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1985

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Gary Wallace is at high school. He's not very athletic and not at all popular, especially with the girls. It's Friday night and he and his pal Wyatt are popping corn and watching videos. Inspired by a clip from Frankenstein they decide to see whether they have the power to produce another human being according to their .. Read more

Starring	Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly Le Brock
Director	John Hughes
Genres	Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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  Classic Teen Movie
  
  This is one of the all time classic teen movies. Kelly LeBrock was every teenagers (infact every mans) dream woman and the nerds in the film managed to create ... read more »
  
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  - Birmingham, England
  - 03 Feb 2005 at 14:23
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  great film
  
  LOVED IT iv watched this film 100+ times and never gets old Kelly Le Brock looks greatttttttttttt in it!!! deffinate watch
  
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- - tricky1976
  - 6 reviews
  - Coventry
  - 11 Mar 2012 at 02:39
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  Completely brilliant
  
  I. Love. This. Film! Its totally amazing. My boyfriend harped on about it for so long so I finally decided to rent it to watch with him. One of the funniest ... read more »
  
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- - Darebear
  - 4 reviews
  - 07 Feb 2012 at 10:06
- - 4
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  One of John Hughes least successful films
  
  Like bad hair cuts, heavy metal and dodgy computer graphics, Weird Science should stay in the 1980s. The whole film feels dated, from the pub scene where ... read more »
  
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  - Daniel Pollard
  - Manchester, England
  - 19 Jan 2011 at 17:43
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  Totally Outrageous Romp
  
  If only such things were possible... Practically everything in this movie is outrageous to the point of being surreal. That's what I like most about it. The... read more »
  
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- - JingleJ
  - 3 reviews
  - Huntingdon
  - 03 Feb 2010 at 15:05
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  Weird Science
  
  BRILLANT! GREAT FILM.....SOOOOO FUNNY AND BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES OF WHEN I FIRST WATCHED THE FILM.
  
  GREAT STORY OF THE TWO YOUNG ... read more »
  
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  - Larne
  - 06 Oct 2009 at 16:42
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  awesome
  
  a classic of its day, funny, totally 'awesome'
  
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- - StephRogers
  - 9 reviews
  - Watford
  - 27 Sep 2009 at 20:03
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  weird science
  
  what a cool film the old ones are always the best
  
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- - Mike99
  - 262 reviews
  - Sudbury
  - 07 Sep 2009 at 19:46
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  funny
  
  Very funny '80s film, with Kelly LeBrock looking gorgeous. The bloke who plays the brother Chad steals most of the laughs. Entertaining.
  
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  - London
  - 21 Jul 2009 at 10:54
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  Good ol' 80s Fun!
  
  Wonderful fun from the great director of 'The Breakfast Club'. Better than any 'teen' films that have been produced in the last ten years or so... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 11 Dec 2008 at 12:33
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  Good Movie
  
  Its a john hughes written and directed movie!
  
  its cheesy and has geeky kids , its brilliant. , the acting is super , music funky , has cheesy values... read more »
  
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  - 18 Nov 2008 at 19:28
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- - 10
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  Classic Teen Movie
  
  This is one of the all time classic teen movies. Kelly LeBrock was every teenagers (infact every mans) dream woman and the nerds in the film managed to create ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 69478
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  - Birmingham, England
  - 03 Feb 2005 at 14:23
- - 4
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  One of John Hughes least successful films
  
  Like bad hair cuts, heavy metal and dodgy computer graphics, Weird Science should stay in the 1980s. The whole film feels dated, from the pub scene where ... read more »
  
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  - Daniel Pollard
  - Manchester, England
  - 19 Jan 2011 at 17:43
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  Complete utter waste of time, TERRIBLE
  
  Can't believe I insulted my DVD player by playing this dribble. I think the producer/writer/director were all on some sort of drug at the time of filming. ... read more »
  
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- - CB
  - London
  - 29 May 2008 at 22:02
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  The best teen movie ever!
  
  You can keep your American Pie, this is the one that started it all.. if you are a fan of all things daft, teenage & american, this movie is for you! an ... read more »
  
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- - BigPants
  - Wolverhampton,. West Midlands
  - 27 Mar 2005 at 22:45
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  Release Date
  
  Though you wouldn't know it from here (at the time of writing at least)this film is finally available on dvd in this country on the 12th Sept as part of the... read more »
  
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- - posterchild
  - south east
  - 04 Sep 2005 at 15:05
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  pretty pathetic
  
  I can only assume that all the positive reviews for this film were based on nostalgia. Because I can imagine this film being a hoot if your 12 and living in ... read more »
  
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- - onion
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  - south
  - 07 Oct 2008 at 01:35
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  LOL!!
  
  One of the funniest teen films of the 80's, I lost track of how many times I watched this back then. This right up there with Ferris Bueller's day off &... read more »
  
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  - Cornwall
  - 13 Oct 2005 at 15:42
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  excellent film must see
  
  this film is very very good from start to finish i loved it you will also
  
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- - roseann
  - mk england
  - 05 Apr 2008 at 06:56
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  Every mans fantasy of the 80's!!
  
  This must have been the launch pad for American Pie and all the other teen flicks of this generation. Its the classic 80's theme of geeks come good which we... read more »
  
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- - Karen931
  - 212 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 18 Aug 2008 at 09:30
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  Timeless comedy
  
  Although this came out before i was born, i was introduced to it by brothers who grew up whilst watching this over and over again, and i got hooked and had to ... read more »
  
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- - happylyns
  - 17 reviews
  - Plymouth
  - 03 Sep 2005 at 22:42

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- Weird Science
  
  Gary Wallace is at high school. He's not very athletic and not at all popular, especially with the girls. It's Friday night and he and his pal Wyatt are popping corn and watching videos. Inspired by a clip from Frankenstein they decide to see whether they have the power to produce another human ...