Details

Release year: 2000

Storyline

Scientist Sherman Klump's inventions, his upcoming marriage to his pretty colleague Denise Gaines, and his reputation, are threatened by his evil clone Buddy Love.

Top credits

Directors

Peter Segal

Writers

Cast

Eddie Murphy — Sherman Klump, Buddy Love, Granny Klump, Mama Klump, Papa Klump, Young Papa Klump, Ernie Klump, Lance Perkins
Janet Jackson — Denise
Larry Miller — Dean Richmond
John Ales — Jason

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Did you know

• Kathleen Freeman, who plays the nosy neighbor, was in the original The Nutty Professor (1963) as Millie Lemmon.

• Janet Jackson as Denise Gaines replaces Sherman's girlfriend in the first film, Carla Purty, because the actress who played her, Jada Pinkett, left due to marrying Will Smith, her pregnancy, and later her signing on to the "Matrix" sequels. But Carla Purty is briefly mentioned.

• Eddie Murphy has eight character credits to his name: Sherman Klump, Ernie Klump, Mama Klump, Papa (Cletus) Klump, Younger Cletus, Grandma, Lance Perkins, and Buddy Love. To date, this is the most characters in a single movie for Murphy, beating his previous record of seven characters for the first "Nutty Professor" film (although one can argue that he still only portrays seven characters in this film, since one character is just a younger version of another.).

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $123,309,890

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $42,518,830 (2000-07-30)

User reviews

⭐ 3/10

Murphy gives it his best but there's only so much he can do with such dire writing

👍 3 · 4/13/2020

⭐ 5/10

Basically I thought this film had some funny moments, Eddie Murphy is amazing, Janet looked great, but the story was weak, and overall it wasn't nearly as funny as the first.

👍 9 · 6/20/2002

⭐ 4/10

Not very funny, and even less plot

👍 16 · 8/1/2000