- Film Review
- Reviewed By John Ferguson
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3 out of 5
Continuing Hollywood's obsession with souping-up the hit comedies of the past with today's sophisticated special effects, this is a smart update of 1961's The Absent-Minded Professor. Robin Williams plays Philip Brainard, a scientist who becomes so immersed in creating a new energy source that he once again misses his own wedding. But this time he has an excuse, if only his long-suffering fiancée will listen, because he has invented Flubber - a substance like rubber that generates its own energy, wreaking havoc everywhere it goes. In fact, it gives inanimate objects a life of their own, resulting in Home Alone-style attacks on baddies by everything from toy robots to bowling balls. Kids will lap it up.
Plot Summary
Comedy starring Robin Williams. After continually missing his own wedding, Professor Philip Brainard is given one last chance by his fiancée, Sarah. Yet again he blows it, but this time he has a good excuse: he's been busy inventing Flubber, a substance that appears to generate its own energy.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Professor Philip Brainard
- Robin Williams
- Sara Jean Reynolds
- Marcia Gay Harden
- Wilson Croft
- Christopher McDonald
- Chester Hoenicker
- Raymond J Barry
- Smith
- Clancy Brown
- Wesson
- Ted Levine
- Bennett Hoenicker
- Wil Wheaton
- Martha George
- Edie McClurg
Crew
- Director
- Les Mayfield
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