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Real Genius

  • Rated PG
  • 1hr 48m
  • 71

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Martha Coolidge

Producer:

Brian Grazer

Writer:

Neal Israel, Pat Proft

Release Date:

Jan 1, 1985

Runtime:

1hr 48m

Synopsis

An uptight teenage prodigy enters a top engineering college, but feels awkward among the freewheeling students. When a professor aims to turn their laser project into a military weapon, he and his offbeat roommate plot to ruin the plan.

Cast

  • Stacy Peralta
  • Daniel Ades
  • Andres Aybar
  • Louis Giambalvo
  • Ed Lauter
  • Charles Shull
  • Beau Billingslea
  • Charles Parks
  • William Atherton
  • Val Kilmer

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Metacritic

71
metacritic
Based on 15 Critics
7.5

USER SCORE (8)

Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Reviews
88

Real Genius contains many pleasures, but one of the best is its conviction that the American campus contains life as we know it.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
60

What the film needs, instead of these familiar teen-movie trappings, is a cleverness and eccentricity to match that of its characters. For the most part, these are qualities that it lacks.

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Metacritic review by Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
The New York Times
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