The Nutty Professor (1963)
Directed by Jerry Lewis
A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most embarrassing times.
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It injects new life and casts fresh perspective on his idiot clowning, the same way "The Nutty Professor" did for Lewis.
As Kathleen Freeman phrased it in "The Nutty Professor": "He's a gasser!"
Michael Cera’s Bjorn, a bumbling Norwegian tutor who’s allowed to tag along to add an educational dimension to this jolly jaunt and whose character feels inspired by Jerry Lewis’s The Nutty Professor…