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Storyline

When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes 'Buddy Love', a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped down Don Juan.

Released

1996-06-28
Revenue

$128,769,345
Budget

$54,000,000
Runtime

1hr 35m
Genre

Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
Status

Released
Language

English
5.7
Production

Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Eddie Murphy Productions

Crew

Tom Shadyac

Director

Barry W. Blaustein

Screenplay

Brian Grazer

Producer

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Cast

Eddie Murphy

Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Lance Perkins / Papa Klump / Mama Klump / Grandma Klump / Ernie Klump

Jada Pinkett Smith

Carla Purty

James Coburn

Harlan Hartley

Larry Miller

Dean Richmond

Dave Chappelle

Reggie Warrington

John Ales

Jason

Patricia Wilson

Dean's Secretary

Jamal Mixon

Ernie Klump, Jr.

Nichole McAuley

Fit Woman

Hamilton von Watts

Health Instructor

Chao-Li Chi

Asian Man

Tony Carlin

Host

Quinn Duffy

Bartender

Montell Jordan

Doug Williams

Band Leader

David Ramsey

Student

Chaz Lamar Shepherd

Student

Lisa Halpern

Sad Fat Firl

Mark McPherson

Doctor

John Prosky

Doctor

Michael Rothhaar

Doctor

Sara Ballantine

Nurse

Greg Natale

Cop

Roy Werner

Guy in Crowd

Retha Jones

Woman in Crowd

Steve Monroe

Student

Joe Greco

Security Guard

Nick Kokotakis

Waiter

Stanley D. Petter III

Fireman

Mohamed Mohsen

Bodybuilder

Michael D. Starks

Boxing Trainer

Julianne Christie

Sporting Goods Clerk

Christie Blanchard-Power

Woman Dignitary

Alexia Robinson

Sexy Girl

Lisa Boyle

Sexy Girl

Athena Massey

Sexy Girl

Judith Woodbury

Wellman College Alumni

Arthur Tovey

Elderly Man in Alumni Receiving Line (uncredited)

Ned Luke

Construction Worker (uncredited)

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A Review by FilipeManuelNeto 5

Written by FilipeManuelNeto on 2024-05-18

**A comedic film that was successful, and which is based on the talented efforts of Eddie Murphy.** This is one of the comedies that help... read more

**A comedic film that was successful, and which is based on the talented efforts of Eddie Murphy.** This is one of the comedies that helped establish Eddie Murphy's name as a comic actor, and I wouldn't be exaggerating if I said that it was one of the most memorable comedies that came out in the 90s: almost everyone has seen this film, regardless of whether or not they liked him. The story is quite simple and follows the journey of a clumsy university chemistry professor who, suffering from morbid obesity, decides to invent a serum that allows him, instantly, to assume the physical elegance he always dreamed of having... but when he falls in love with a slender woman, decides to test it on himself and discovers a disturbing side effect: a split personality that threatens to banish the real one and take on a life of its own. I called him a double personality, but it would be more accurate to call him an “alter ego”, because Buddy Love – that's his name – is actually the reflection of all the repressed desires that Professor Sherman had and that he never fulfilled: a handsome, seductive, bold and flirtatious man, spontaneous and extroverted to the point of not having any kind of shame and having deeply unpleasant attitudes towards other people. Freudian? It's really something that only a psychoanalyst could understand, but which the film plays with in a deeply effective way. But not everything is good in this film. The dialogues are quite weak, and the jokes were made with such a low and dirty style of humor that a person like me can hardly laugh. There are several moments in which this is observed more clearly, but all the scenes where the Klump family appears deserve negative attention. It's a part of the film that I, honestly, would have cut and deleted, and that I would never let a son or daughter see before we had a serious conversation about it. Technically, the film is not a show in any way, except for all the makeup and costume work, developed around Eddie Murphy and the various characters he played in the film. It is a truly remarkable work, in which Murphy ages, rejuvenates, gains weight and loses weight as necessary, and always with a lot of verisimilitude and authenticity. And what about the work of the protagonist himself? I think it's enough to say that he deserves all the praise and accolades he received for the film. Despite the weaknesses and all the defects that I have pointed out, the commitment, dedication, professionalism and talent of an actor who, in a single film, plays eight or nine different characters is undeniable! If there's anything that makes this movie work, it's Eddie Murphy. Jada Pinkett Smith (still single at the time, as far as I know) did a decent job as a beauty who serves as Murphy's love interest, and does a reasonable job with her colleague, without being able to keep up with him for a single minute. James Coburn and Dave Chappelle make some positive notes, but that's all there is to it.