USA,
1996, 91 min
Directed by:
Tom ShadyacCinematography:
Julio MacatComposer:
David NewmanCast:
Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle, David Ramsey, Roy Werner, Lisa Boyle, Athena Massey, Jamal Mixon, John Ales (more)VOD (5)
Plots(1)
Sherman Klump (Eddie Murphy) is a shy, overweight chemistry professor who invents a slimming formula which transforms him into the svelte, fast-talking Buddy Love. His new-found confidence means he can now happily date his pretty colleague Carla Purty (Jada Pinkett Smith), but when Buddy starts to take over, Sherman risks jeopardising his own career and his true self being lost forever. Murphy also stars in five other roles, including most of the Klump family. (Fabulous Films)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1997 - Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1997 - Best Make Up/Hair
- 1997 - Best Special Visual Effects
Golden Globes
- 1997 - Eddie Murphy (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 1996 - Eddie Murphy (Best Actor)
The Saturn Awards
- 1997 - Eddie Murphy (Best Actor)
- 1997 - David LeRoy Anderson, Rick Baker (Best Make-Up)
- 1997 - Best Fantasy Film