Movie spotlight
Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.
A quirky professor invents a flying, super-bouncy rubber-like substance called Flubber. He plans to use this invention to save his college from closing down, but he must also deal with rival professors who want to steal his discovery and the increasing chaos caused by the substance.
Flubber was widely panned by critics, who found its humor to be juvenile and its plot to be uninspired. Audiences were also largely underwhelmed, though its family-friendly nature allowed for some commercial success.
Relies too heavily on Robin Williams' manic energy without enough substance.
A visually uninspired and unfunny family film.
Lacks the charm and inventiveness of its predecessors.
Google audience: While some Google users enjoyed the visual gags and Robin Williams' performance, many found the movie to be predictable, silly, and lacking in genuine laughs. The plot was often cited as weak, and the overall experience was deemed disappointing by a significant portion of the audience.
The film's visual effects team used a combination of CGI and practical effects to bring Flubber to life, with the substance often being portrayed as a green, gelatinous blob.
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It's kind of fitting as I decided to decline Disney's kind invitation to pay 33% more for my Disney+ that this is the last of their films that I watched. It sums up the mediocrity of this once innovative source of vibrant and creative anima...