Disney's Flubber
by Les Mayfield
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Actor: Christopher McDonald, Clancy Brown, Marcia Gay Harden, Raymond J. Barry, Robin WilliamsDirector: Les Mayfield
Brand: WILLIAMS,ROBIN
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Live, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-06-16
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Disney's Flubber
Movie Review: Hilarious!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm not much for remakes, but really can you go wrong with Robin Williams? There's a scene in here that is perfect for the potty humor lover in every family! Funny family flick!
Summary of Disney's Flubber
Disney couldn't resist the temptation to remake 1961's popular comedy The Absent Minded Professor, so they cast Robin Williams as Professor Philip Brainard (a role vaguely related to the character originated by Fred MacMurray), and the result is a comedy that, frankly, doesn't fully deserve its modest success. It's admittedly clever to a point, and certainly the digitally "flubberized" special effects provide the kind of movie magic that's entertaining for kids and parents alike. The professor can't even remember his own wedding day (much to the chagrin of his fianc?e, played by Marcia Gay Harden), and now his academic rival (Christopher McDonald) is trying to steal his latest and purely accidental invention--flying rubber, or ... flubber. The green goo magnifies energy and can be used as an amazing source of power, but in the hands of screenwriter John Hughes it becomes just another excuse to recycle a lot of Home Alone-style slapstick humor involving a pair of bumbling would-be flubber thieves. There's also a floating robot named Weebo and some catchy music by Danny Elfman to accompany dancing globs of flubber, but the story's too thin to add up to anything special. Lightweight fun, but, given the title, it lacks a certain bounce. Of course, that didn't stop Disney's marketing wizards from turning it into a home-video hit. --Jeff ShannonProfessor Brainard discovers a miraculous elastic goo that when applied to anything, makes it bounce super high and fast. The professor uses the goo to re-win his fiance and save his financially strapped college.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG
Release Date: 1-JUN-2004
Media Type: DVD
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