The Nutty Professor/The Nutty Professor 2/Daddy Day Care

Trio of Eddie Murphy comedies. In 'The Nutty Professor' (1996), Sherman Klump (Murphy) is a shy, overweight chemistry professor who invents a slimming formula which transforms him into the svelte, fast-talking Buddy Love. He can now date his colleague Carla Purty (Jada Pinkett), but when Buddy starts to take over, Sherman risks being lost forever. Murphy plays Sherman, Buddy and five other roles in the film that revitalised his comedy career. In 'The Nutty Professor 2' (2000), Murphy returns as Professor Sherman Klump (not to mention Ernie Klump, Granny Klump, and Mama and Papa Klump). Having decided to get married, the portly professor asks for the hand of fellow scientist Denise Gaines (Janet Jackson) and is overjoyed when she accepts. But when Klump's fast-talking alter-ego Buddy Love comes back on the scene, the ensuing havoc threatens to ruin all the professor's plans. Finally, in 'Daddy Day Care' (2003), when Charlie Hinton (Murphy) and Phil (Jeff Garlin) are fired for a disastrous advertising campaign, they find themselves looking after their children whilst their partners go back to work. However, as they have had to cut-back, with Charlie taking his son out of an expensive day-care run by Ms Harridan (Anjelica Huston), they decide that since if it's what they do anyway, why not set up their own day-care centre. Despite the usual pitfalls that come with looking after other people's children, the centre becomes a success; but Ms Harridan is looking for revenge as their gain is her loss...

Director: Tom Shadyac
Director: Peter Segal
Director: Steve Carr
Producer: Brian Grazer
Producer: Russell Simmons
Producer: Matt Berenson
Producer: John Davis
Producer: Wyck Godfrey
Writer: David Sheffield
Writer: Barry W. Blaustein
Writer: Steve Oedekerk
Writer: Paul Weitz
Writer: Chris Weitz
Writer: Geoff Rodkey
Music: David Newman
Actor: Eddie Murphy
Actor: Jada Pinkett Smith
Actor: James Coburn
Actor: Larry Miller
Actor: Dave Chappelle
Actor: John Ales
Actor: Patricia Wilson
Actor: Jamal Mixon
Actor: Nichole McAuley
Actor: Hamilton von Watts
Actor: Janet Jackson
Actor: Richard Gant
Actor: Anna Maria Horsford
Actor: Melinda McGraw
Actor: Gabriel Williams
Actor: Wanda Sykes
Actor: Jeff Garlin
Actor: Anjelica Huston
Actor: Steve Zahn
Actor: Regina King
Actor: Kevin Nealon
Actor: Jonathan Katz