Real Genius

Real Genius

By Martha Coolidge

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 1985-08-07
  • Advisory Rating: PG
  • Runtime: 1h 45min
  • Director: Martha Coolidge
  • Production Company: Tri-Star-Delphi III Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • iTunes Price: USD 12.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
6.686/10
6.686
From 436 Ratings

Description

When a group of crazy college geniuses put their heads together, almost anything can happen. Hold on for a freewheeling, uproarious look at just how much mischief a bunch of high-IQers can concoct. Chris (Val Kilmer) is the top brain who just wants to party, Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is the 16-year-old whiz kid, and Lazlo (Jonathan Gries), America's number one brain, literally lives in a world of his own ... Chris' closet. Supposedly hard at work on a lab project, they still find time to turn the dorm into an ice-skating rink, dismantle a nerd's car and reassemble it in his room, and throw a beach party in the auditorium complete with a lagoon and bikini-clad beauties. When the geniuses discover that their unscrupulous mentor Professor Hathaway (William Atherton) has had them working on a secret weapon for the military, they plot an elaborate revenge. Their plan culminates in an incredible scheme that outsmarts the military and convinces the professor that it doesn't pay to fool with a Real Genius!!

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  • Val Kilmer’s best!

    5
    By bbrockit
    This movie is my anthem.
  • Brought the DVD

    5
    By Lionheart747
    Fun movie. Very enjoyable. I had to buy the DVD. Love this movie. Great soundtrack too! Love those 80s movie.
  • A best movies ever movie

    5
    By the real raskol
    This movie IS Val Kilmer for me.
  • Memorial

    5
    By Aunts Charlie
    Grew up with this movie and sadly I had my children and their friends watched it and they was hooked! Now this Nana is planning on getting the movie called Real Genius for my 14 year old grandson but sadly I feel that I started too late with him, he should of been 4 maybe 6 ? I still have it on beta version, lol... Aloha from Honolulu Hawaii
  • Love he movie, but bad aspect ratio

    2
    By Mr_Chip
    Great flick I enjoy a lot, but this version is cropped down to 16:9. This results in some awkwardly framed shots, and the credits being partially chopped off at the end.
  • Must see

    5
    By CashMoney83
    Definitely one of the best films to come out of the 80’s. Great ending too.
  • Great movie

    5
    By Dr Skip
    Have seen this a zillion times. Great movie. So fun. Still enjoyable after all these years.
  • Hilarious

    5
    By M.W. Cooper
    Love this film
  • For the Rotten Tomatoes...

    5
    By Keep Rollin Rollin
    To quote the 90s commercials, "You just don't get it". Best film out there by far. Val Kilmer at his best.
  • Every time I have popcorn...

    5
    By jdzkmny
    ...I think of this movie. I love that the professional reviews are all about how the material is not being handled seriously enough: that's the point. I always felt that the characters had a great deal of gravitas inside their prank filled heads. At least that's how it was with my friends in college. Actually, 25 years later, we're all still kind of like this.

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