Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)

My Review

“Nutty Professor II: The Klumps” continues the story of Professor Sherman Klump, who has created a new youth-renewing drug and is engaged to be married. Problems start when his alter ego, Buddy Love, makes appearances and attempts to take over his life. This sequel to “The Nutty Professor” (1996) largely falls flat on its face due to uneven directing by Peter Segal (“Tommy Boy” 1995) and very poor writing by Barry W. Blaustein, David Sheffield, Paul Weitz, and Chris Weitz.

Eddie Murphy does his best in performing the lines from the screenplay. He fills in as eight characters, including Professor Klump and Buddy Love. Murphy’s energy does save this movie from being completely unwatchable. His co-stars include Janet Jackson, Larry Miller, Wanda Sykes, Chris Elliot, John Ales, Richard Gant, Anna Maria Horsford, Melinda McGraw, Jamal Mixon, Freda Payne, Nikki Cox, Earl Boen, and Charles Napier as a four-star general.

Despite some problems, this marginally watchable film was very successful at the box office for producer Brian Grazer, Imagine Entertainment, Eddie Murphy Productions, and Universal Pictures.