Fred MacMurray plays the vacuous title character who ignores everything in life when it comes to a new discovery. Even his own discoveries don't impress him. While he is perfecting the anti-gravity substance, Flubber, his world is collapsing around him. But he doesn't even know it. There are wonderful scenes in this movie. The stuff has crazy properties and when the high school basketball team gets their hands on it, it's utter madness. MacMurray is scheduled to be married, but while he putzes around, another man, Keenan Wynn, is sneaking in on his territory. His fiancée is becoming more and more fed up as time goes along. The sequels were never quite as delightful as this one. Just don't take it too seriously.
Review of The Absent Minded Professor
