Synopsis
Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.
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Cast
- Robin WilliamsProfessor Philip Brainard
- Marcia Gay HardenDr. Sara Jean Reynolds
- Christopher McDonaldWilson Croft
- Raymond J. BarryChester Hoenicker
- Clancy BrownSmith
- Nancy OlsonSecretary at Ford Motor Company
- Ted LevineWesson
- Wil WheatonBennett Hoenicker
- Edie McClurgMartha George
- Jodi BensonWeebo (voice)
Recommandations
- 70
Washington Post
Flubber, the substance, has more personality than many Hollywood actors. And if Flubber, the movie, isn't quite a slam dunk, at least it's a relatively bouncy way to spend an hour and a half. - 70
Variety
Despite a couple of slow stretches along the way, director Mayfield does a generally fine job of integrating the eye-popping special effects with the simple but serviceable plot. The pace is just brisk enough to satisfy youngsters with short attention spans, and Williams is winning enough to keep audiences of all ages involved. - 63
ReelViews
In fact, there are times when this movie feels like the latest installment in the over-milked Home Alone saga. - 50
The New York Times
Though Mr. Williams sometimes seems on the verge of "Aladdin"-caliber improvisation with the ever-morphing green flubber, the film bogs him down with a fiancee (Marcia Gay Harden) hellbent on making him remember a wedding date, and with the full Hughes retinue of thugs and bullies. - 40
Austin Chronicle
With the exception of the handful of scenes in which the Flubber does its stuff, however, the youngsters will no doubt be bored by it all. - 40
Chicago Reader
The more pathetic the role, the more evident Robin Williams's conscientiousness--but his professionalism doesn't make this fantasy worthwhile. - 30
Film Threat
Remember when John Hughes made small, original, oh say, GOOD movies? - 30
Washington Post
Let's blame it on poor Robin Williams, who tries so desperately to be likable, whimsical, lovable, smart and funny all at once that he just wears you out. Blame it also on the behind-the-scenes engineers at Disney who think that effects are more important than story and character.
