"Weird Science" is a definitive '80s comedy, now crossing into the realm of a legitimate period classic. For over three decades, it has exacted an influence on other arrested adolescent, sex-driven films of their respective eras, from 1999's "American Pie (1999)" to recent raunch-hefty music industry satire "Stadium Anthems (2018)."
The premise is as fun as it is absurd: Two horny lads computer-design the perfect woman, and she comes to life. Kelly LeBrock was and is scorching in the now-iconic female role. The geeky kids, too, are tonally matched to near-perfection, each presenting a slightly different brand of the socially awkward knucklehead coming of age. An early career appearance by a flat-topped Bill Paxton as older brother Chet ("I'd like to butter your muffin") is immensely amusing, as is the perfectly-played cool kid embodied here by a young Robert Downey Jr.
Let your disbelief be suspended early and often, and give in wholly to this enduring and legendary film. - (Was this review of use to you? If so, let me know by clicking "Helpful." Cheers!)
The premise is as fun as it is absurd: Two horny lads computer-design the perfect woman, and she comes to life. Kelly LeBrock was and is scorching in the now-iconic female role. The geeky kids, too, are tonally matched to near-perfection, each presenting a slightly different brand of the socially awkward knucklehead coming of age. An early career appearance by a flat-topped Bill Paxton as older brother Chet ("I'd like to butter your muffin") is immensely amusing, as is the perfectly-played cool kid embodied here by a young Robert Downey Jr.
Let your disbelief be suspended early and often, and give in wholly to this enduring and legendary film. - (Was this review of use to you? If so, let me know by clicking "Helpful." Cheers!)