Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

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:

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

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Sherman looks at his reflection in a glass window on a door and Buddy Love's face appears then disappears, the reflection is obviously a CGI because you cannot see through it.

Quotes:

Denise: [persistent] Sherman, look at me! Who am I?
Sherman Klump: Ah, pretty lady!
Denise: [sobbing] Oh, honey! It's going to be okay, I'll take care of you.
Sherman Klump: [at same time] Yeah, nice lady!
Cletus: Come on, lets get him home.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Tropic Thunder (2008)

Soundtrack:

Let Me Be

Basically I thought this film had some funny moments, Eddie Murphy is amazing, Janet looked great, but the story was weak, and overall it wasn't nearly as funny as the first.

Eddie Murphy once again slaps on the fat suit to play Sherman Klump. And Mama Klump, and Big Daddy Klump, and Grandma Klump, and Brother Klump, and Buddy Love (although without the fat suit on that one). Since the Klump dinner scene was easily the best scene in the original film, they decided to focus on the entire family in the sequel. And somehow got Janet Jackson to fall in love with Sherman. I wish I knew how that happened. Anyway, while the movie still focuses on Sherman and his quest for love and scientific goals (this time making people younger), the rest of the family gets involved in the story lines. And I thought that took away from the heart of the film. While it was fun to see all the Murphy characters, there needed to be a better story line for them, rather than a bad marriage. Although I will admit the horny Grandmother Klump story line was very funny. They should make a movie just about her next time. But I regress. The story line with Sherman and Buddy, about how Buddy was still inside Sherman, and Sherman managed to get him out, only to have Buddy come to life, and then Sherman is becoming more stupid by the minute and will go into a vegetable state unless he eats Buddy. It's all very cheesy. I mean come on, one tear from Janet near the end manages to bring Sherman back to life? It was all very corny.

This is not to say that there aren't funny scenes in the movie. Again, I thought the best scene was the entire Klump family going out to dinner and all the hi-jinks that ensue. And there were other funny moments scattered throughout the film, but not enough for me to really get into the movie and enjoy it. Basically it was a moment to moment film, not an overall enjoyment film. Eddie Murphy is amazing, and Martin Lawrence has got nothing on dressing up as a fat woman, but it's just not enough. The Klumps is something you can rent for a quiet evening at home.