BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Aiden Melton The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

shawn_m_roeder I was a young teenager in the eighties and I remember all of my schoolmates raving about this movie. Maybe I would have liked it if I watched it then. I really enjoy some of John Hughes other films. I finally watched this for the first time.The acting is wooden, the jokes are lame, and the premise is incredibly stupid. The movie is also very dated as my two teenage children could not make it through 20 minutes of this movie.The special effects are decent for the time, but movies do not hold up solely on the strength of their special effects. If you know the time period, you will understand how movies like this got made back then. You also understand and are thankful that they do not make them like this anymore.

a_chinn Silly John Hughes comedy is much closer to his goofy and crass early works like "National Lampoon's Class Reunion" than his more thoughtful teen dramas like "The Breakfast Club" or "Pretty in Pink." Hughes mines teen fantasy wish fulfillment when nerdy Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith make a woman, Kelly LeBrock, who helps them become cool and meet cute girls. Since the film is a fantasy, it does allow it to have over-the-top characters, like Bill Paxton's Chet, or have Road Warriors crash a party on their motorcycles (who include Michael Berryman and actual Road Warrior alumni, Vernon Wells), though I never really cared for most of Hughes pictures that were broad comedies along these line (i.e. "The Great Outdoors" or "Beethoven"). I prefer his more sincere of comedies, including everything from classics like those mentioned above to even lesser ones like "Career Opportunities" or "Dutch." Still, there's an 80s nostalgia factor here for me, which earned this film an extra star.

Sean Lamberger A pair of hapless teenage geeks create their dream woman with the aid of a home computer and proceed to turn their social standing upside down. Not a high point for John Hughes, who directed this paper-thin fever dream of a slapstick comedy after writing the screenplay in just two days. Hughes would become known for quick penmanship later in his career - he'd write Ferris Bueller in roughly the same amount of time - but in this case that efficiency leads to an imaginative premise that never really grows to maturity. Anthony Michael Hall, in something of a leading role after breakout performances in National Lampoon's Vacation and Sixteen Candles, is responsible for a lot of what works about the finished product. His comic timing is excellent, even in the most absurd situations (of which there are many). Hall particularly soars in one drunken scene, spilling his guts and making unlikely friends with the regulars in a seedy ghetto jazz bar, but that's an early climax and the film struggles to outdo it on the home stretch. Props and gimmicks pad out the rest of the ride, along with a generous dose of fresh, Hughsian, era-defining new wave cuts. Cheap and easy, but invariably charming and authentically funny; I've burnt weeknights with worse films.

FilmBuff1994 Weird Science is a great movie with a very well written plot and a stellar comedic cast. It is a very flamboyant and funny movie, coming right out of the genius mind of John Hughes, following two insecure teenage boys who manage to create a woman, hilarity ensues as we watch them struggle with this new invention. One thing it is lacking which is very evident in other Hughes films, such as the Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, is heart, there are not really moments that show compassion or a real, believable relationship between these characters, it could have been a great extra layer that simply was not there. The cast is terrific, Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Michael-Smith work off one another spectacularly, Kelly Le Brock is very convincing as the perfect woman for the two boys, Bill Paxton shines as the mean older brother and a bunch of smaller roles, including Robert Downey Jr., manage to steal some scenes. Funny and very enjoyable, Weird Science may be lacking heart but it makes up for it with big laughs, I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good comedy. Two computer buffs create woman of their dreams, who helps them gain popularity. Best Performance: Kelly LeBrock