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www.sover.net - : To improve his social life, a nerdish, tongue-tied, accident-prone, absent-minded, young chemistry professor, Julius Kelp (Jerry Lewis), who is in hot water with the school administrators for his failed experiments damaging school property, drinks a magic potion he concocts that temporarily turns him into the strong and handsome but obnoxious nightclub singer Buddy Love (trying to look and act like Dean Martin). The bashful prof has eyes for his dreamgirl, hot popular student Stella Purdy (Stella Stevens), and through this alter ego plot device hopes to attract her. more...
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D
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www.apolloguide.com - : The surprising thing about Jerry Lewis’ The Nutty Professor isn’t that Lewis is silly. That much is to be expected. What’s surprising is how Lewis’ version of a James Dean rebel is so uncool. Come to think of it, that’s really not a surprise either. Nobody ever accused Lewis of being a fine dramatic actor. Nobody has really accused him of anything but being an expert at silly, face-contorting physical comedy. more...
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73/1
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www.moria.co.nz - : It is said that one has to be French to appreciate Jerry Lewis's brand of slapstick. Many audiences find Lewis's slapstick idiocies very much an acquired taste. But even if one cannot stand Lewis they should try and give The Nutty Professor, by far and away his best work, a chance. Lewis plays auteur here - directing, starring and co-writing - and this is really his comedic variation on Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The Lewis comic persona has always centered around him casting himself as a gauche nerd frequently verging on the imbecilic. And for him the Dr Jekyll story becomes the basis for a peculiarly touching synthesis of wimp wish-fulfillment and bathos. more...
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3.5/
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