Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)

Scientist Sherman Klump's inventions, his upcoming marriage to his pretty colleague Denise Gaines and his reputation are threatened by his evil clone Buddy Love.

Director:

Peter Segal

Writers:

Jerry Lewis (characters), Steve Oedekerk (story)

Stars:

Eddie Murphy, Janet Jackson, Larry Miller

2 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Professor Sherman Klump is getting married. And the Klump family could not be more delighted for him. But Buddy Love, his Mr. Hyde alter-ego from the first film, is back and trying to make it on his own. Buddy keeps resurfacing in untimely outbursts, and threatening the portly professor's marriage plans to colleague Denise Gaines. Utilizing Denise's cutting-edge DNA research, Sherman decides to rid himself of his monstrous nemesis -and his disruptive outbursts-once and for all by extracting Buddy's DNA from his system. But Buddy bursts full-bodied into Sherman's world and lays claim to the professor's astounding invention - a revolutionary youth serum. Desperate to keep it from Buddy, Sherman hides the serum in the Klump family home, thinking it will be safe. Buddy correctly divines where Sherman has placed the serum, but to get it, he has to deal with the entire Klump family first.

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Plot Keywords:

slapstick comedy | professor | serum | marriage | scientist | 

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Taglines:

The Klumps are back!

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 July 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Klumps

Filming Locations:

Glendale, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$84,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$42,518,830, 30 July 2000, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$123,309,890

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$166,339,890

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Shady Acres Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min 109 min (unrated director's cut)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kathleen Freeman who plays the noisy neighbor was in the original The Nutty Professor (1963) as Millie Lemmon.

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Goofs

Instances where two characters played by 'Eddie Murphy' get too close to one another, the characters will sometimes mesh together. One instance can be seen when Mama and Papa are hugging in kitchen. Another instance can be seen in the very beginning of the restaurant scene as Mama places a plate of food down beside Sherman, her right hand meshes with Sherman's left hand, which is rested on the table.

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Quotes

Grandma Klump: Come on Cletus, come on right now! But I'm gonna tell you something, I gotta a razor in this here bag.
Papa Klump: Oh yeah? Well let me tell you something, that ain't even no bag you got in your hand, that's your titty.
Mama Klump: Cletus!
Papa Klump: She's an old bag with old bag tittie.
Ernie Klump: [quietly to Ernie Jr] Heh, he called Grandma a titty bag.

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Crazy Credits

Outtakes are shown during the end credits.

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Alternate Versions

A longer unrated 'uncensored director's cut' featuring alternate, raunchier footage and uncensored outtakes was released onto DVDs.

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Connections

References The Karate Kid (1984)

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Soundtracks

Star Wars
Written by John Williams

User Reviews

Terrible

This was not a funny movie. Eddie Murphy who has starred in movies such as "Coming To America" and "Beverly Hills Cop" which were both hilarious, has struck out here in the poorest fashion possible.

"The Nutty Professor" (1996) was okay because of the use of the Klump family who appeared throughout the movie every so often breaking it up with some humorous scenes. In "The Klumps", the family were over used and relied on for all the laughs, but instead just became sickening and in turn extremely boring. I understand using the Klump family was the idea for the sequel, it's just that it doesn't come close to working.