The Nutty Professor

Right now you can watch The Nutty Professor in Australia on BINGE and Foxtel Now — and it is funnier than its reputation suggests. A tight runtime that never overstays its welcome. 3,144 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Eddie Murphy sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. Put it on tonight on BINGE and see for yourself.

The Nutty Professor arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. The Nutty Professor does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes 'Buddy Love', a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped down Don Juan. Eddie Murphy and Jada Pinkett Smith lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was released in 1996. What keeps The Nutty Professor from feeling disposable is a cast that clearly understands the material better than the format usually demands. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

The Nutty Professor is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch from start to finish. Eddie Murphy anchors an ensemble with real chemistry. Genuinely funny, consistently, across the whole run.