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Flubber

1997 · 94 min

A silly, energetic romp full of slapstick and heart, easy to enjoy without thinking too hard.

Tagline: Catch it if you can!
Overview: 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.

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
science
work
family
redemption
Places: school
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	5
Horror	1
Humour	8
Realism	2
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy, family, science fiction
Directed by: Les Mayfield
Written by: Bill Walsh, John Hughes
Starring: Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald, Raymond J. Barry, Clancy Brown, Nancy Olson, Ted Levine, Wil Wheaton
Music: Danny Elfman
Cinematography: Dean Cundey
Runtime: 94 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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