Flubber provides fuel for a very funny piece of hyperbolic humor in the grand American tradition of Paul Bunyan, and Director Robert Stevenson and Scriptwriter Bill Walsh get plenty of bounce out of every ounce.
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03/09/09
The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:16
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.1/10
Synopsis: A distracted professor invents an anti-gravity goo called Flubber that makes anything it's applied to lighter-than-air, including the family flivver and the balls at the school's basketball game.... [More]
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk
Director: Robert Stevenson
Reviews for The Absent-Minded Professor
1 - 20 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticThis is a zanily inventive piece of work, with delightful special effects, which set the style for a long series of live-action Disney films.
06/04/07
Top CriticMacMurray is ideally cast as the car-hopping prof, and plays the role with warmth and gusto.
06/04/07
Top CriticDisney produces a goofy lightweight Mack Sennett-like family comedy fantasy film that's joyfully directed by Robert Stevenson.
02/11/07
No review available.
07/22/05
No review available.
10/21/04
Tepid live action Disney.
06/26/04
No review available.
06/23/04
Goofy comedy classic.
06/05/04
Classic Disney, classic MacMurry.
09/22/03
Fun!
08/01/03
Enjoyable Disney effects comedy with good cast.
02/02/03
No review available.
11/26/02
No review available.
10/17/02
No review available.
08/29/02
Disney life-action for the simple-minded.
08/12/02
No review available.
07/26/02
Dated and silly, but still good family fun.
07/26/02
The original's simple humor looks remarkably tired compared with the story's energetic and much more inventive remake.
08/01/01
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