Synopsis
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.
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Cast
- Fred MacMurrayNed Brainard
- Nancy OlsonBetsy Carlisle
- Keenan WynnAlonzo P. Hawk
- Tommy KirkBiff Hawk
- Leon AmesRufus Daggett
- Elliott ReidShelby Ashton
- Edward AndrewsDefense Secretary
- David LewisGeneral Singer
- Jack MullaneyAir Force Captain
- Belle MontroseMrs. Chatsworth
Recommendations
- 80
Time
Flubber provides fuel for a very funny piece of hyperbolic humor in the grand American tradition of Paul Bunyan, and Director Robert (Kidnapped) Stevenson and Scriptwriter Bill (The Shaggy Dog) Walsh get plenty of bounce out of every ounce. - 80
Variety
On the surface, Walt Disney's The Absent Minded Professor is a comedy-fantasy of infectious absurdity, a natural follow-up to the studio's Shaggy Dog. But deeply rooted within the screenplay [from a story by Samuel W. Taylor] is a subtle protest against the detached, impersonal machinery of modern progress. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
This is a zanily inventive piece of work, with delightful special effects, which set the style for a long series of live-action Disney films. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The Absent-Minded Professor, from 1961, starred the late Fred MacMurray in one of his best-remembered comic roles, as a scientist named Brainerd who discovers a substance he dubs "flubber" (for "flying rubber," since it enables people and objects to fly). [08 Jan 1993] - 70
The Guardian
Wacky, bouncy Disney comedy.
