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Weird Science [DVD] [1985]

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Actors: Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly Le Brock
Directors: John Hughes
Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL
Language English
Subtitles: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: 12
Studio: Uca
DVD Release Date: 1 April 2006
Run Time: 90 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000BMUVFQ
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,203 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Yes, that is Bill Paxton as Ilan Mitchell-Smith's militaristic big brother. And that's Robert Downey Jr. as one of the in-crowd jerks who makes nerds Mitchell-Smith and Hall's lives miserable. Fortunately, this is a John Hughes comedy and our smart nerds create the perfect woman, Lisa (Kelly LeBrock), using a computer and voodoo. Lisa is a willing sex toy, has magical powers, and just wants to help the boys get even and meet nice babes. She even cleans up. The fantasy ebullience of Hughes is given full rein here and that's good and bad (mostly good). It's all aimed at a certain kind of hormone-addled, 16-year-old sensibility; but who doesn't have a little bit of that in them? --Keith Simanton

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Teenage geeks Gary and Wyatt are sick of being ignored by girls, abused by cool guys, and forced to spend their weekend nights watching nerdy old sci-fi movies. Left alone for the weekend, they use Wyatt's computer to create Lisa, a stunningly beautiful woman with a body that stops traffic, a heart of gold, and a genius IQ. The boys embark on an adventure with their creation, going to bars, driving Ferraris, throwing a killer party, and keeping Wyatt's psychotic older brother, Chet, in check. But in the end, they learn that wearing cool clothes, hanging out with cool kids, and being popular might not solve all their problems. Written and directed by the king of teen flicks, John Hughes, this film was released after 'Sixteen Candles' and in the same year as 'The Breakfast Club'. Like many of his films, Hughes's 'Weird Science' is set in fictional Shermer, Illinois. A young Robert Downey (without the 'Jr.') appears as Ian, a cool kid who takes pleasure in tormenting Gary and Wyatt.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE THIS FILM, 23 Aug 2007

By	stuart "s.vernon" (MIDDLESBROUGH, ENGLAND) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

Weird Science is the best 80's comedy that was ever made. I'm saying it. Ghostbusters, Summer Rental, The Great Outdoors, Strange Brew, Gung Ho, Mr. Mom, all of these movies have their place, but none of them can match Weird Science for laughs or pure....eightiesness. Yes eightiesness is a quality. It's a corny, dated quality but one that is tangible and valued by my fellow eighties loving brethren to this day. Come back with me if you will to a time when Anthony Michael Hall was still fielding calls and Kelly LeBrock was French for sexy.

Weird Science has everything that an eighties comedy needs: A least one hot girl, a few actors who are no longer working or who do anything that will come along, plenty of dashing eighties threads, a corny as hell eighties soundtrack,(and Oingo Boingo is as corny and eighties as they get), and plenty of cheap funny jokes.

Undoubtedly the best thing about Weird Science is Bill Paxton, who plays Wyatt's older brother Chet. Chet is the worst big brother ever to grace a movie screen and is a role model for all big brothers everywhere, me included. Chet delights in extorting money and valuables from Wyatt in exchange for his silence about Wyatt's activities. The best part in the movie is when Chet gets turned into the toad thing or whatever it is. Man I love that part.

The rest of the cast does a good job of being their stock characters. Kelly LeBrock does a good job of being hot. Robert Downey Jr. shows none of the signs of future drug addiction. The film is unremarkable in the fact that it isn't anything groundbreaking or special. It's just a funny movie. And an eighties classic.

Bottom Line: If you grew up in the eighties and you never saw Weird Science then you must atone for your crimes by going out and buying it right now. Then send me an email telling me how grateful you are that I put you on the path to rightousness and eighties correctness.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic 80s Bubblegum Teenflick!, 22 Dec 2006

By	Mike Cormack (Aberdeen UK) - See all my reviews

What a roll John Hughes was on in the mid 80s! He'd already made "The Breakfat Club", made "Weird Science" then completed the holy trinity of 80s teen films with "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". (Shame that he slid to making such dross afterwards, but these things are never sustainable, unless you're Kubrick making 2 films a decade). Whereas "The Breakfast Club" was primarily talk and was realisic, if rather optimistic and feel-good, "Weird Science" goes for all-out zany humour, having a far more energetic and kientic style. Things just... happen, and it's wonderfully ebullient and exciting to watch.

Gary and Wyatt are two high-school nerds, bullied by the "cool" guys and disdained by the girls. But with the power of Wyatt's computer, some rather unlikely hacking and some vodoo (not to mentionbras on their heads), they create the superwoman of their dreams, Lisa, who is sexy, funloving, smart and has incredible powers (naturally). They undergo a rollercoaster-ride of a weekend, featuring the world's wildest teen party. At the party they try to impress the guys who bully them, Max and Ian, by showing them how they made Lisa. But forgetting to "hook up the doll" they unleahsh havoc - a kitchen turns blue (clothes and all), party-goers are trapped in the TV and paintings, and a nuclear missle emerges from the cellar to the roof. Nice.

At the end Gary and Wyatt realise that it's not about impressing people with what they seem but with what they are. They get the girls, prove themselves (against a mad gang of bikers straight out of "The Hills Have Eyes"), and make good. Aaaah.

It's supremely entertaining, a lot of laughs, and has many unforgettable lines and incidents - Chet (play with wonderful bullying malevolence by Bill Paxton) turned into some kind of swamp-creature and eating a fly, Wyatt sitting down on a toilet with someone in it ("Well, goddamn!"), Wyatt's grandparents frozen in a kitchen cupboard, and so on. A great film. I probably know it backwards.

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5.0 out of 5 stars FUN FILM, 3 Dec 2009

By	Mr. S. Kerr "CATDOG" (IRELAND) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

GREAT OLD FILM,VERY FUNNY AND GOOD FOR A LAUGH.PUT IT AWAY AND TAKE IT OUT 10 YEARS LATER AND STILL GET A LAUGH.

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