Son of Flubber

There is no disguising that this is an obvious attempt on Disney to cash in on the success of "The Absent Minded Professor" made 2 years earlier. No one can fault them for that - however, there seems to be little... Full review

By the time Son of Flubber was released by Walt Disney in 1963, Fred MacMurray was firmly established in the third phase of his career as star of G-rated Disney films and television situation comedies. MacMurray was able to do... Full review

Yeah, readers, you'll want to vote 10 after seeing this!!!!!Disney made a sequel to the "Absent-Minded Professor" movie in 1963 called "Son of Flubber," where our professor is making another experiment! If I remember correctly, it probably had to do... Full review

Proving that the Disney Studios didn't become cash-mongers simply in the Michael Eisner era, this sequel to the 1961 Disney hit "The Absent Minded Prodessor" is nothing more than repackaged goods. Lamebrained slapstick comedy has Fred MacMurray returning to role... Full review

Son of FlubberFred MacMurray returns to his famous role of a wacky, absent-minded professor who invents a strange substance that he calls "flubber." In this sequel (the strangely named "Son of"), he does little but jump through the same hoops.Entertaining,... Full review

This is the sequel to "The Absent Minded Professor" [1961]. Slower, and more uneven. The "Absent Minded Professor" was mainly a one-joke affair; Fred MacMurray's fantastic invention "flubber", and by the time "Son of Flubber" came out, it had worn... Full review

As seemed to be the case with all Disney films from the early-1960s until about 1980, Son of Flubber is stacked with several dozen genial character actors many of whom, like MacMurray, became almost like a stock company for Disney: Keenan Wynn (who reprised his character in the otherwise unrelated Herbie Rides Again ), his father Ed Wynn, Charlie Ruggles, Leon Ames, William Demarest, Paul Lynde, Edward Andrews. ... Full Review

MacMurray is a lot of fun in the title role, ably supported by a cast including Tommy Kirk, Keenan Wynn and Leon Ames One of Disney's most entertaining forays into live-action, this hit family comedy stars Fred MacMurray as a college professor so forgetful that he missed his own wedding twice. ... Full Review

Some of the funniest sequences are an ad agencys imaginary uses of Flubber including Flubberoleum, and the fixing of a football game using Flubbergas. Meanwhile his original invention has been sold to the government but the payment is tied up in bureaucratic red tape; so the Brainerds are being taxed on unreceived income, and loan shark Alonzo Hawk (Keenan Wynn) is again threatening to bulldoze the college. ... Full Review

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When the baby boom generation was young, Hollywood turned out a steady stream of movies geared to young tastes, like Son of Flubber (1963) and The Love Bug (1969). ... Full Article

Son of Flubber represented the first time that Walt Disney ever attempted a theatrical feature sequel: in this case, the earlier film was the 1961 moneyspinner The Absent-Minded Professor. ... Full Article