Weird Science | | Cast : | Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith | | Director : | John Hughes | | Studio : | Universal Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound | | Released Date : | August 02, 1985 | | DVD Released Date : | September 02, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 29, 2005 | | Summary | Hot Frankenstein | Content
 | John Hughes stretched his 80s success a little too far with this extreme comedy, a twist on the Frankenstein legend. What would happen if two unpopular geeks created their own beautiful woman? That high concept takes us through the whole film.
Anthony Michael Hall does well with his third outing with Hughes following SIXTEEN CANDLES and THE BREAKFAST CLUB. The highlight of the film is his inebriated teen mixing in with several down-on-their-luck barflies. Their creation is the gorgeous Kelly LeBrock who consistently provides eye-candy for the boys (and the audience). Still, other Hughes creations had a social theme or statement that Gen X-ers attached. This film is just a silly comedy and shows up as an also ran. The DVD was an early release and offers no special materials but it does have a nice widescreen transfer.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 28, 2005 | | Summary | This movie hurt so good | Content
| Pardon the incredibly rediculous title for this review.
First thing's first, the movie: John Hughes hit the mark again with this one. The script is great, and the actors all deliver it well. I love the, shall I say, "quirky" perfomances by most of the cast. It's definitely a movie worth watching if you're in the mood to be entertained.
Now the DVD: Well, for coming in a special box and everything, the High School Reunion Collection DVDs sure lack in bonus features. It's got all (or at least most?) of the original music, but that's about it. It's got previews for other movies, but who really wants that? So basically, it's a great movie but it's not much of a special DVD. If you're really into the extra stuff, then I guess you're out of luck. It's still worth buying in my opinion. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 22, 2005 | | Summary | Teenage Male Fantasies Come True | Content
| John Hughes and a likable, enthusiastic cast walk perfectly on a tightrope between funny and silly in this film that is still marketed as "silly teenage fantasy-comedy" but, to its credit, is really much more.
As a former male teenager I can tell you that lots of males spend lots of time thinking about things that:
1. No one else thinks of and,
2. Would NEVER come true
But they think about these things anyway. To some degree the ability to measure how "grown up" a man has become is to discover how much he's given up these immature fantasies. In most men they never go away entirely, although I should say that most of the men I know who are "no fun" are the ones who have completely left behind their silly teenaged self.
Anthony Michael Hall is featured as Gary and Ilan Mitchell-Smith plays Wyatt. (Bill Paxton is a scream as Wyatt's military-academy mental brother Chet.) Gary and Wyatt are geeky early high-school wimps (often featured in Hughes movies, who dream of hot cars, hot babes, popularity and their own place in the spotlight.
In the fantasy world of this movie they use a computer with tons of input and connections to create "Lisa", played by Kelly LeBrock. Lisa is not only willing to shower with Gary and Wyatt (in a very asexual and minimally nude scene), but is essentially a "magic genie", able to grant multiple wishes to Gary and Wyatt. They get hot cars, they throw killer parties, other cute teenaged girls get interested in them. When militaristic Chet finds wild goings-on at the house (while Mom and Dad are conveniently away, of course) he initially blows a gasket. Lisa uses her magic powers over and over. When Grandma and Grandpa come over to visit Lisa "freezes" them like statues and they get stowed in a closet. Chet finds Grandma and Grandpa in that condition and screams at Wyatt "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW DISRESPECTFUL THAT IS?!" Lisa turns Chet into a disgusting blubbery mass with few recognizable features except for the still-intact military crewcut on top of his head. The Chet-mass burps and farts and is generally disgustingly hilarious for the kind of folks who think those kinds of things are hilarious.
This is not a movie for someone looking for a serious movie. Nor is it for someone looking for "realism". It's silly in a very good-hearted way. If you ever wanted to see teenaged boys get their every wish coming true - this if the film you've been waiting for. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 13, 2005 | | Summary | Let's Create A Woman !!! (But What Do We Do With Her Then?) | Content
| This movie concerns two pencil necked High School Geeks who one night decide they wil create the perfect woman using Computer Technology and voodoo. They are successful in doing this and then they embark on funny adventures with their new friend Lisa. This movie stars the gorgeous Kelly Le Brok who sadly seems to have disppeared from our screens in recent years. The disappointing thing about this movie is that the original Premise is never realized. Neither of the two Geeks get to have sex with Lisa which is why they creatd her in the first place. I give this movie 5 stars because Suzaane Snyder also appears in it and I like the Porsche and Ferrari in this movie. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 02, 2005 | | Summary | Weird Science or strange biology?? | Content
| 2 guys named Gary and Wyatt aren't popular with chicks. They can only have dreams.....but do they really need dreams? They got a computer to create a woman. Her name is Lisa and she is the whole world to these guys. They believe it will solve all their problems, too....they will only find out. |
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