Professor Ned Brainard (Fred MacMurray) has a new invention up his sleeve in Disney’s Son of Flubber. This time it’s Flubbergas, a substance capable of helping to control the weather. Once again, the nefarious Alonzo Hawk (Keenan Wynn) is after his creation, while also seeking to shut Ned’s school down. Ned must use his wits, and the help of his students, to fight back against his naysayers, which also include the local authorities. From its showstopping, zany football game scene to its rousing courtroom finale, Son of Flubber takes its viewers on a wild ride through a real humdinger of a film.
“It is crazy, of course, in the spirit of old-fashioned sight-gag slapstick farce, but it is fun—and, indeed, a bit of a satire on the weird inventions of the new atomic age. It has all the wholesome ingredients of perennial family comedy, including Mr. Disney’s infant grandson in a small but expandable role.” – Bosley Crowther, The New York Times
