D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
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33% of critics liked it
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51% of users liked it
(8,949 ratings)
Barret Oliver stars as robot boy Daryl (Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform). The film begins with an intense chase through hairpin mountain roads as a helicopter chases after a racing automobile and the driver of the car shoves a young boy out of the door. The child is rescued and is adopted by… More Barret Oliver stars as robot boy Daryl (Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform). The film begins with an intense chase through hairpin mountain roads as a helicopter chases after a racing automobile and the driver of the car shoves a young boy out of the door. The child is rescued and is adopted by Joyce (Mary Beth Hurt) and Andy (Michael McKean) Richardson, a well-meaning, childless couple. It is only after the Richardsons have adopted Daryl and find that the child can't stop hitting home runs that they realize their adopted son is, in fact, a robot. The Richardsons decide to take Daryl back home -- home being a top security research facility where scientists Dr. Jeffrey Stewart (Josef Sommer) and Ellen Lamb (Kathryn Walker) have "given birth" to the boy robot. Once at the research facility, the Richardsons realize that government forces are determined to destroy Daryl and anyone who knows about him. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Simon Wincer
- Genres
- Science Fiction & Fantasy, Kids & Family
- In Theaters
- Jun 14, 1985 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
The main problem with this thing (besides the direction and the writing and, oh what the heck, the special effects, the acting, and the score). . .
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
Do guilty pleasures get any more guilty or any more pleasurable
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Cast
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Mary Beth Hurt
as Joyce Richardson
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Michael McKean
as Andy Richardson
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Kathryn Walker
as Ellen Lamb
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Colleen Camp
as Elaine Fox
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Josef Sommer
as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
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Barret Oliver
as Daryl
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Steve Ryan
as Howie Fox
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Robert Arden
as Colonel
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Daniel Bryan Corkill
as Turtle Fox
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Pat Fuleihan
as Woman at Window
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Ed Grady
as Mr. Bergen
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Richard Hammatt
as Dr. Mulligan
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Burtt Harris
as Air Force General
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Amy Linker
as Sherie Lee Fox
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Tucker McGuire
as Mrs. Bergen
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Christopher Muncke
as Committee Man
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Kevin J. O'Neill
as 1st Technician
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Hardy Rawls
as Bull McKenzie
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Susan West
as Andrea
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Russ Wheeler
as Copilot
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Major Wiley
as Operative USAF
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David Wohl
as Mr. Nesbitt
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Ronald C. Frazier
as Gen. Graycliffe
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James H. Armfield
as Photographer
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Patrick Branner
as Mark Bennet
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Matt Butler
as Trooper
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Ski Collins
as Pilot
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Paul Darby
as 2nd Technician
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Blain Fairman
as Maj. Willows
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James Fitzpatrick
as Tascom Security Soldier
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Charlie Gudger
as 1st Basketball Kid
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Sean Hower
as Hannibal
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Jessica Johnson
as Melanie
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James LaPointe
as "Goodbye Coach" Kid
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Noreen Lange
as Facility Matron
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Danielle LeMoine
as Trudi
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Ginny Light
as Plump Woman
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Benjamin Peterson
as Piano Pupil
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Dalton Poole
as Arkoff
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Joseph Reed
as Facility Doctor
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Wayne Shindoll
as Umpire
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Brian Stafford
as Catcher
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Stacy Woods
as 2nd Basketball Kid
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William Roberts
as 1st Committee Man
