Weird Science
August 2, 1985 in theaters
Two socially invisible high school nerds named Gary and Wyatt use a home computer and a Barbie doll to accidentally create a real woman -- a beautiful, brilliant, and endlessly patient ally named Lisa who proceeds to drag them into the social world they've been too afraid to enter. John Hughes's 1985 comedy is wish-fulfillment that works because it's actually about confidence, not just the wish.
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"So... what would you little maniacs like to do first?"
DID YOU KNOW?
John Hughes wrote the script in two days, reportedly as an experiment to see how fast he could generate a finished screenplay.
THE VERDICT
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John Hughes's most unapologetically wish-fulfillment premise executed with enough self-awareness to transcend it. The joke is that Gary and Wyatt get everything they want and still have to learn confidence the hard way -- Lisa is the catalyst, not the solution. Kelly LeBrock plays the character with a warmth that keeps the film from feeling as transactional as its setup suggests, and Bill Paxton as the monstrous older brother Chet steals every scene he enters.
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