One of Disney's most entertaining forays into live-action, this hit family comedy stars
Fred MacMurray as a college professor so forgetful that he missed his own wedding twice. He creates an extremely resilient flying rubber, dubbed "Flubber," and manages to make his old Model-T bounce all the way to Washington, DC, where it is mistaken for a UFO, as well as helping the college basketball team win the big game with Flubber-powered sneakers. MacMurray is a lot of fun in the title role, ably supported by a cast including
Tommy Kirk,
Keenan Wynn and
Leon Ames, although the central romance between MacMurray and huffy bride-to-be
Nancy Olson gets a bit annoying in its repetitiveness. In all, however, this is one of the best children's films of the '60s, and is highly recommended. A sequel,
Son of Flubber, followed, with a remake simply titled
Flubber appearing in 1997. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide