I strongly reccomend this and when you get it, watch it with the commentary track turned on for Jerry's comments as the show plays. The widescreen DVD format is fabulous. The color and clarity are fantastic, and the big band sound and sound effects are richer than ever.

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Summary: a nutty genius
Review: i saw this movie when i was a kid and i still think one of the funniest scenes in movie history is the barbell scene. what a gut wrencher. a true comedy classic by one of the greatest comedians of the 20th century.

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Summary: GREAT!
Review: i'm a 19 year old woman, and I have to say that I like this original Nutty Professor better then the remake one with "Eddie Murphy" Jerry Lewis does a wonderful job has the Professor, this movie has a very good story and great acting, it is so amazing how many good movies there were back then, anyone who hasn't see it yet should =-)

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Summary: A Genius and Visionary
Review: Jerry Lewis on film is tough to watch. Jerry was never as funny or likable as he was in front of an audience (see the Martin and Lewis box set). The Nutty Professor, on the other hand, is BRILLIANT filmmaking with a sharp script and well played perfomances from the entire cast, and especially Jerry. Visually, it shows a mature director with a sense of style. The lighting and sets create a surreal world of Rat Pack cool and simplicity. The opening is one of the funniest scenes ever shot. The Nutty Professor is the Citizen Kane of comedies (indulge me) with the writer/director/producer creating his greatest work and raising the bar higher than ever thought possible. There have been more intellectual comedies before and since, the work of Christopher Guest comes to mind, but the Nutty Professor is a work to be enjoyed now and in the years to come. Jerry Lewis has a great legacy on film.

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Summary: Is there a Soundtrack to this movie
Review: Les Brown and his band of Renown performed some great music,can't seen to find that exact sound via a soundtrack.Was there or is there a soundtrack to the orignal nutty professor.If any can help much appreciative...thanks

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Summary: Scared me half to death
Review: Let's get one thing straight: This is not about a big-boned professor who wants to be thin, it doesn't star Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock is nowhere to be seen. This is some scary stuff! Scary, I tell you! This professor changes in entirely different ways than the one mr. Murphy portrayed so beautifuly in his 1996 picture. I don't want to give away the plot, but I'll just tell you that it's about a man who isn't happy with who he is, and tries to do someting about it. I can remember seeing this movie when I was about 9, and I don't think I've ever been as scared as I was when the professor drank the potion, and started to "change" After that scene I got sick, and went to bed, but the memory has stayed with me always. Now I'm 19, and can't wait for it to be realesed on DVD so I can watch it again. I guess that's all I have to say, so - bye!........

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Summary: That ol' black magic has me in his spell...
Review: O.K I'm only 17 but i've seen enough films to know that this is my favourite of all time. I love Jerry Lewis, he's a comic genius and I never get bored of wathching this film in particular. The original Nutty Professor totally overshadows Eddie Murphy's version in my opinion. While the modern adaptation was stuffed with crass, in your face jokes, Lewis' creation has a gentle and innocent humour and you care about what happens to Kelp's character.
The music scenes in particular are brilliant and the scene where the truth comes out is surprisingly touching.
I always had a thing for men in glasses anyway.....

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Summary: Finally, The Original On DVD
Review: O.K.,Lets get this whole JERRYS MASTERPIECE stuff out of the way.This is his best, most fully realized film,with what is unquestionably his best performance.He actually found a balance between the jerk and the romantic lead that has made most of his films only half successful.The funny stuff is funny, but the leading man stuff stops it dead. Sorry, went a little off there.Anyway this film is very funny,and a must see if you haven't.The DVD quality is unbelieveably bright and clear.I had no idea the movie was THAT colorful.The only thing missing is an audio commentary.I don't know if I could handle Jerry pontificating on his aknowleged masterpiece(I suspect it would be at least a tad pompous)but it would have been fun to find out.