Movie-A-Day #297: Real Genius (1985)

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Title: Real Genius
Year: 1985
Director: Martha Coolidge
Tagline: When he gets mad, he doesn't get even... he gets creative.
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An underrated little picture, Real Genius offers a rare college comedy that doesn't rely on gross-out humor--and a look at Val Kilmer before he turned into a star. A high school whiz kid (Gabriel Jarret) arrives at a brainy college, where the crème de la crème of the science students are marshaled under an ambitious professor (expert villain William Atherton). Unbeknownst to them, the kids are working on a weapons system that the prof plans on selling to the government. The star student, and chief rabble-rouser, is played by Kilmer, in good early form as a cocky genius who hasn't lost touch with his goofy side. The director is Martha Coolidge, whose Valley Girl was one of the brightest (and most unexpected) of '80s comedies; she keeps the movie perking along and never worries about dumbing down a film that just happens to be about smart people. --Robert Horton
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Very fun movie (especially if you're any kind of science nerd).
 

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I used to love this movie when I was a kid. I watched it about 3 years ago..... yeah, not so much
 

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Good movie. I always watch it when I'm flipping thru channels and stumble upon it. Gabriel Jarret actually has a few movies coming out soon I think.
 

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I always thought the kid was one of the ugliest leads in movie history.

I will say that a house full of Jiffy Pop is strangely intriguing.
 

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