How sad is this?

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Blistering performances.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps is a brutal movie with a very poorly written storyline, despite a great comedic cast. Eddie Murphy is very good in this movie and it's still very entertaining to see him portray so many different characters that are nothing like the other, but sadly it just dosen't work out like the first one did, it isn't as funny, it was very rare that I genuinely laughed during this. The storyline is ridiculous, the first one was as well, but it embraced that fact, however, with this it almost seems to think it's clever, using different science formulas to create substances and inventions that would never work in real life, the way in which Buddy Love comes back is stupid, I know these movies don't aim to be scientifically accurate, but this was just pure stupidity. I could tolerate the films dumb, far fetched storyline if it was a good comedy, but it's not at all, every joke is lame and, for the most part, really disgusting, it seemed to rely on being gross, even hard to watch at times, instead of trying to be funny. Murphy is a talented comedian, but he's not enough to recommend Nutty Professor II: the Klumps, better off avoided. Sherman Klump's upcoming product launch and love life are threatened by the return of Buddy Love, the ruder and louder side of him. Best Performance: Eddie Murphy

Unlike most people who use different genres as a means of negatively bashing the movie. I mean this in the utmost respect. When you ignore the vulgarity and the other things, both Klumps and the first movie are famous for, you get a movie about two sides of one persona at war with each other and the other side pulling no stops to destroy each other. In the first movie, Buddy was just another part of Sherman's persona, but now that he's been unleashed into the world with none of Sherman's love and common sense to restrain him he becomes a deranged lunatic. He even gives De Niro a run for his money when parodying the Cape Fear Theater scene.

I must say this was a funny night at the movies, and for a sequel, this almost matched the original, but there was a lot of fun moments here, but this had more meat to it, than the predecessor. What I also appreciated was another fun family moment, around the dining table, here it's at a sizzler type place. It cracked me up, even in it's starting where we see silhouettes of the Klumps, about to do damage at this popular eatery, the fat's boy's mouth a human garbage disposal, and dispenser for soft serve. Grandma Klump was totally hysterical in the stripping scene. We spend more time around The Klumps, this time around, Father Klump's line to his son, "Family's important" was a line I never forget. We have the addition of Janet Jackson, who's turns in not a half bad performance, and is credited with a finale song, I liked. Sherman's getting ready for the big day, as to marry Janet, but his alter ego, that annoying Buddy Love has returned. Sherman letting his thoughts pour out to his shrink, is a face from the past, whose been stereo typed in these roles. Buddy has corrupted a potion of Sherman's that decreases intelligence, where Sherman's is quickly dropping IQ which really made matters interesting story wise. I'd almost go with 2 over 1, as like I said there's so much more here to offer. But don't forget such classically side splitting sections from the 1'st like Buddy's Love retaliation against, that stinker of a comic played brilliantly by Chappelle.

Sherman Klump is getting married, and the family could not be more delighted for him. But Buddy Love, his alter-ego, is back and trying to make it on his own. Buddy keeps resurfacing in untimely outbursts, and threatening the professor's marriage plans to Denise. Utilising Denise's cutting edge DNA research, Sherman decides to rid himself of his nemesis, and his outbursts once and for all by extracting Buddy's DNA from his system. But Buddy bursts full bodied into Sherman's world and lays claim to the professor's invention, a revolutionary youth serum. Desperate to keep it from Buddy, Sherman hides the serum in the Klump family home, thinking it will be safe. But to get it, Buddy has to deal with the entire Klump family first....The first film was a return to form for Murphy, he put everything he had into that movie, and it was one of the most heartwarming movies of Murphys career.This in the other hand, is the Buddy Love to that movie. It's loud, crass, really over the top with the innuendo, and worst of all devoid of any laughs.I was looking forward to the family having dinner scene, but it was basically the same as the first, and everything that you liked about Sherman was taken away, thanks to his little outbursts every now and again.The first film had a great script and story, but this relies heavily on gross out humour and disgusting set pieces.This was the beginning of Murphys second decline, almost ten years after his first, and apart from Shrek, he still has to recover.It's his worst movie by miles, and i've seen Best Defence.