The read
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do. Most of the 212 1980s family movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
379 audience votes
Key crew
- Simon WincerDirector
- Marvin HamlischOriginal Music Composer
- Jeffrey EllisWriter
- David AmbroseWriter
- Allan ScottWriter
Cast
- Barret OliverDaryl
- Mary Beth HurtJoyce Richardson
- Michael McKeanAndy Richardson
- Kathryn WalkerDr. Ellen Lamb
- Colleen CampElaine Fox
- Josef SommerDr. Jeffrey Stewart
- Steve RyanHowie Fox
- Ron FrazierGeneral Graycliffe
- David WohlMr. Nesbitt
- Danny CorkillTurtle
- Amy LinkerSherie Lee Fox
- Ed GradyMr. Bergen
