Flubber
Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: November 26, 1997 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
8
Negative:
7
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38
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
Writer/producer John "Home Alone" Hughes, the Marquis de Sade of kidcom, and director Les Mayfield manage to squeeze the very bounce out of what should have been a can't-miss update. [26Nov1997 Pg09.D]
30
Film ThreatRon Wells
Remember when John Hughes made small, original, oh say, GOOD movies? Read full review
30
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Let's blame it on poor Robin Williams, who tries so desperately to be likable, whimsical, lovable, smart and funny all at once that he just wears you out. Blame it also on the behind-the-scenes engineers at Disney who think that effects are more important than story and character. Read full review
30
NewsweekJeff Giles
If only the movie itself had so much spunk—Flubber bounces but it never flies. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Although the movie may appeal to kids in the lower grades, it's pretty slow, flat and dumb. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
It's a perfect fit for Williams -- a hunk of slapstick, a dose of schmaltz -- and yet he can't save the film, which is overproduced, mechanical and resoundingly unfunny. Read full review
10
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Like everything else in this needless remake—from a heartless performance by Williams to the patented kiddie-sadism of screenwriter John Hughes—it's sloppily grafted onto a skeletal version of the original, with scenes lifted from the source and reinserted in a manner that doesn't make sense. Read full review
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