Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)

Director:

Peter Segal

Writers (WGA):

Jerry Lewis (characters)
Steve Oedekerk (story) ...

Release Date:

28 July 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The Klumps are back!

Plot:

Professor Sherman Klump is getting married. And the Klump family could not be more delighted for him...

Plot Keywords:

Professor | Serum | Marriage | Alter Ego | Wedding

Awards:

2 wins & 12 nominations

Cast

Eddie Murphy	...	Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Granny Klump / Mama Klump / Papa Klump / Young Papa Klump / Ernie Klump / Lance Perkins
Janet Jackson	...	Denise
Larry Miller	...	Dean Richmond
John Ales	...	Jason
Richard Gant	...	Denise's Father
Anna Maria Horsford	...	Denise's Mother
Melinda McGraw	...	Leanne Guilford
Jamal Mixon	...	Ernie Klump, Jr.
Gabriel Williams	...	Isaac
Chris Elliott	...	Restaurant Manager
Duffy Taylor	...	Restaurant Trainee
Earl Boen	...	Dr. Knoll
Nikki Cox	...	Bright Student
Freda Payne	...	Claudine
Sylvester Jenkins	...	Old Willie

Also Known As:

Klumps (USA) (working title)
Nutty II: The Klumps (USA) (working title)
The Klumps (Australia)
The Nutty Professor II (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude humor and sex-related material.

Runtime:

106 min | USA:109 min (unrated director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | Australia:M (TV rating) | Netherlands:12 (re-rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:AL (original rating) | New Zealand:M | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) | South Korea:18 (original rating) | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | USA:Unrated (uncensored director's cut) | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Glendale, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Director Cameo: [Peter Segal]The popcorn guy at the theater.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene with the fireflies, for the full moon to be so close to the horizon, it would have to be close to sunrise or sunset, not late in the evening.

Quotes:

Denise's Nosy Neighbor: [to Sherman] Pervert! 'Beef in your taco'!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: The Making of 'Dr. Dolittle 2' (#8.7)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Just Friends (Sunny)

No mere stunt-- Murphy really delivers on 6 great roles. Great Flick!!!

Eddie Murphy is truly a genius. In his earlier movies he played, mostly, his smart-aleck, wiseguy playboy character, and that was often entertaining, and sometimes funny. In "Coming to America" back in the 80s, he played several roles, as did co-star Arsenio Hall. While that was funny, it came off more as a stunt. However, in the first "Nutty Professor" movie Murphy did, he demonstrated distinct, actual, likeable characters. I was truthfully surprised to find at the end of the movie during the credits that Murphy played all those women, and the effeminate white exercise guy. I really thought that most of those characters were separate, and very talented, actors!

During this wonderful new "Nutty Professor" movie, Murphy propels the multi character thing a bit further. His portrayals are warm, real, appropriate, and moving.

The humor is grand-- raunchy and slapstick. The plot is inconsequential. Oh, and Michael Jackson has never looked better. His skin has returned to a nice healthy beautiful brown, and he has discarded that hideous wig. In this movie he also appears a bit more masculine that usual, for him, but I liked the change!

Anyway-- go see the movie, is great, and you'll like it. Oh-- do NOT take your young children to see it, much of the humor, while stupid and harmless (I loved it!) is nonetheless too sexual for kids.