Weird Science
It's all in the name of science... Weird Science.
It's all in the name of science... Weird Science.
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction
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1985
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Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.
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Details
Runtime:
93 min
Release date:
1 Aug 1985
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$7,500,000
Revenue:
$38,934,048
Awards:
2 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Weird Science veers off into a typical coming-of-age saga without exploring any of the psychological territory it lightly sails over in the early going.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
27 Feb 2008
rotten:
Even 14-year-old boys may find it heavy sledding.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Weird Science combines two great traditions in popular entertainment: Inflamed male teenage fantasies and Frankenstein's monster.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
This is ordinary stuff that's aged about as well as Mitchell-Smith's clunky computer.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006