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Flubber

1997

Les Mayfield

Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald, Raymond J. Barry ...

4.3

27,902

Comedy. Sci-Fi. Fantasy. Kids 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. I looks like rubber, so he calls it flubber. This film ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Although the movie may appeal to kids in the lower grades, it's pretty slow, flat and dumb (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Caroline Westbrook Empire	"[It] is far more good-natured than many of its like-minded (...) [An] undemanding nonsense and, at just 94 minutes, refreshingly compact (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	David Ansen Newsweek	"A cute, well-meaning, but ultimately disappointing movie. Williams (...) seems tired here--and so does a lot of the slapstick."	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"The special effects threaten to overwhelm story, character, and emotion, but you don’t necessarily mind. There are far less entertaining things to see in a movie than Robin Williams"	POS
United States	Ken Fox TV Guide	"Too bad the film isn't nearly as elastic as the miraculous green goo: It can barely contain all the flubber-induced chaos and still make sense (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	David Nusair Reel Film	"A particularly ineffective Disney reboot that wastes the talent of its cast and crew (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"Easily the best of the studio's recent attempts to recycle past hits as updated remakes."	POS
United States	Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader	"The more pathetic the role, the more evident Robin Williams's conscientiousness—but his professionalism doesn't make this fantasy worthwhile."	NEG

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