Weird Science

Weird Science (1985)

  • 56% of critics liked it
    (27 reviews)

  • 69% of users liked it
    (110,607 ratings)

John Hughes's third directorial effort, Weird Science, follows in the tradition of his previous teen-centered films, Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith play the wannabe hipster Gary and his nebbish weak-willed best friend, Wyatt, a pair of… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Genres
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
In Theaters
Aug 2, 1985 Wide
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    Weird Science veers off into a typical coming-of-age saga without exploring any of the psychological territory it lightly sails over in the early going.

  • , Time Out

    This is ordinary stuff that's aged about as well as Mitchell-Smith's clunky computer.

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    Even 14-year-old boys may find it heavy sledding.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    Weird Science combines two great traditions in popular entertainment: Inflamed male teenage fantasies and Frankenstein's monster.

  • Simon Miraudo, Quickflix

    Watching Weird Science again in the harsh light of my 20s was like catching up with an old friend who I had recalled as a raucous party animal, but was now clearly a shaky meth addict with no teeth.

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Featured Audience Ratings

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    Love this movie so much. Just really funny and totally unreallistic. But thats whats so great about it. Another great 80's movie. Love watching this movie.

  • Melvin W


    Lisa: If we're going to have any fun together, you guys have better learn to loosen up.  "It's all in the name of science. Weird Science." Weird Science is pretty much an hour and a half long teen fantasy. That's something you need to know. Now, it is an… More

  • Lucas M


    A funny and remarkable comedy. Very adolescent level, but still a good entertainment. Fresh.

  • Jeff "


    Weird Science is yet another solid John Hughes film. Weird Science is a well done teen comedy, one that every teen can relate to. The humor is funny, and quite original. John Hughes definitely knew how to create effective humor in his films, and Weird Science is yet another solid… More

  • Cassie H


    Great comedy. It makes me laugh everytime I watch it. Anthony Michael Hall is once again hillarious! I watched this with my Dad, and he was singing the theme song. :) :)

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