Ride Your Wave vs The Nutty Professor
Ride Your Wave has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 5.6/10 for The Nutty Professor). Ride Your Wave is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 35m. The Nutty Professor is the older of the two (1996 against 2019). Both are comedy, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Ride Your Wave
The Nutty Professor| Ride Your Wave | The Nutty Professor | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 5.6/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 1996 |
| Length | 1h 34m | 1h 35m |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Masaaki Yuasa | Tom Shadyac |
| Main cast | Rina Kawaei, Haruki Ishiya, Kentaro Ito, Ryota Katayose, Honoka Matsumoto | John Ales, Eddie Murphy, Larry Miller, Jamal Mixon, James Coburn |
Synopsis
Ride Your Wave
Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love.
The Nutty Professor
When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes 'Buddy Love', a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped down Don Juan.
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