Synopsis
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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Cast
- Anthony Michael HallGary Wallace
- Kelly LeBrockLisa
- Ilan Mitchell-SmithWyatt Donnelly
- Bill PaxtonChet Donnelly
- Suzanne SnyderDeb
- Judie AronsonHilly
- Robert RuslerMax
- Robert Downey Jr.Ian
- Steve JamesGuy At Table
- Vernon WellsLord General
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
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. - 63
Miami Herald
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] - 60
Empire
Distinctly predictable offering from the ever-overworking John Hughes, who has taken a step back from his previous work. - 50
Variety
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. - 50
Los Angeles Times
The film's greatest asset is Kelly LeBrock, who is triumphant. She may represent souped-up womanhood at its most fanciful but she does so with great warmth and a sharp sense of herself. - 40
The New York Times
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. - 38
Chicago Tribune
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. - 38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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]
