The Nutty Professor

The Nutty Professor (1963) (1963)

  • 86% of critics liked it
    (22 reviews)

  • 64% of users liked it
    (32,635 ratings)

Professor Julius F. Kelp (Jerry Lewis) is an addle-brained, absent-minded chemistry instructor always incurring the wrath of the university administration by continually blowing up the classroom laboratory. The shy guy has his eyes on the student body of Stella (Stella Stevens). When a… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Jerry Lewis, Bill Richmond
Genres
Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Jun 4, 1963 Wide
Paramount Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Charles Cassady, Common Sense Media

    Jerry Lewis' Jekyll-Hyde spoof is dated but great.

  • Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is

    a quite funny romp

  • Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

    Certainly Jerry Lewis at his best.

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    It's a brilliant job of direction, but the film couldn't have worked without Lewis' performance in both roles.

  • Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine

    Contains some of Lewis's most outré directorial flourishes.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Cindy I


    Pretty good movie, and this is coming from somewhere who isn't a Jerry Lewis fan...not by a long shot.

  • xGary X


    Jerry Lewis' best film. That's like having a heirarchy of manure.

  • Matthew Y


    Jerry Lewis is one of those weird comedians for me where I like him personally but I'm not all that engaged by his lengthy archive of films. The exception is The Nutty Professor the cleverly takes the Jekyl and Hyde concept and easily transitions it into a more identifiable and… More

  • Dannielle A


    So hilarious. I hate dirty modern humor. But this movie was funny in a subtle, less crude way.

  • Lord N


    well, This film was a rather odd film. I have never seen any work by Jerry Lewis before so I had absolutely no idea what to expect with this film. I liked it. it was an entertaining film, but it was very odd. I don't really give away plot details, but I will say that this film is… More

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