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- 1985
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 34 m
- 1985
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 34 m
Summary Two high school geeks attempt to create the perfect woman, but she turns out to be more than that.
Directed By: John Hughes
Written By: Al Feldstein, William M. Gaines, John Hughes
- 1985
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 34 m
- 1985
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 34 m
Weird Science
46
8.3
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Summary Two high school geeks attempt to create the perfect woman, but she turns out to be more than that.
Directed By: John Hughes
Written By: Al Feldstein, William M. Gaines, John Hughes
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
46
25% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
50% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
46
25% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
50% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
The center of the film is the simple, almost elementary insight that fantasies can be hazardous: You've got to be careful what you ask for, because you might get it.
Weird Science is a nerd-reform film, down to its dewy finale in which all concerned have learned a Lesson About Life.
But it's almost always fun. At its best, it's more proof that Hughes is one of American movies' unusual talents. He's an original. [2 Aug 1985, p.C1]
Distinctly predictable offering from the ever-overworking John Hughes, who has taken a step back from his previous work.
Hughes’ true gift is at capturing the naturalistic rhythms and interaction between the boys with a great ear for dialog. Le Brock is just right as the film’s calm but commanding center.
Most of Weird Science, for all its repetitive vulgarity and its wide array of gimmicks, is essentially much too calculating and cautious. Even 14-year-old boys may find it heavy sledding.
Like a little boy playing with his first chemistry set, Hughes has thrown together the labelled contents of just about every teen-film cliche. And the experiment is a failure of excess - like a furious potion that bubbles up, fizzes briefly, and then fizzles out before expectant, and then disappointed, eyes. [3 Aug 1985]
What a disappointment Weird Science is! A wonderful writer-director has taken a cute idea about two teenage Dr. Frankensteins creating a perfect woman by computer and turned it into a vulgar, mindless, special-effects-cluttered wasteland.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 94 User Ratings
8.3
83% Positive
78 Ratings
78 Ratings
13% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
4% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 94 User Ratings
8.3
83% Positive
78 Ratings
78 Ratings
13% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
4% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
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