Flubber
Film199793 min

Flubber

Taste attributes: comedyfamilyscience fictionweddingfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarysimplelinearglossyemotive & stirringlove conquers all

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Boxlist takeWholesome and light: an otherworldly sci-fi film, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like escapism over depth.

Taste details

Quality rating

5.6 /10

TMDB · 1,819 votes

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What lines up

  • Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
  • Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
  • Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
  • Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury

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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.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

love conquers all

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Robin WilliamsMarcia Gay HardenChristopher McDonaldRaymond J. BarryClancy Brown

Details

Genre
Comedy
Year
1997
Runtime
93 min
Status
Released
Studio
Walt Disney Pictures
Taste scores
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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