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The Absent-Minded Professor

Where to Watch The Absent-Minded Professor (1988)

Yearning to watch 'The Absent-Minded Professor' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Robert Scheerer-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The Absent-Minded Professor' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Absent-Minded Professor' right now, here are some particulars about the Walt Disney Television comedy flick.

Released November 27th, 1988, 'The Absent-Minded Professor' stars Harry Anderson, David Paymer, Bibi Osterwald, Thomas Callaway The movie has a runtime of about 45 min, and received a user score of 50 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 2 top users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Henry Crawford is the titular absent-minded professor busy at work in his laboratory. He has a girlfriend, but she is getting frustrated at his repeatedly missing their dates and spending more time with his experiments than with her. One day, Prof. Crawford makes an incredible discovery a form of rubber that defies gravity with each bounce, which he names Flubber. Hopefully, with this invention Crawford can prove to his love that he's not just a hopeless loser stuck doing dead-end research." .