Supporting cast members include as Reggie Warrington, James Coburn as Harlan Hartley, and Larry Miller as Dean Richmond. Reception and Awards
Directed by Tom Shadyac, the film follows , a brilliant and kind-hearted professor who is morbidly obese. Desperate to win the heart of his colleague, Carla Purty (played by Jada Pinkett Smith), he develops an experimental weight-loss serum.
Critics like Roger Ebert praised the film for being both sweet-natured and hilariously raucous.
Its success led to a sequel, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps , released in 2000. Viewing Information The Nutty Professor (1996)
