Real Genius

1985 "When he gets mad, he doesn't get even… he gets creative."

Real Genius

6.9 | 1h46m | PG | en | Comedy

Chris is the top brain who just wants to party, Mitch is the 15-year-old college wiz kid. Supposedly hard at work on a lab project with a mysterious deadline, they still find time to use their genius to discover new ways to have fun.

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6.9 | 1h46m | PG | en | Comedy , Science Fiction , Romance | More Info

Released: August. 07,1985 | Released Producted By: Tri-Star-Delphi III Productions , Brian Grazer Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/realgenius

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Cast

Val Kilmer , Gabriel Jarret , Michelle Meyrink

Director

Jack G. Taylor Jr.

Producted By

Tri-Star-Delphi III Productions , Brian Grazer Productions

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Cast

Val Kilmer

as Chris Knight

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Gabriel Jarret

as Mitch Taylor

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Michelle Meyrink

as Jordan

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Reviews

graphicspittz187 Wow I loved this movie I am a 80's kid and I never seen this. I really enjoyed this movie

Pezo3178 I love this movie! I watch it every time it's on cable. The song "Everybody wants to rule world" by Tears for Fears has become one of my all time songs.

Clay Loomis I'm not sure how I missed this movie for 30 years. I wasn't even aware of this title until it showed up on RetroPlex this morning. A rather nice little flick from early in Val Kilmer's career before 1990, when he and Brad Pitt became walking spare parts for each other.With flavors of Animal House, Fast Times, and a few others, I wish I had seen this when it came out, because 30 years later I have lost much of my first-time-sex sensibility and silliness that I would have appreciated more in '85.In any case, still entertaining, with Kilmer throwing off some very wild, young man mania. The story is fun, and certainly moves right along, not really bogging down during its running time. It kinda runs off the rails of plausibility at the end, but if you pull me in in the first few minutes, I can deal with that. (Remember Jaws? The end of that movie is ridiculous, but Spielberg had me with the opening scene at the beach.) Definitely worth a watch. Made me long for my old IBM XT.

goatboy123 Today I was rumaging threw my movie collection and came across Real Genius and thought it would be the next perfect movie to review. Real genius is a saterical comedy staring Val Kilmer.Another movie I cought on HBO one Saturday morning that quickly became one of my favorites.Real Genius is about a 16 year old kid named Mitch (Gabe Jarret) which the only other movie I saw him in was Apollo 13. Mitch gets accepted to one of the best colleges in the country and is recruited to create a super lazer with the help of his dorm roommate one of the top brains and all around goofballs Chris (Val Kilmer) though they have no idea what it will be used for.While this is going on Mitch sees a man who's been living in their closet named Lazlo (Jonathan Gries who also played Napoleon Dynamites meat throwing uncle) Lazlo tells them that they might have just made a lazer that could be used for the military and they set up a plan to stop it.Does their plan work? you'll just have to see the movie to find out With a great cast and great 80's music from the likes of Tears for Fears,Bryan Adams and Don Henley this is definitely a movie to check out at least once although you wont wanna see it just once but I may just be saying that since I consider this my favorite movie.Since I really see nothing wrong with this movie i'll rate it five lazer beams out of five