When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes 'Buddy Love', a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped down Don Juan.
Verdict: Hit
> Tom Shadyac (Director)
> Julio Macat (Director of Photography)
> Sally Thornton (Assistant Art Director)
> Rebecca Strickland (Second Assistant Director)
> Daniel M. Stillman (Second Assistant Director)
> Aleta Chappelle (Casting Director)
> David B. Householter (First Assistant Director)
> Barry W. Blaustein (Screenplay)
> Steve Oedekerk (Screenplay)
> David Sheffield (Screenplay)
> Tom Shadyac (Screenplay)
> Jerry Lewis (Original Film Writer)
> Bill Richmond (Original Film Writer)
> Robert Louis Stevenson (Original Story)
