The New scientist that called Sherman Clamp is a man who tries to find a supernatural solution to solve his weight - related problem in order to have a perfect life. Incidentally, Sherman signed into the love affair of Carla Porti, so Sherman begins to put the solution for himself. After time, Sherman immediately lost 250 lbs, but the side effects included a second character. Sherman became another terrible person who hated himself, calling himself Buddy Love. Buddy starts getting popular more popular than Sherman, but his arrogance and style can bring him back.
There's bold work here from Murphy on grand scale of thespian commitment, yet the feature's sense of humor is more dreary than playful, killing the potential of the premise with a constant display of bad taste.
[Murphy] is able to invest his Professor Klump with an endearing dignity, give his lounge lizard alter ego, Buddy Love, an alligator's bite and then go on from there to play Klump's grandma. Also his mother, father and brother.