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Weird Science
PG13 (SINGAPORE)
1985
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14
Negative reviews
4
Average Rating
3.1
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3.8
Weird Science combines two great traditions in popular entertainment: Inflamed male teenage fantasies and Frankensteins monster.
Rogerebert
1.5
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 goin ..
Variety
1.5
This is ordinary stuff thats aged about as well as Mitchell Smiths clunky computer.
Time Out
1.5
In his third screen role, Mitchell Smith suggests a kind of charm unique among kid actors with his strangled monotone and vaguely nauseated expression ..
3.0
A mildly dirty reworking of love, popularity and wild times, this is John Hughes scrappiest film to date, but it redeems its tastelessness and stupidi ..
3.0
Feels like something that Hughes slapped together over the course of one weed filled weekend. Its a novelty flick, but a fairly funny one ... for the ..
JoBlo
3.1
Hughes takes a potentially interesting premise then lets it wallow in an unashamed display of lowbrow humor and tiresome special effects.
Tv Guide
4.5
Weird Science is pretty much as perfect a 1980s teen comedy as has ever existed.
Flickering Myth
4.0
Commentary on misguided teen romance and love, testosterone fueled misadventures, and nonexistent self esteem make their way into the series of altern ..
4.5
A more than valid sample of the incredible eclecticism that characterized those wonderful eighties.
3.5
Bouncy and charming, anchored by Halls finest comic turn for the director and LeBrocks disarmingly easygoing turn as a self satisfied sex goddess.
Antagony & Ecstasy
3.8
It aint just dumb jokes, theres a thought behind it, a take on highschool life.
Montreal Film Journal
3.0
LeBrock steals the movie, turning up her charm to impossible volumes of delight.
Dvd Talk
1.0
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 wa ..
Streaming Quickflix
3.0
Weird Science is an odd mix of risqu shenanigans, puerile pranks and dubious gender politics. It also happens to be very funny.
Film4
3.1
Otherwise, there isnt much that warrants attention or excitement.
Film Frenzy
4.0
The writer director subverts the idea of retroactive problematic concerns because Lisa becomes entirely too human for Wyatt and Gary to objectify or d ..
Mid West Film Journal
4.5
Weird Science has a laser line to the hopes and fears of teen age boys.
Associated Press
2.5
Theres still enough here to demonstrate Hughess skill at capturing the teenage zeitgeist.
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