disgusting, overrated, pointless

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

I grew up watching the movies of the the late John Hughes and I love a few of them dearly. Weird Science isn't one of them....not even close. I found no charm in the movie. The humor is lazy and dim-witted. I never found myself rooting for any of the characters. In many of Hughes other movies, the characters were well drawn and had depth. These characters are a deep as the average puddle. Perhaps if this move had gone the more raunchy route it could have been better. Kind of a Porky's like vibe. The one and I do mean one bright spot is the performance of the late and in my opinion great Bill Paxton. He is like a bolt of electricity when he is on screen. There are several John Hughes movies that are worth seeing. Saying Weird Science is a waste of time us an understatement.

Silly John Hughes comedy is much closer to his goofy and crass early works like "National Lampoon's Class Reunion" than his more thoughtful teen dramas like "The Breakfast Club" or "Pretty in Pink." Hughes mines teen fantasy wish fulfillment when nerdy Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith make a woman, Kelly LeBrock, who helps them become cool and meet cute girls. Since the film is a fantasy, it does allow it to have over-the-top characters, like Bill Paxton's Chet, or have Road Warriors crash a party on their motorcycles (who include Michael Berryman and actual Road Warrior alumni, Vernon Wells), though I never really cared for most of Hughes pictures that were broad comedies along these line (i.e. "The Great Outdoors" or "Beethoven"). I prefer his more sincere of comedies, including everything from classics like those mentioned above to even lesser ones like "Career Opportunities" or "Dutch." Still, there's an 80s nostalgia factor here for me, which earned this film an extra star.

Two high school nerds attempt to create the perfect woman, but she turns out to be more than that. I never thought that 2017 would start in such a way but overall since we lost a great actor and person today here's my review for "Weird Science" starring Bill Paxton, Kelly LeBrock, Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith and Robert Downey Jr and the reason why i loved this film it was easy. It was made in the 80's and there were some great references to movies such as "Road Warrior" or "Dirty Harry" plus it's an insane and funny comedy with some really great performances by some really talented people and fans of that time won't be disappointed.

A pair of hapless teenage geeks create their dream woman with the aid of a home computer and proceed to turn their social standing upside down. Not a high point for John Hughes, who directed this paper-thin fever dream of a slapstick comedy after writing the screenplay in just two days. Hughes would become known for quick penmanship later in his career - he'd write Ferris Bueller in roughly the same amount of time - but in this case that efficiency leads to an imaginative premise that never really grows to maturity. Anthony Michael Hall, in something of a leading role after breakout performances in National Lampoon's Vacation and Sixteen Candles, is responsible for a lot of what works about the finished product. His comic timing is excellent, even in the most absurd situations (of which there are many). Hall particularly soars in one drunken scene, spilling his guts and making unlikely friends with the regulars in a seedy ghetto jazz bar, but that's an early climax and the film struggles to outdo it on the home stretch. Props and gimmicks pad out the rest of the ride, along with a generous dose of fresh, Hughsian, era-defining new wave cuts. Cheap and easy, but invariably charming and authentically funny; I've burnt weeknights with worse films.