Film196196 min

The Absent-Minded Professor

Name: The Absent-Minded Professor
Genre: Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
Released: 1961
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Leon Ames

Taste attributes: comedyfamilyscience fictionsportsfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarysimplelinearglossyemotive & stirringall consuming questgame/competition

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"The most amazing discovery since laughter!"

Boxlist takeExpect a warm-hearted, otherworldly sci-fi film, light rather than heavy. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.5 /10

TMDB · 107 votes

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Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it

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

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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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