Sick of being wimpy and single, Gary and Wyatt decide that, instead of finding a date, they can make one. With a little computer science, the pair creates Lisa, the perfect woman. Like a computer-generated fairy godmother, Lisa guides the boys through the pleasures and pitfalls of adolescence, both wowing and shocking them in the process.
Completing my John Hughes binge, I don’t really know what to make of this movie. It’s an interesting story, taking the story of Frankenstein to a whole new level, and I did enjoy it to some extent. Ultimately, though, I don’t think I’d add it to my collection.
Sick of being wimpy and single, Gary and Wyatt decide that if they can’t get a date, they should make on instead. With a little computer science, the two creates Lisa, the perfect woman. Like a computer-generated fairy godmother, Lisa guides the boys through the pleasures and pitfalls of adolescence, teaching them that they are genuinely great guys, and both wooing and shocking them in the process.
I think the one thing that most annoyed me with this film was the mixture of science and fantasy. Lisa is a creation of computer science, but she can magically make things materialise and that just didn’t add up and is never really explained. It gave the film the feeling that all these little bits were careless thrown in just to make it look cool.
Anthony Michael Hall is back playing a combination of the characters he played in both The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles. Seriously, he and Molly Ringwald must be John Hughes’ two most favourite people, he used them in practically every film he did.
Starring Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson, Robert Rusler, and a young Robert Downey Jr., Weird Science is a strange film filled with romance, impulses, parties, hot chicks, and self-realisation. It’s an alright film, but not one that I would add to the collection.
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