In Murphy’s version, he plays Sherman Klump, a professor who is loveable and large, but not in any way an outgoing kind of ...

Brilliant and obese scientist Sherman Klump invents a miraculous weight-loss solution. After a date with chemistry student Carla Purty goes badly, a depressed Klump tries the solution on himself.

It is a remake of the 1963 film of the same name, which starred Jerry Lewis, and is based on a university professor named ...