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Title: NOT SO NUTTY PROFESSOR
Review: Yes, Eddie Murphy is amazingly chameleonic in this reworking of Jerry Lewis' classic 1963 comedy. Unfortunately, Eddie's not totally funny in this crass update. If you're into flatulence or fat jokes, then this movie is right up your alley. But its threadbare plot takes second place to Eddie's mugging not only of his title character and alter ego, but also all of the Klumps as well. Jada Pinkett is the customary African/American woman who does her best (Like Halle Berry or Vanessa Williams) to look as Caucasian as she can. The late James Coburn as a cameo role as a hotshot millionaire out to fund Murphy's research project, and Dave Chappelle has a bit as a stand up comic who is not all that funny either. While the intentions are good, THE NUTTY PROFESSOR of 1996 doesn't capture the manic charisma of the one and only Jerry Lewis whose mugging was more charming than obnoxious.
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