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Real Genius

Real Genius

When he gets mad, he doesn't get even… he gets creative.

6.7 (501)1985-08-071h 46m
ComedyRomanceScience Fiction

Overview

When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn that the military wants to use it as a weapon, they decide to thwart the plan.

Budget
$8,000,000
Revenue
$12,952,019
Production
Tri-Star-Delphi III Productions, Brian Grazer Productions

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Vilmos Zsigmond

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Wuchak

Wuchak

April 28, 2018

6/10

The Big Bang guys when they were in college (not really, but sort of) RELEASED IN 1985 and directed by Martha Coolidge, "Real Genius" is a college dramedy about a 15 year-old genius in laser technology (Gabe Jarret) who’s recruited by physics Professor Jerry Hathaway (William Atherton), who has ulterior motives for having the kid work in his personal lab. The newbie’s roommate turns out to be the most brilliant freshman in history, who’s now a senior and seemingly clouded by college-age misch…

Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

March 27, 2024

**After all, it is possible to make a film for teenagers without barracks humor or sexual obsessions.** During the 80s, there was an explosion of films aimed at young audiences, and this is, perhaps, one of the most interesting, although it is as forgettable as almost all of them. Of course, it fits into the young thinking of the time: rebellion, revolt against institutions and parents, incapable of understanding their children, but it combines humor, youthful boldness and a certain education…