A college professor is working on a research at his laboratory and forgets about his wedding, which causes his fiancee to break up with him. Nevertheless, his research has not been in vain: he comes up with a revolutionary material which bounces with ever-increasing amplitude.
While the bulk of this film did not really please me a great deal, I found the first act, which one could make to end right after the discovery of flubber on the "morning after" at the lab, very good. The remainder of the movie does not add anything that one cannot see coming, and is at times rather dull. The two complementary thematic threads (considering the film in its entirety) seem to be (1) the revelation of the power of the fiancee's feelings, and (2) the demonstration of the old adage that says all is fair in love and war. Reasoning in evolutionary terms, it may strike one as advantageous that some women are clueless when it comes to science, but tend to show sympathy towards the underdog scientist: the odds are he will become a millionaire. The character who wants to close the college to open a supermarket is an illustration of the old tale about the chicken with golden eggs.
Rating: 51
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