An absent-minded professor invents a whimsical, flying substance, bringing wholesome, brisk fun to save a college.
Feel-good, with big broad humor. A family watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Disney+.
Nothing past what a PG promises: mild language and nothing scary.
Our estimate: fine from about 7. Rated PG.
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Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
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