Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)

Director:

Peter Segal

Writers (WGA):

Jerry Lewis (characters)
Steve Oedekerk (story) ...

Release Date:

28 July 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy

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:

Dysfunctional Family | Slapstick | African American Comedy | Science | Serum

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:

Malaysia:U | Australia:M (tv rating) | Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:AL | 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:

Imagine Entertainment

Trivia:

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

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene with the fireflies, for the full moon to be so close to the horizon, it would have to be close to sunrise or sunset, not late in the evening.

Quotes:

Anna: [Answering door] Oh my goodness! Is there a fire?
Fireman Stripper: Yes ma'am. I'm afraid there is.
Anna: I don't smell no smoke.
[sniffs]
Fireman Stripper: [Walks in and beings playing music from stereo] There's a fire in my pants, and it's getting muy caliente!
[begins stripping]
Party Guest, Party Guest, Bridesmaid, Denise: Ooh!
[laugh and clap]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Marathon (2002)

Soundtrack:

He Has To

Doesn't Measure Up

This cannot measure up to the first film - the first with Eddie Murphy, that is, not the Jerry Lewis film from 1963. (Actually, this doesn't measure up to the Lewis film, either.)

For me, the biggest disappointment was the "family" scenes in which Murphy plays almost all the roles including old ladies. In the first film, some of that was absolutely hilarious, the highlight of the movie. Here, that isn't the case. Also, some of the dialog is almost impossible to decipher. It's also too raunchy and this film should have been rated "R." A PG-13 rating is ridiculous with all the emphasis on sex. I hate to see kids watch movies like this.

Still, this had a decent share of funny moments. Also, to its credit, it is not as mean-spirited as the first film turned out to be. Still, the bad outweighs the good. It needed to be funnier, and less raunchy.