Robin Williams starring as professor Philip Brainard makes this fun filled movie a box office hit. Great visual effects and a hilarious, imaginative, family adventure. Befuddled professor Brainard invents a powerful revolutionary source of energy - Flubber, an elastic goo. He is thrilled but in the process misses his wedding for the third time to fiancee Dr.Sara Jean Reynolds who is the president of Medfield College which is suffering financially. Professor Brainard discovers that when Flubber is applied to anything, it enables it to bounce really high and with great speed. With the help of Flubber professor Brainard not only wins back his fiancee Dr.Sara but also saves the Medfield college from the nasty financier.