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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 24% based on 37 reviews, with an average rating of 4.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "With its overactive focus on special effects and tiresome slapstick, Flubber squanders the immense talent of its cast and crew." [ 11 ]
An absent-minded professor discovers "flubber," a rubber-like super-bouncy substance. Property of Walt Disney Studios
But when he discovers a lively, rubber-like substance dubbed "flubber," he gets so excited, he absent-mindedly misses his own wedding.
The Flubber franchise consists of American science-fiction-comedy films, [1] with three theatrical releases, and two made-for-television films. The overall story is based on the short story, A Situation of Gravity , written by Samuel W. Taylor in 1943.
Having already missed his wedding to his beautiful sweetheart, Sara, twice, the happy, absent-minded professor, Dr. Phillip Brainard, is struggling to come up with a brilliant invention to save Medfield College from closure.
Flubber. Brilliant but befuddled Professor Phillip Brainard (Robin Williams) is on the brink of inventing a revolutionary energy source...and missing his wedding to Dr. Sara Jean Reynolds (Marcia Gay Harden), president of financially challenged Medfield College, for the third time.
Flubber is a 1997 remake of the 1961 film The Absent-Minded Professor. It was produced by Disney starring Robin Williams and Marcia Gay Harden. While poorly reviewed, it performed well at the box office.