Release Date: May 22, 2001 Region: 1 Runtime: 109 mins Studio: Universal Studios Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] ENGLISH: DTS 5.1 [CC]
Video:
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles: French Packaging: Keep Case Rating: NR Features:
Uncensored Never-Before-Seen Version of the Film Featurette on the Making of the Film with Cast and Crew and Behind-The-Scenes Footage Feature Commentary with Director Peter Segal A Conversation with Director Peter Segal and Producer Brian Grazer Storyboard To Final Feature Comparison Original Sherman Klump Make-Up Test Janet Jackson Wardrobe Test Music Videos: Janet Jackson - "Doesn't Really Matter", Sisqo - "Thong Song", Musiq - "Just Friends", Jay-Z - "Hay Papi" DVD-ROM Features Production Notes Cast And Filmmakers Theatrical Trailer
Release Date: Dec 5, 2000 Region: 1 Runtime: 107 mins Studio: Universal Studios Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1
Video:
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles: [None] Packaging: Keep Case Rating: PG-13 Features:
Spotlight On Location: The Making Of Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Feature Commentary with Director Peter Segal A Conversation with Director Peter Segal and Producer Brian Grazer Deleted Scene: The House Fantasy Extended Scene: The Restaurant Makeup: A Time-Lapsed Look At The Makeup Application Storyboards And Final Feature Comparison Outtakes Janet Jackson "Doesn't Really Matter" Music Video Theatrical Trailer DVD-ROM Features And More!
Eddie Murphy's remake of The Nutty Professor used the good professor's alter ego, Buddy Love, in much the same way that Jerry Lewis did in his brilliant original: a representation of the Id out of control that plays like an admission of the actor's off-screen sins. In the sequel, Murphy expands on his Klump family from the first film and makes them major characters. Consequently, his dark side has plenty more places to express itself, particularly through the oversexed grandmother, Sherman's aggressively impotent father, and his just plain surly uncle, as well as Buddy Love (all played by Murphy).
The movie opens with professor Sherman Klump barely holding onto his sanity as his internal Buddy Love makes him say inappropriate things. He decides to extract his mutant Buddy Love gene (a sort of genetic version of electroshock therapy), but afterward is unable to maintain his original personality and intelligence. Sherman is the most bland character of the bunch, and the audience gets stuck with his boring romance with fellow professor Janet Jackson, his struggle to be nice, and generic intrigue surrounding a Fountain of Youth formula he developed. When it's not trying too hard to be nice--heck, one character is anally raped by a giant hamster--the movie works. The moral of the story is that Sherman needs to reconnect with his inner Buddy Love. That goes for Murphy, too. --Andy Spletzer, Amazon.com
Directors Commentary Conversation With The Director And Producer Deleted And Expanded Scenes Make Up Application Feature Storyboards And Feature Comparison Out Takes Janet Jackson Video Theatrical Trailer Production Notes Filmographies