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Short Circuit (1986)

  • Rated PG
  • 1hr 38m
  • 50

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

John Badham

Producer:

Mark Damon, John W. Hyde, Lawrence Turman

Writer:

S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock

Release Date:

May 9, 1986

Runtime:

1hr 38m

Synopsis

Number 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes.

Cast

  • Ally Sheedy
  • Steve Guttenberg
  • Fisher Stevens
  • Austin Pendleton
  • G.W. Bailey
  • Brian McNamara
  • Marvin J. McIntyre
  • John Garber
  • Penny Santon
  • Vernon Weddle

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Based on 12 Critics
6.5

USER SCORE (31)

Generally favorable reviews based on 31 Reviews
38

Too bad that robots, unlike humans, cannot be discovered in one movie and go on to star in another. I'd like to see No. 5 in a film more suitable to its talents.

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

A cheerful, inoffensive fantasy in which such attractive live actors as Steve Guttenberg and Ally Sheedy play second fiddle to machinery that, in this case, means No. 5, designed by Syd Mead and engineered and realized by Eric Allard.

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Metacritic review by Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
The New York Times
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