The Absent Minded Professor

The Absent Minded Professor (1961) starring Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Ed Wynn. Professor Brainard (MacMurray) is so preoccupied with his research that he forgets his wedding -- three times. His bride-to-be (Olson) gives up on him, but then he invents flubber (short for flying rubber) and the plot thickens. When he puts flubber on the soles of his college's basketball team, the fun starts. The team is able to bounce around the basketball court like kangaroos. Then the professor figures out how to use flubber to make a car fly, and we're off to the races. This movie is silly, but still a lot of fun. It's short, at an hour and 36 minutes, which is something I like in a movie. There's lots of slapstick and funny situations, and everything works out in the end. What more could you ask for? (Subtitles in English are available for the hearing-impaired, as well as closed captions.) Grade: B+