Real Genius
1985 · Movie · 1h 46m · PG
ComedyRomanceScience Fiction
"When he gets mad, he doesn't get even… he gets creative."
Overview
When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn that the military wants to use it as a weapon, they decide to thwart the plan.
Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
Metacritic
71/100
Key crew
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Martha CoolidgeDirector
- Neal IsraelScreenplay
- Pat ProftScreenplay
- PJ TorokveiScreenplay
Cast
- Val KilmerChris Knight
- Gabriel JarretMitch Taylor
- Michelle MeyrinkJordan
- William AthertonProfessor Hathaway
- Robert PrescottKent
- Louis GiambalvoMajor Carnagle
- Jon GriesLazlo Hollyfeld
- Ed LauterCIA Man Decker
- Stacy PeraltaShuttle Pilot
- Daniel AdesLaser Ray Victim
- Andres AybarBartender
- Charles ShullAir Force General
Stills
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Themes
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