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5.7/10 • 2.3K

1997-11-261h 33m

ComedyFamilyScience Fiction

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Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.

Directors
Les Mayfield
Editors
Harvey Rosenstock

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Robin Williams

    Robin Williams

    Professor Philip Brainard

  2. Marcia Gay Harden

    Marcia Gay Harden

    Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds

  3. Christopher McDonald

    Christopher McDonald

    Wilson Croft

  4. Raymond J. Barry

    Raymond J. Barry

    Chester Hoenicker

  5. Clancy Brown

    Clancy Brown

    Smith

  6. Nancy Olson

    Nancy Olson

    Secretary at Ford Motor Company

  7. Ted Levine

    Ted Levine

    Wesson

  8. Wil Wheaton

    Wil Wheaton

    Bennett Hoenicker

  9. Edie McClurg

    Edie McClurg

    Martha George

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CinemaSerf

Jan 2, 2024

6/10

It's kind of fitting as I decided to decline Disney's kind invitation to pay 33% more for my Disney+ that this is the last of their films that I watched. It sums up the mediocrity of this once innovative source of vibrant and creative animation - and presents us with a derivative version of a film that Jerry Lewis might have made in the 1960s if he'd owned "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" - and no, "Flubber" isn't even a dolphin! It all relies on the rather annoying performance of Robin Williams in the role of the madcap scientist "Prof. Brainard" who is determined to save his college from closure by coming up with a miracle invention. His woes don't just stop there, though. His fiancée "Sara" (Marcia Gay Harden) might just be seeing another man! Anyway, what he does manage to create is the eponymous, extremely independently elastic, green gunge that can be everything from load bearing to ultra-stretchy. Needless to say, this attracts the attention of rivals and so he must now focus on a two pronged offensive to protect his sludge and keep his gal. There's only so much the talented Williams can do here before the whole thing just sinks into it's own green goo. The script is borderline puerile and even a flying car can't really rescue this from a rather disappointing predictability. At least it's short and sweet, but really hasn't an original bone in it's flexi-body!

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$80,000,000.00
Revenue
$178,000,000.00
Keywords
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